Midnight Mary (1933)
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65% of users liked it
(82 ratings)
Loaned to MGM by her home studio of Warner Bros., Loretta Young suffers her way through the title role in Midnight Mary. A good girl led astray, Mary (Young) endeavors to save the life of her boyfriend Tom (Franchot Tone) by killing the aptly named Leo the Rat (Ricardo Cortez). As her case is heard… More Loaned to MGM by her home studio of Warner Bros., Loretta Young suffers her way through the title role in Midnight Mary. A good girl led astray, Mary (Young) endeavors to save the life of her boyfriend Tom (Franchot Tone) by killing the aptly named Leo the Rat (Ricardo Cortez). As her case is heard in court, the clerk goes over Mary's record, and at this point the flashbacks begin, stretching all the way back to her days as an unwanted orphan. One bad break leads to another, and by the time she reaches adulthood Mary is mixed up with a gang of crooked gamblers. For the sake of Tom, a well-connected socialite who loves her unquestioningly, Mary tries to go straight, but her past, and the ill-fated Leo the Rat, catch up with her. No matter what disaster befalls her in Midnight Mary, Loretta Young always manages to look as though she's just stepped out of a beauty salon. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- William A. Wellman
- Written By
- Gene Markey, Anita Loos
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1933 Wide
- On DVD
- Jun 30, 1933
- Studio
- MGM
Critic Reviews
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John Beifuss, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Demonstrates that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer could be as down and dirty as Warner Bros. when necessary...
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Sean Axmaker, Parallax View
Loretta Young puts on her tough girl act, the cocky, been-around-the-block pose of street smarts and world-weary experience, for Midnight Mary...
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Cast
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Loretta Young
as Mary Martin
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Ricardo Cortez
as Leo Dary
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Franchot Tone
as Tom Mannering
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Andy Devine
as Sam Travers
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Una Merkel
as Bunny
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Frank Conroy
as District Attorney
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Warren Hymer
as Angelo Ricci
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Ivan Simpson
as Tindle
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Harold Huber
as Puggy
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Sandy Roth
as Blimp
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Martha Sleeper
as Barbara
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Charles Grapewin
as Clerk
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Halliwell Hobbes
as Churchill
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Robert E. O'Connor
as Cop
