Midnight Limited (1940)
1h 1m | PG-13
The Phantom Robber gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery on the crack train "The Midnight Limited" 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 himself as bait, although Chief Harrigan and Joan beg him not to risk his life. But Val, disguised as a wealthy Canadian, boards the train for a rendezvous with a killer.
Director: Howard Bretherton
Studio: Monogram Pictures
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Video: 720p
Cast
John 'Dusty' King
as Val Lennon
Marjorie Reynolds
as Joan Marshall
George Cleveland
as Professor Van Dillon
Edward Keane
as Captain Harrigan
Monte Collins
as Abel Krantz
I. Stanford Jolley
as Frenchie
Reviews
Sadly, the exciting billings for this tale of high speed shenanigans on a train don't quite deliver. "The Phantom Robber" pinches a fortune in jewellery whilst onboard the "Midnight Limited" and soon Dusty King & Marjorie Reynolds are on his trail. Things turn more violent as they turn the heat up on the culprit but nowhere near pacily enough to keep me interested. It is only an hour long, but has way too much monotonous dialogue from a pretty pedestrian cast, and precious little by way of adventure.