--- title: 'Middle of the Night (1959)' type: 'film' director: 'Delbert Mann' released: '1959-01-01' runtime_minutes: 118 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/middle-of-the-night-1959' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053065/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Middle of the Night (1959) 1959 · 118 min · Drama, Romance · United States Part of: The Philco Television Playhouse ## Synopsis Middle of the Night is a 1959 American drama film directed by Delbert Mann and starring Kim Novak and Fredric March. This story of a May–December romance was adapted by Paddy Chayefsky from his own 1954 teleplay and 1956 Broadway play, both of the same name. The film was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or, and was released by Columbia Pictures. ## Credits - **Director:** [Delbert Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/delbert-mann) - **Screenplay:** [Paddy Chayefsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/paddy-chayefsky) - **Original Music Composer:** [George Bassman](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-bassman) - **Director of Photography:** [Joseph C. Brun](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-c-brun) - **Editor:** [Carl Lerner](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-lerner) ## Cast - [Lee Philips](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-philips) - [Albert Dekker](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-dekker) - [Fredric March](https://cinepixo.com/people/fredric-march) - [Lee Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-richardson) - [Kim Novak](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-novak) - [Glenda Farrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenda-farrell) - [Rudy Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudy-bond) - [Martin Balsam](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-balsam) - [Joan Copeland](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-copeland) - [Lee Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-grant) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/middle-of-the-night-1959 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1750339); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.