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Plot:
- AdventurerOne Man ArmyBreakoutDaring RescueRace Against TimeRescueSave the DaySurvival more...
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Genres:
- AdventureActionDrama
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Time/Period:
- 60s
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Place:
- IslandJungleMountainsShip
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Audience:
- Boys' Night
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousSemi Fantastic
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The Devil at 4 O'Clock, 1961
English, French
USA
Profile of The Devil at 4 O'Clock
The plot of The Devil at 4 O'Clock revolves around a prison breakout, forces of nature, and a one-man army. The main genres are adventure, drama, and action. In approach, it is serious. The Devil at 4 O'Clock is set, at least in part, in a jungle, on a ship, and in the mountains. It takes place in the 1960s. It is based on a book. The Devil at 4 O'Clock is well suited for a boys' night.
Summary of The Devil at 4 O'Clock
The Devil at 4 O'Clock is a disaster flick with a star-studded cast. Spencer Tracy stars as a priest who has lost his faith and has become an alcoholic. He is to be replaced by a new cleric on the South Seas island on which he works, arriving on a plane carrying three manacled convicts (Frank Sinatra, Gregoire Aslan, and Bernie Hamilton) on their way to prison on the main island of Tahiti. Tracy asks for permission to have the convicts help him finish the chapel at the island's hospital for children with leprosy, but, as they work, a series of earthquakes signal that the island's slumbering volcano might be waking. Finally, a huge quack erupts and the island's inhabitants prepare to evacuate, leaving Tracy, Sinatra, and company the responsibility of escorting the lepers to safety, a task that requires chaperoning them down the mountain, through the jungle, and out to the last evacuation boat before it departs at 4:00 sharp. The dark tale also includes a romantic element featuring Barbara Luna as a blind woman whom Sinatra can't refuse.
Details
| Language: | English, French |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 18 October 1961 |
| Runtime: | 126 min |
Cast and Crew
as Father Matthew Doonan
as Harry
