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Five Days is a British film of genre Drama directed by Montgomery Tully released in USA on 25 june 1954 with Dane Clark

Five Days (1954)

Five Days
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Released in USA 25 june 1954
Length 1h11
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Crime
Rating60% 3.0465953.0465953.0465953.0465953.046595

Five Days, released in the United States as Paid to Kill, is a 1954 British film noir directed by Montgomery Tully starring Dane Clark. It was produced by Hammer Film Productions.

Synopsis

James Nevill, a nearly bankrupt businessman, hires his best friend to kill him so his wife can collect on his life insurance. After his business takes a sudden upswing he changes his mind, but he must get to the killer and tell him so before the killer gets to him first. Nevill suffers several near misses before learning that it is partner and another who really want to kill him, not his friend whom they have kidnapped and framed. In the end, the villains shoot each other.

Actors

Dane Clark

(James Nevill)Paul Carpenter

(Paul Kirby)Thea Gregory

(Andrea Nevill)Anthony Forwood

(Glanville)Howard Marion-Crawford

(McGowan (as Howard Marion Crawford))
And :
Arthur Young
Peter Gawthorne
Charles Hawtrey
Warren Mitchell
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