The Man at Midnight

{{short description|1931 film}}

{{For|the German silent film|The Man at Midnight (1924 film)}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Man at Midnight

| image = The Man at Midnight.jpg

| caption =

| director = Harry Lachman

| producer = Manuel Chavez

| writer = {{ubl|Walter Ellis (play))|Jean Guitton}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Jean Weber|Josseline Gaël|Marcel Simon}}

| music = René Mercier

| cinematography = {{ubl|Rudolph Maté|Jacques Montéran|Gérard Perrin}}

| editing =

| studio = Films Albatros

| distributor =Les Films Armor

| released = {{Film date|1931|08|17|df=yes}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

| budget =

| gross =

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The Man at Midnight (French: Le Monsieur de minuit) is a 1931 French comedy film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Jean Weber,{{Cite web |last=Agency |first=Hands |title=Jean Weber |url=https://www.comedie-francaise.fr/fr/artiste/jean-weber# |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Jean Weber |language=fr}} Josseline Gaël and Marcel Simon.Cook p.514 It was the French-language version of the British film Almost a Honeymoon.{{Cite book |last=Couderc |first=Jean-Jacques |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Les_petits_ma%C3%AEtres_du_burlesque_am%C3%A9ric/GBwLCwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Le+Monsieur+de+minuit+Jean+weber&pg=PA336&printsec=frontcover |title=Les petits maîtres du burlesque américain, 1902-1929 |date=2015-04-13 |publisher=CNRS Éditions via OpenEdition |isbn=978-2-271-07853-7 |language=fr}}

The film "testifies to the growing role of actors in talking cinema" according to Jacques Choukroun.{{Cite book |last=Choukroun |first=Jacques |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Comment_le_parlant_a_sauv%C3%A9_le_cin%C3%A9ma_f/0LVmAAAAMAAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=Le+Monsieur+de+minuit+Jean+weber&dq=Le+Monsieur+de+minuit+Jean+weber&printsec=frontcover |title=Comment le parlant a sauvé le cinéma français: une histoire économique, 1928-1939 |date=2007 |publisher=Association française de recherche sur l'histoire du cinéma |isbn=978-2-913787-59-9 |language=fr}}