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The Other Side of Midnight (1977)

Director: Charles Jarrott

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From Time Out Film Guide

The Other Side of Midnight gloriously restores the era of Now, Voyager - right down to the nonsense title; expert schlocksmiths Daniel Taradash (Doctors' Wives) and Herman Raucher (Summer of '42) have adapted Sidney Sheldon's bestseller into the movie equivalent of a good long bad read. Pisier aborts herself with a (wire) coathanger as World War II breaks out, sleeps her way across Europe, winds up mistress to a Greek tycoon, and deviously hires the pilot who jilted her back in 1940. The only let-downs are Jarrott's usual stuffy direction and John Beck's boring performance as the pilot.

Author: AN

Time Out Film Guide


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  • Richard Sanguinetti said...
    Posted on Dec 17 2011 18:21 This is a great movie!
    Completely misunderstood until it got a new life from DVD release.
    It is first rate, good.
    The crafting of it, its a knock out old fashion movie!
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  • tanja said...
    Posted on Oct 31 2008 20:32 The Other Side of Midnight
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  • safty said...
    Posted on Aug 07 2008 00:16 the other side of the midnight
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