Middle of the Night
May 20 1959
•2h 58m
•Drama, Romance
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
See allKim Novak
Betty Preisser
Fredric March
Jerry Kingsley
Glenda Farrell
Mrs. Mueller
Albert Dekker
Walter Lockman
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