Caroline at Midnight is a 1993 erotic thriller film, written by Travis Rink and directed by Scott McGinnis.[1] Rated R, it was released direct-to-video in December 1993.[2][3] It aired on Cinemax in 1994 and the Showtime Network in 1995.[1][4] In 1995 it was screened on The Movie Channel's Joe Bob's Drive-in Theater with producer Roger Corman discussing the making of the film with film critic Joe Bob Briggs.[5] In reflecting on her career in a 2009 interview in the Los Angeles Times, Virginia Madsen described her role in this film as indicative of the low quality sex driven films which she was type cast in during the 1990s.[6]

Caroline at Midnight
Directed byScott McGinnis
Written byTravis Rink
Produced byMike Elliott, Roger Corman
StarringClayton Rohner
Mia Sara
Tim Daly
Paul Le Mat
Judd Nelson
Xander Berkeley
Virginia Madsen
Stacey Travis
Zach Galligan
Thomas F. Wilson
Kirk Baily
Music byMark Snow
Release date
  • 1993 (1993)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish

Plot

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Victoria is a dealer. She is playing a dangerous game. She is playing into the hands of her husband and his partner, who are dirty cops. Victoria is falling in love with a reporter, who knows all of their secrets.

Cast

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Clayton Rohner as Jack Lynch
Mia Sara as Victoria Dillon
Tim Daly as Ray
Paul Le Mat as Emmet
Judd Nelson as Phil Gallo
Xander Berkeley as Joey Szabo
Virginia Madsen as Susan Prince
Caroline Barclay as Caroline
Stacey Travis as Christine Jenkins
Hawthorne James as Stan Donovan
Lewis Van Bergen as Prince's Bodyguard
Ben Meyerson as Miguel
Zach Galligan as Jerry Hiatt
Thomas F. Wilson as Officer Keaton
George Wilkerson as Capt. Jacobs
Jay Baker as Policeman
Greg Collins as Bartender
Daniel Bardol as News Room Producer
Doug Wert as Detective Martin
Julie Bick as Detective #1
Kirk Baily as Detective #2
Susan Harvey as Lili
Christina Karras as Party Dancer
Bobbe Renshaw as Waitress
Julie Baltay as Dream Love
Natalie Alexander as Party girl (uncredited)

References

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  1. ^ a b "MOVIES OF THE WEEK; Caroline at Midnight". The New York Times. 21 August 1994. p. TV5.
  2. ^ "MPAA RATINGS". Variety. Vol. 353, no. 7. December 20, 1993. p. 20.
  3. ^ Peter M. Nichols (17 June 1994). "Home Video: The king of the B-movies and their modern-day equivalent: the newly successful direct-to-video". The New York Times. p. D16.
  4. ^ "Late Movies". The New York Times. 11 February 1995. p. 49.
  5. ^ John J. O'Connor (11 July 1995). "Horror Hero of the 90's, Half Man, Half Bomb". The New York Times. p. C16.
  6. ^ Michael Ordona (March 26, 2009). "AT THE MOVIES; Can't scare her; Some roles may haunt Virginia Madsen, but it doesn't show". The Los Angeles Times. pp. D1, D4.
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