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Twelve Hours to Kill

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Twelve Hours to Kill
Directed byEdward L. Cahn
Written byJerry Sohl
Based onSet Up for Murder
1959 Saturday Evening Post
by Richard G. Stern
Produced byJohn Healy
StarringNico Minardos
Barbara Eden
Grant Richards
CinematographyFloyd Crosby
Edited byBetty Steinberg
Music byPaul Dunlap
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • April 2, 1960 (1960-04-02)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Twelve Hours to Kill (also known as 12 Hours to Kill) is a 1960 American crime drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Nico Minardos and Barbara Eden.[1]

Plot

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Martin Filones (Nico Minardos), a young Greek man, witnesses the murder of gangster Frankie Russo, and is ushered off into the relative "safety" of suburban obscurity by Lt. Jim Carnevan (Grant Richards), unaware that he is being double-crossed by a crooked gendarme. Barbara Eden plays the femme fatale of the story.

Cast

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Production

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Twelve Hours to Kill was the first lead role for Nico Minadros, who had been in Holiday for Lovers.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "12 HOURS TO KILL". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 27. 1960. p. 101. ProQuest 1305823192.
  2. ^ Scheuer, P. K. (Dec 30, 1959). "Donehue to direct 'campobello" film". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 167606982.
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