12 O'Clock is a 1958

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Thriller and Mystery film starring

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and Rehman. It was produced by G.P. Sippy and directed by

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. It was listed in ''Best Bollywood Noirs of 1950s'' by

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, citing, ''While Guru Dutt is as effective as ever and Waheeda looks suitably grief-stricken and confused, the film belongs to Rehman, who plays Bani's manipulative brother-in-law to perfection''.

Plot

At exactly 12:00 noon, two gunshots are fired at the

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. The gunshots kill Maya (Sabita Chatterji), the wife of Raimohan ( Rehman). One of the assailants is none other than Maya's sister, Bani Choudhary (

), and a gun is recovered from her handbag. The second assailant flees on a motorcycle, meets with an accident, and is instantly killed. The police charge Bani with murdering her sister. Faced with overwhelming evidence against Bani, her lawyer boyfriend, Ajay Kumar (

) must race against time to come to the truth behind Maya's murder.

Cast

as Ajay Kumar *

as Bani Chaudhary *

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as Neena * Rehman as Raimohan * Johnny Walker as Motilal Sharma 'Moti' *Sabita Chatterji as Maya *Ashita Mujumdar as Marina * Umadevi as Kumari Natesh Sundari *Amrit Rana *

Abrar Alvi Abrar Alvi (1 July 1927 – 18 November 2009) was an Indian film writer, director and actor. Most of his notable work was done in the 1950s and 1960s with Guru Dutt. He wrote some of the most respected works of Indian cinema, including '' Sah ...

as Police Inspector *Tanvir *Rajen Kapoor as Kapoor *Jagdish Nirulla *Bhishan Khanna * Jagdish as Police Inspector Chauhan *Shankar *Sitaram *Govind *Raj *Mirajkar *Sagar * Hari Sivdasani as Bali's Mamaji * Helen as Dancer in song "Arey Tauba"

Soundtrack

Songs of the film were penned by Sahir Ludhianvi and

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while the music was composed by O. P. Nayyar.

References

External links

12 O'Clock at IMDb
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