Five Days (1954 film)

Five Days
Five Days
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Montgomery Tully
Written by	Paul Tabori
Produced by	Anthony Hinds
Starring	Dane Clark
Cinematography	Walter J. Harvey
Edited by	James Needs
Music by	Ivor Slaney
Production; company	Hammer Film Productions
Distributed by	Lippert Pictures (USA); Exclusive Films (UK)
Release date	25 June 1954;
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Five Days, released in the United States as Paid to Kill, is a 1954 British film noir directed by Montgomery Tully starring Dane Clark.^[1] It was produced by Hammer Film Productions.

Plot[]

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 his partner and another person really do want to kill him, not his best friend, whom they have kidnapped and framed.

Cast[]

Dane Clark as James Nevill
Cecile Chevreau as Joan Peterson
Paul Carpenter as Paul Kirby
Thea Gregory as Andrea Nevill
Anthony Forwood as Glanville
Arthur Young as Hyson
Howard Marion-Crawford as Cyrus McGowan

References[]

^ Five Days at the BFI Database

External links[]

Five Days at IMDb
Five Days at AllMovie
Five Days at the TCM Movie Database
Five Days at the American Film Institute Catalog

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[1] Five Days at the BFI Database

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