Four Hours to Kill!

Apr 11, 1935

1h 10m

★ 5.0

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Tony Mako

Richard Barthelmess

Carl Barrett

Ray Milland

Eddie

Joe Morrison

Mrs. Sylvia Temple

Gertrude Michael

Helen

Helen Mack

Mae Danish

Dorothy Tree

Johnson

Roscoe Karns

Taft

Charles C. Wilson

Mac Mason

Henry Travers

Anderson

Noel Madison

Capt. Seaver

Paul Harvey

Mrs. Madison

Olive Tell

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