Middle of the Night

Directed by Delbert Mann

Written by Paddy Chayefsky, Paddy Chayefsky

Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s 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.

Cast

Kim Novak

Betty Preisser

Fredric March

Jerry Kingsley

Glenda Farrell

Mrs Mueller

Jan Norris

Alice Mueller

Lee Grant

Marilyn

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Effie Afton

Mrs Carroll

Lee Philips

George Preisser

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Edith Meiser

Evelyn Kingsley

Joan Copeland

Lillian Englander

Martin Balsam

Jack Englander

David Ford

Paul Kingsley

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Audrey Peters

Elizabeth Kingsley