Four Hours to Kill! (1935)
"Get ready to die, you rat! You sent me to the gallows for a measly two hundred bucks!"
A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends the time in the lobby of a Broadway theater where a musical is playing. The film focuses on the relationship between the two men, and also between various characters in the theater audience, staff and cast.
- Date of release
- 1935-04-11
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Mitchell Leisen
Casting
- Richard Barthelmess — Tony Mako
- Ray Milland — Carl Barrett
- Joe Morrison — Eddie
- Gertrude Michael — Mrs. Sylvia Temple
- Helen Mack — Helen
- Dorothy Tree — Mae Danish
- Roscoe Karns — Johnson
- Charles Cahill Wilson — Taft
- Henry Travers — Mac Mason
- Noel Madison — Anderson
- Paul Harvey — Capt. Seaver
- Olive Tell — Mrs. Madison
Interesting facts
Four Hours to Kill! is a 1935 American drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Richard Barthelmess.
Production
Paramount bought the film rights to the stage play in December 1934.
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