Five Days (1954)
- Original title
- Paid to Kill
- Directed by
- Montgomery Tully
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, crime film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man gets caught up in a murder plot that leads to a five-day deadline. He must figure out who is behind the scheme and how to survive.
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What happens
Five Days (U.S. title: Paid to Kill) is a 1954 British second feature ('B') film noir directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Dane Clark, Paul Carpenter and Thea Gregory. It was written by Paul Tabori and produced by Anthony Hinds for Hammer Film Productions. Jimmy Sangster was assistant director, J. Elder Wills was art director, and Phil Leakey handled Makeup. Dane Clark had finished starring in Hammer's Murder by Proxy and was supposed to return to the US to star in some Westerns, but Anthony Hinds persuaded him to stay in England to star in Five Days. Filming ran from Nov. 9, 1953 to Dec. 16, 1953, and it was trade shown on May 12, 1954 at the Hammer Theatre. It was released in the United States by Lippert Pictures. The US print (retitled Paid to Kill) ran 3 minutes longer than the British print. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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