''When the Clock Strikes'' is a 1961

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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Plot

James Brown—no, the other one—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. It's a well written little thriller, with lots of sudden turns in the plot that kept me surprised. The problem is that it seems to have been shot on the cheapest of budgets, by Edward L. Cahn. Cahn was, in his long career, a competent journeyman; give him a good cast and he could turn out a good B picture. This one looks like it was shot for one of the television anthology series that flourished in the 1950s, without sufficient rehearsal time to modulate the performances. The result is a movie that probably played the drive-ins. Too bad. It could have been much more.

Cast

as Sam Morgan *

as Ellie *

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as Cady *

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as Sheriff Mitchell * Peggy Stewart as Mrs. Pierce *

Frances De Sales Francis de Sales (french: François de Sales; it, Francesco di Sales; 21 August 156728 December 1622) was a Bishop of Geneva and is revered as a saint in the Catholic Church. He became noted for his deep faith and his gentle approach to ...

as Warden *Jorge Moreno as Martinez *Max Mellinger as Postman *

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as Waitress *Jack Kenney as Cafe Proprietor

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* 1961 films 1961 crime drama films 1960s English-language films American black-and-white films American crime drama films Films directed by Edward L. Cahn Films produced by Edward Small Films scored by Richard LaSalle United Artists films 1960s American films {{1960s-drama-film-stub

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