This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "The Old Doll's House". Racketeer Lance McGowan, on the night he has decided to go straight, finds himself caught between the gunfire of two rival gangsters and, wounded by a bullet, he finds refuge in the home of a wealthy recluse. One of the gangsters is found riddled with bullets from the gun Lance dropped while making his escape, and he is arrested and tried for murder. The reclusive widow comes to the trail and testifies that Lance was her guest that night when the clock struck twelve, the time of the killing. Lance, while innocent, is also lucky, as the widow had her all her clocks set to always strike twelve, as the time her husband had died.
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At the Stroke of Twelve Cast
| Name |
Character |
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John Ridgely
He was 32, 58 years old when he died
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as Reporter |
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Howard Da Silva
He was 32, 76 years old when he died
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as Angie the Ox |
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Elisabeth Risdon
She was 54, 71 years old when she died
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as Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll |
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Craig Stevens
He was 23, 81 years old when he died
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as Lane McGowan |
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Ben Welden
He was 40, 96 years old when he died
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as Babe |
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Frank Ferguson
He was 41, 78 years old when he died
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as Prosecuting Attorney |
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Eddie Dunn
He was 26, 64 years old when he died
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as Policeman |
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Fred Kelsey
He was 57, 77 years old when he died
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as Police Sergeant |
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Knox Manning
He was 37, 76 years old when he died
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as Carson |
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Faye Emerson
She was 24, 65 years old when she died
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as Miss LaMond |
At the Stroke of Twelve Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Ted D. McCord as Cinematography. He was 41 (75) years old when He died
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Crew |
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Jean Negulesco as Director. He was 41 (93) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Howard Jackson as Music. He was 41 (66) years old when He died
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Sound |
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Stanley Jones as Sound. He was 44 (83) years old when He died
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Sound |
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Harold Medford as Writer. He was 30 (66) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Damon Runyon as Writer. He was 61 (66) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Gordon Hollingshead as Associate Producer. He was 49 (60) years old when He died
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Production |
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Charles Novi as Art Direction. He was 54 (78) years old when He died
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Art |
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Everett Dodd as Editor. He was 34 (73) years old when He died
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Editing |
