a5c7b9f00b The Phantom Robber gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery on the crack train &quot;The Midnight Limited&quot; and Val Lennon and his pretty assistant, Joan Marshall, are on his trail. But the Phantom strikes three more times and adds murder to his list. Val decides to use himselfbait, although Chief Harrigan and Joan beg him not to risk his life. But Val, disguiseda wealthy Canadian, boards the train for a rendezvous with a killer. Marjorie Reynolds was a bright, vivacious leading lady, who could also sing. Her career high point was co-starring with Bing Crosby in &quot;Holiday Inn&quot; (1942) and &quot;Dixie&quot; (1943), but she dressed up any movie she was in no matter how cheap the production.<br/><br/>Joan Marshall (Marjorie Reynolds) is traveling on the Midnight Limited, a night train from New York to Montreal. She hears a scuffle in the next compartment and when she goes to investigate is also robbed by &quot;The Phantom Robber&quot;!!! She was robbed of papers that prove that she and her mother are the rightful heirs of a large estate but this plot goes nowhere. When she admits she had a glimpse of the robber she is immediately made a member of the police force (of course!!!) who are investigating the case. There are no surprises - it is obvious that the booking agent is involved after a gambler books a ticket on the train. It is well known that he is carrying $60,000 with him and surprise, surprise - he is robbed. Everything seems to fall into place for the viewer, long before the police figure it out!!!<br/><br/>John &quot;Dusty&quot; King is a very lack lustre leading man. I was so surprised to read that he was a band singer. At one point in the film he is sitting down at the piano and sings &quot;Quiet Hands&quot; - very badly I thought!!! I was wishing why couldn&#39;t Marjorie have sung - she would have really livened up the film. In the 1930s and 40s, there were at least 6,000,004 B-mystery movies made…or so it seems. It was one of the most popular genres and while there were some excellent ones, the rest mostly fall in the category of Time Passers….and &quot;Midnight Limited&quot; is one such time passer.<br/><br/>The film is set mostly on trains, where a criminal genius keeps robbing folks of huge sums of money…and the police seem powerless to stop this. However, Val (&#39;Dusty&#39; King) promises to solve the case.<br/><br/>Dusty King was an actor known for B-westerns and action movies. In other words, he was pretty good at punching folks and the like….but wasn&#39;t the most charismatic or sexy actors. In fact, in this one he seems incredibly ordinary. He couldn&#39;t help it…he just wasn&#39;t a strong leading man type for this sort of film. Add to that the rather cheap look of the film and you&#39;ve got a film that isn&#39;t bad…but isn&#39;t all that good either.
rumpmitacon Admin replied
372 weeks ago