At the Midnight Hour 1995

Overview

At the Midnight Hour is a 1995 Canadian television film directed by Charles Jarrott. The drama and romance production stars Patsy Kensit, Simon MacCorkindale, and Lindsay Merrithew. The story follows a wealthy widower named Richard Keaton who hires a young widow named Elizabeth Liz Guinness to serve as the fourth consecutive nanny for his pre-teen son, Andrew. Andrew shares a devotion to science with his father, though Richard keeps the boy at a distance, leading Andrew to grow closer to his new nanny. Elizabeth soon discovers that the death of Andrew’s mother, Alycia, was officially ruled a suicide despite suspicions that it may have been a murder. The situation becomes dangerous when Richard’s brother, a novelist named Blain, arrives at the family home with his friend Jillian. The pair intends to sell the ancestral estate, a plan that Richard opposes. The film, which has a runtime of one hour and twenty-seven minutes, was released in the United States on October 29, 1995, and carries a PG-13 rating.