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Deadline at Dawn (1965)

Deadline at Dawn poster
Original title
დრო იწურება განთიადისას
Directed by
Geno Tsulaia, Neli Nenova
Genre
crime film, melodrama
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is wrongly convicted of a crime and faces a deadline to prove his innocence before his execution at dawn. While in prison he tries to uncover the real culprit and clear his name.

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What happens

«Срок истекает на рассвете» — советский криминальный фильм-мелодрама 1965 года режиссёров Нинель Неновой и Гено Цулая, снятый на киностудии «Грузия-фильм». Экранизация одноимённого романа американского писателя Корнелла Вулрича (под псевдонимом Уильям Айриш), опубликованного в 1944 году. Премьера состоялась в декабре 1966 года. Фильм посмотрело 11,4 млн зрителей. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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