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Five Days (1954 film)

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Five Days
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMontgomery Tully
Written byPaul Tabori
Produced byAnthony Hinds
StarringDane Clark
Paul Carpenter
Thea Gregory
CinematographyWalter J. Harvey
Edited byJames Needs
Music byIvor Slaney
Production
company
Distributed byExclusive Films
Lippert Pictures (US)
Release date
  • 25 June 1954 (1954-06-25)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

[1]Five Days is a 1954 British film noir directed by Montgomery Tully starring Dane Clark, Paul Carpenter and Thea Gregory.[2] It was produced by Hammer Film Productions and shot at Bray Studios with sets designed by the art director J. Elder Wills. It was made as a second feature for release on a double bill.[3] It was released in the United States by Lippert Pictures as Paid to Kill.

Plot

James Nevill, a nearly bankrupt businessman, hires his best friend to kill him so his wife can collect on his life insurance. After his business takes a sudden upswing he changes his mind, but he must get to the killer and tell him so before the killer gets to him first. Nevill suffers several near misses before learning that his partner and another person really do want to kill him, not his best friend, whom they have kidnapped and framed.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Wu, Lawrence; Martin, Steven; England, Paula (2017). "The Decoupling of Sex and Marriage: Cohort Trends in Who Did and Did Not Delay Sex until Marriage for U.S. Women Born 1938–1985". Sociological Science. 4: 151–175. doi:10.15195/v4.a7. ISSN 2330-6696.
  2. ^ Five Days at the BFI Database
  3. ^ Chibnall & McFarlane p.81

Bibliography

  • Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.