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Ten Minutes to Live

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Ten Minutes to Live
Directed byOscar Micheaux
Written by
  • Oscar Micheaux (adaptation)
  • Oscar Micheaux (story "Harlem After Midnight")
Produced byOscar Micheaux (producer)
Starring
CinematographyLester Lang
Release date
1932
Running time
58 minutes (American DVD)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Ten Minutes to Live is a 1932 American film directed by Oscar Micheaux and starring Lawrence Chenault, A. B. DeComathiere, Laura Bowman, Willor Lee Guilford, and Tressie Mitchell. One of the characters is deaf and much of the dialogue was dubbed offscreen.[1] The film is part of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.[2]

Plot summary

A producer offers a nightclub singer a role in his latest film, but all he really wants to do is have sex with her. She knows, but accepts anyway. Meanwhile, a patron at the club gets a note saying that she will soon get another note, and that she will be killed ten minutes after that.

Cast

Soundtrack

References

  1. ^ "Ten Minutes to Live". The Criterion Channel.
  2. ^ "Oscar Micheaux. Ten Minutes to Live. 1932 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  3. ^ "Ten Minutes to Live". www.tcm.com.