Middle of the Night

For other uses, see Middle of the Night (disambiguation).

Middle of the Night
Film poster
Directed byDelbert Mann
Written byPaddy Chayefsky
Produced byGeorge Justin
StarringKim Novak
Fredric March
CinematographyJoseph C. Brun
Edited byCarl Lerner
Music byGeorge Bassman
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 17, 1959 (1959-06-17)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million[1]
Box office$1.5 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[2]
Kim Novak and Fredric March in a scene from the film

Middle of the Night is a 1959 American drama film directed by Delbert Mann[3][4] and starring Kim Novak and Fredric March. This story of a May-December romance was adapted by Paddy Chayefsky from his own 1954 teleplay and 1956 Broadway play, both of the same name. The film was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or,[5] and was released by Columbia Pictures.

  1. ^ "'Middle of the Night' Shoots in East". Variety. December 1958.
  2. ^ "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, January 6, 1960 p 34
  3. ^ Variety film review; May 20, 1959, page 6.
  4. ^ Harrison's Reports film review; May 23, 1959, page 82.
  5. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Middle of the Night". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved December 6, 2023.