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The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)
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Reviews Counted:3
Fresh:2
Rotten:1
Average Rating:N/A
Runtime: 2 hrs 7 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: THE DEVIL AT 4 O'CLOCK is a disaster flick with a star-studded cast. Spencer Tracy stars as a priest who has lost his faith and has become an alcoholic. He is to be replaced by a new cleric on the... THE DEVIL AT 4 O'CLOCK is a disaster flick with a star-studded cast. Spencer Tracy stars as a priest who has lost his faith and has become an alcoholic. He is to be replaced by a new cleric on the South Seas island on which he works, arriving on a plane carrying three manacled convicts (Frank Sinatra, Gregoire Aslan, and Bernie Hamilton) on their way to prison on the main island of Tahiti. Tracy asks for permission to have the convicts help him finish the chapel at the island's hospital for children with leprosy, but, as they work, a series of earthquakes signal that the island's slumbering volcano might be waking. Finally, a huge quack erupts and the island's inhabitants prepare to evacuate, leaving Tracy, Sinatra, and company the responsibility of escorting the lepers to safety, a task that requires chaperoning them down the mountain, through the jungle, and out to the last evacuation boat before it departs at 4:00 sharp. The dark tale also includes a romantic element featuring Barbara Luna as a blind woman whom Sinatra can't refuse. [More]
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Frank Sinatra, Gregoire Aslan, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Frank Sinatra, Gregoire Aslan, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Kerwin Mathews, Alexander Scourby, Barbara Luna, Cathy Lewis, Bernie Hamilton, Martin Brandt
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Screenwriter: Liam O'Brien
Producer: Fred Kohlmar
Composer: George Duning
Reviews for The Devil at 4 O'Clock
The plot of Mervyn LeRoy's adventure is routine but the special effects are good (for its time) and it's well acted by Frank Sinatra as a convict and Spencer Tracy, again playing a priest.
The special effects were fine, and were about all that was salvageable from this disaster of a film.
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