Middle of the Night (1959)
For every girl who was ever involved with an older man!
118 min
Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a romance with divorced 24-year-old receptionist Betty. The relationship is dismissed by his daughter, Lillian, discouraged by his sister, Evelyn, and denounced by Betty's mother. But when Jerry begins to mention marriage, even Betty is forced to confront her ambivalence.
- Release date
- May 20, 1959
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- George Bassman
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Trailer
Cast
- Kim Novak as Betty Preisser
- Fredric March as Jerry Kingsley
- Glenda Farrell as Mrs. Mueller
- Jan Norris as Alice Mueller
- Lee Grant as Marilyn
- Effie Afton as Mrs. Carroll
- Lee Philips as George Preisser
- Edith Meiser as Evelyn Kingsley
- Joan Copeland as Lillian Englander
- Martin Balsam as Jack Englander
- Betty Walker as Rosalind Neiman
- Albert Dekker as Walter Lockman
- Rudy Bond as Louis Gould
- Lou Gilbert as Sherman
- Lee Richardson as Joey Lockman
- Anna Berger as Caroline
- Nelson Olmsted as Erskine
- Walter Mathews as Mickey Hilliard (uncredited)
Crew
- Delbert Mann · Director
- Paddy Chayefsky · Writer
- George Justin · Producer
- George Bassman · Composer
- Joseph C. Brun · Cinematographer
- Carl Lerner · Editor
- Everett Chambers · Casting director