Middle of the Night

1959

English

7.2

♡ 4

64%

older man younger woman relationship

Delbert Mann Director

Lee Philips as George Preisser

Rudy Bond as Gould

Fredric March as Jerry Kingsley

Lee Grant as Marilyn

Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a romance with divorced 24-year-old receptionist Betty. The relationship is dismissed by his daughter, Lillian, discouraged by his sister, Evelyn, and denounced by Betty's mother. But when Jerry begins to mention marriage, even Betty is forced to confront her ambivalence.