Past Midnight

Past Midnight is a 1991 Neo-noir thriller film (with slasher connections) starring Rutger Hauer and Natasha Richardson, as well as co-stars Tom Wright, Clancy Brown and Paul Giamatti (making his first credited screen appearance). Plot Parolee Ben Jordan has spent the past fifteen years behind bars for the murder of his pregnant wife. He is monitored by his parole officer Lee Samuels and social worker Laura Mathews after he is released. Mathews begins looking into his case and becomes convinced that he was convicted under circumstantial evidence and starts becoming convinced of his innocence in the crime. Before long she starts falling for him, but this is far from wise, since even if he is innocent, Mrs. Jordan's real murderer may soon come a calling. Cast Rutger Hauer as Ben Jordan Natasha Richardson as Laura Mathews Paul Giamatti as Larry Canipe Clancy Brown as Steve Lundy Tom Wright as Lee Samuels Guy Boyd as Todd Canipe Charles Boswell as Carlton Daniels Ernie Lively as Detective Allan Tobias Kibibi Monie as Dorothy Coleman Dana Eskelson as Kathy Tudor Ted D'Arms as Bill Tudor Krisha Fairchild as Dr. Zastoupil Sarah Magnuson as Gerrie Graymark David Frederick White (as Dave White) as Cop Brian Finney (as Brian T. Finney) as Delivery Man Sue Morales as Social Worker (uncredited) Production After Quentin Tarantino significantly re-wrote the script, Catalaine Knell shared her associate producer credit with him on the film, his first official screen credit.