The Devil at 4 O'Clock
1961 film by Mervyn LeRoy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Devil at 4 O'Clock is a 1961 American adventure film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra. Based on a 1958 novel with the same title by British writer Max Catto, the film was a precursor to Krakatoa, East of Java and the disaster films of the 1970s such as The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake and The Towering Inferno.
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The Devil at 4 O'Clock | |
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Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy |
Screenplay by | Liam O'Brien |
Based on | The Devil at 4 O'Clock 1958 novel by Max Catto |
Produced by | Fred Kohlmar |
Starring | Spencer Tracy Frank Sinatra |
Cinematography | Joseph F. Biroc |
Edited by | Charles Nelson |
Music by | George Duning |
Color process | Eastmancolor |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $5,721,786[1] |
Box office | $4,550,000[1][2] |
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The film deals with multiple issues of prejudice concerning age, blindness, disease and alcoholism. It also considers moral issues, such as a priest who drinks to excess and criminals who commit acts of self-sacrifice.