Midnight Crossing * (1988, Faye Dunaway, Daniel J Travanti, Kim Cattrall, Ned Beatty, John Laughli) – Classic Movie Review 13,297.

The 1988 American mystery thriller film Midnight Crossing stars Faye Dunaway, Daniel J Travanti, Kim Cattrall, Ned Beatty and John Laughlin.

Co-writer/ director Roger Holzberg’s 1988 American mystery thriller film Midnight Crossing stars Faye Dunaway, Daniel J Travanti, Kim Cattrall, Ned Beatty, and John Laughlin.

Midnight Crossing is an absolutely tedious and unbelievable action adventure mystery thriller, utterly wasting Daniel J Travanti as Morely Barton, an insurance man trying to find his $1 million loot supposedly buried on a small island off Cuba, and also wasting Faye Dunaway as his blind wife Helen Barton.

The script us just stuffed full with holes and clichés, and there is nothing the very useful actors can do except take the money and run. What on earth happened to Dunaway’s career that it came so low as this? Roger Holzberg has to take most of the blame as director, co-writer of the screenplay, and story writer.

The same company team (Limelite Studios, Team Effort, Vestron Pictures) also made The Unholy in 1988.

The cast are Faye Dunaway as Helen Barton, Daniel J Travanti as Morely Barton, Kim Cattrall as Alexa Schubb, John Laughlin as Jeff Schubb, Ned Beatty as Ellis, Pedro De Pool as Captain Mendoza, Doug Weiser, Vincent Fall and Chick Bernhardt.

It flopped, costing $5 million and earning $1.3 million at the box office, and the producers ended up owing money to cinema companies.

Vestron Inc was founded in 1986 but filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and went out of business in 1992, Its biggest success was the 1987 Dirty Dancing.

Midnight Crossing is directed by Roger Holzberg, runs 104 minutes, is made by Limelite Studios and Team Effort, is released by Vestron Pictures, is written by Roger Holzberg and Doug Weiser, is shot by Henry Vargas, is produced by Mathew Hayden, is scored by Paul Buckmaster and Al Gorgoni, and is designed by José Duarte.

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