Middle of the Night

Middle of the Night

118 mins | Drama, Romance | May 20, 1959

Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 60s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a romance with divorced 24-year-old receptionist Betty. The relationship is dismissed by his daughter, Lillian, discouraged by his sister, Evelyn, and denounced by Betty's mother. But when Jerry begins to mention marriage, even Betty is forced to confront her ambivalence.

Middle of the Night

118 mins | Drama, Romance | May 20, 1959

Middle of the Night
Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 60s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a romance with divorced 24-year-old receptionist Betty. The relationship is dismissed by his daughter, Lillian, discouraged by his sister, Evelyn, and denounced by Betty's mother. But when Jerry begins to mention marriage, even Betty is forced to confront her ambivalence.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Columbia Pictures, Sudan Productions
Original title Middle of the Night
Directors Marguerite James, Delbert Mann, Charles H. Maguire
Writers Paddy Chayefsky

Cast

Kim Novak

as Betty Preisser

Fredric March

as Jerry Kingsley

Glenda Farrell

as Mrs. Mueller

Albert Dekker

as Walter Lockman

Martin Balsam

as Jack

Lee Grant

as Marilyn

Lee Philips

as George Preisser

Edith Meiser

as Evelyn Kingsley

Joan Copeland

as Lillian

Betty Walker

as Rosalind Neiman

Lou Gilbert

as Sherman

Rudy Bond

as Gould

Effie Afton

as Mrs. Herbert

Jan Norris

as Alice Mueller

David Ford

as Paul Kingsley

Audrey Peters

as Elizabeth Kingsley

Dora Weissman

as Lucy Lockman

Lee Richardson

as Joey Lockman

Anna Berger

as Caroline

Alfred Leberfeld

as Ellman

Nelson Olmsted

as Erskine

Walter Mathews

as Mickey Hilliard (uncredited)