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Four Hours to Kill!

"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.

1h 10m1935NRTMDb 5.7

DramaCrime

English

Crew and Cast

Mitchell LeisenMitchell LeisenDirectorRichard BarthelmessRichard BarthelmessTony MakoRay MillandRay MillandCarl BarrettJoe MorrisonJoe MorrisonEddieGertrude MichaelGertrude MichaelMrs. Sylvia TempleHelen MackHelen MackHelenDorothy TreeDorothy TreeMae DanishRoscoe KarnsRoscoe KarnsJohnsonCharles Cahill WilsonCharles Cahill WilsonTaftHenry TraversHenry TraversMac MasonNoel MadisonNoel MadisonAndersonPaul HarveyPaul HarveyCapt. SeaverOlive TellOlive TellMrs. MadisonLee KohlmarLee KohlmarPa HermanBodil RosingBodil RosingMa
Lois KentLittle Girl

Storyline

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.

  • Paramount Pictures

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Info

Status
Released
Released
11 April 1935
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
NR
TMDB score
5.7 / 10 (6 votes)

Production

Director
Mitchell Leisen
Writers
Norman Krasna
Studios
Paramount Pictures
Countries
United States of America

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English