The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)

Directed by

Mervyn LeRoy

Genre

drama film, disaster film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 06m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of convicts help a priest evacuate children from a leper colony on a Pacific island as a volcano is about to erupt. The story deals with personal flaws like alcoholism and the possibility of redemption through selfless acts.

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What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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