Four Hours to Kill!
Four Hours to Kill!

Movie·1935·1h 10m

Four Hours to Kill!

"Get ready to die, you rat! You sent me to the gallows for a measly two hundred bucks!"

Directed By

Mitchell Leisen

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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The Story

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.

Written By

Norman Krasna

Producer

Arthur Hornblow Jr.

Cinematography

Theodor Sparkuhl

Music

Heinz Roemheld

Editor

Doane Harrison

Themes

escaped convictrevengemurderbroadway

Production House

Paramount Pictures

Audience Score

57%

6 votes

Skip15%
Timepass35%
Go for it34%
Perfection16%

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// cast

Cast

Richard Barthelmess

Richard Barthelmess

Tony Mako

Ray Milland

Ray Milland

Carl Barrett

Joe Morrison

Joe Morrison

Eddie

Gertrude Michael

Gertrude Michael

Mrs. Sylvia Temple

Helen Mack

Helen Mack

Helen

Dorothy Tree

Dorothy Tree

Mae Danish

Roscoe Karns

Roscoe Karns

Johnson

Charles C. Wilson

Charles C. Wilson

Taft

Henry Travers

Henry Travers

Mac Mason

Noel Madison

Noel Madison

Anderson

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

Capt. Seaver

Olive Tell

Olive Tell

Mrs. Madison

Lee Kohlmar

Lee Kohlmar

Pa Herman

Bodil Rosing

Bodil Rosing

Ma

Lois Kent

Little Girl

// crew

Crew

Mitchell Leisen

Mitchell Leisen

Director

Theodor Sparkuhl

Theodor Sparkuhl

Director of Photography

Norman Krasna

Norman Krasna

Screenplay

Doane Harrison

Editor

Arthur Hornblow Jr.

Arthur Hornblow Jr.

Producer

Heinz Roemheld

Heinz Roemheld

Original Music Composer

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