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The Midnight Man

The Midnight Man

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 13, 1917

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

The Midnight Man

Production Companies

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Director

Elmer Clifton

Description

When young inventor Bob Moore fails in his efforts to provide his father, a safe manufacturer, with a lock that is burglar proof, he contacts The "Eel," the most talented safecracker in the city, to offer him a job in his factory. The Eel, deciding to go straight, accepts the offer, but when he later learns that Irene Hardin has been given a valuable necklace by her father, The Eel plans one last job to secure Irene's pearls.