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title: 'London After Midnight (1927)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tod Browning'
released: '1927-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 65
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/london-after-midnight-1927'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018097/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# London After Midnight (1927)

1927 · 65 min · Drama, Horror, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

London After Midnight is a lost 1927 American silent mystery horror film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney, with Marceline Day, Conrad Nagel, Henry B. Walthall, and Polly Moran. The film was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and was written by Waldemar Young, based on the story "The Hypnotist" which was written by Browning. Merritt B. Gerstad was the cinematographer, and the sets were designed by Cedric Gibbons and Arnold Gillespie. Harry Sharrock was the assistant director. The film cost $152,000 to produce and grossed $1 million. Chaney's real-life make-up case can be seen in the last scene of the film sitting on a table, the only time it ever appeared in a film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tod Browning](https://cinepixo.com/people/tod-browning)
- **Screenplay:** [Tod Browning](https://cinepixo.com/people/tod-browning), [Joseph Farnham](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-farnham), [Waldemar Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/waldemar-young)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Robert Israel](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-israel)
- **Producer:** [Irving Thalberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-thalberg)
- **Director of Photography:** [Merritt B. Gerstad](https://cinepixo.com/people/merritt-b-gerstad)
- **Editor:** [Harry Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-reynolds)

## Cast

- [Allan Cavan](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-cavan)
- [Percy Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/percy-williams-2)
- [Polly Moran](https://cinepixo.com/people/polly-moran)
- [Edna Tichenor](https://cinepixo.com/people/edna-tichenor)
- [Claude King](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-king)
- [Marceline Day](https://cinepixo.com/people/marceline-day)
- [Jules Cowles](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-cowles)
- [Lon Chaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-chaney)
- [Conrad Nagel](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-nagel)
- [Henry B. Walthall](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-b-walthall)

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