When the Clock Strikes

When the Clock Strikes is a 1961 gangster film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring James Brown and Merry Anders.^[1]

When the Clock Strikes
Directed by	Edward L. Cahn
Written by	Dallas Gaultois
Produced by	Edward Small (executive) Robert E. Kent
Starring	James Brown Merry Anders
Cinematography	Kenneth Peach
Edited by	Robert Carlisle
Music by	Richard LaSalle
Production company	Harvard Film Corporation
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	June 10, 1961 (1961-06-10)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

James Brown is at Henry Corden's lodge near the state prison, where they're hanging a man on his testimony. Brown is an honest man, and his identification was not certain, and he said so. But it hanged the man, and now another has confessed. Brown meets Merry Anders, the dead man's widow at the lodge, who's looking for a clue towards $160,000 he stole from a bank.

Cast

• James Brown as Sam Morgan
• Merry Anders as Ellie
• Henry Corden as Cady
• Roy Barcroft as Sheriff Mitchell
• Peggy Stewart as Mrs. Pierce
• Frances De Sales as Warden
• Jorge Moreno as Martinez
• Max Mellinger as Postman
• Eden Hartford as Waitress
• Jack Kenney as Cafe Proprietor

See also

• List of American films of 1961