Five Golden Hours

Five Golden Hours (1961)

The Escapades of a Merry Widow With a Credit Card at the Cemetery!

A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession until he meets and falls in love with a lovely baroness, who knows all about get-rich-quick schemes.

Date of release
1961-02-01
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Mario Zampi

Casting

Interesting facts

Five Golden Hours is a 1961 Italian-British comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Ernie Kovacs, Cyd Charisse, George Sanders, Dennis Price and John Le Mesurier. It was written by Hans Wilhelm. In October 1961, the film played on a double bill in some areas of the US with the William Castle horror movie Mr. Sardonicus (1961).

Production

Five Golden Hours was filmed in two versions, one for English-language release, and another, released as Cinque ore in contanti, for Italian consumption. In the Italian version, some of the smaller roles were taken by Italian actors. Location shooting for the film took place in Bolzano, Italy and the surrounding area.

Kovacs cited the picture as his favorite among his own films.

The film was the last directed by Mario Zampi.

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