MIDNIGHT MENACE (1937) IN SOUTH AFRICA

Veteran screenwriter and director Sinclair Hill captured the unease ofa world on the brink of war in this Hitchcockian tale of sabotage andintrigue in the international arms trade. A compelling pre-warthriller, Midnight Menace stars silent-era Hollywoodidol Charles Farrell, Australian star Margaret Vyner and notedAustrian-German character player Fritz Kortner. Released in the US as BombsOver London, Midnight Menace is featured here ina brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in itsas-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Following the unexplained death of a reporter, Brian Gaunt, cartooniston the 'Daily World', begins his own investigation, assisted by hisreporter fiance. They find one clue leading to the operations of aninternational arms ring: it is the word 'Saska', which Gauntincorporates into his next newspaper cartoon in the hope that it willbring results. It does... but not what he expects!