Twelve Hours to Kill

Twelve Hours to Kill
Directed by	Edward L. Cahn
Written by	Jerry Sohl
Based on	Set Up for Murder 1959 Saturday Evening Post by Richard G. Stern
Produced by	John Healy
Starring	Nico Minardos Barbara Eden Grant Richards
Cinematography	Floyd Crosby
Edited by	Betty Steinberg
Music by	Paul Dunlap
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	April 2, 1960 (1960-04-02)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Twelve Hours to Kill (also known as 12 Hours to Kill) is a 1960 American crime drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Nico Minardos and Barbara Eden.

Plot

Martin Filones (Nico Minardos), a young Greek man, witnesses the murder of gangster Frankie Russo, and is ushered off into the relative "safety" of suburban obscurity by Lt. Jim Carnevan (Grant Richards), unaware that he is being double-crossed by a crooked gendarme. Barbara Eden plays the femme fatale of the story.

Cast

• Nico Minardos as Martin Filones
• Barbara Eden as Lucy Hall
• Grant Richards as Det. Lt. Jim Carnevan
• Russ Conway as Capt. Willie Long
• Art Baker as Capt. Johns
• Gavin MacLeod as Johnny
• Kitty Kelly in a minor role
• Cece Whitney as Clara Carnevan
• Richard Reeves as Mark
• Byron Foulger as Elby Gardner
• Barbara Mansell as Cynthia
• Ted Knight as Police Sgt. Denton
• Shepherd Sanders as Frankie Russo
• Charles Meredith as Druggist
• Stewart Conway as Bert – Policeman
• Don Collier as Andy – Policeman

Production

Twelve Hours to Kill was the first lead role for Nico Minadros, who had been in Holiday for Lovers.

See also

• List of American films of 1960

External links

• Twelve Hours to Kill at IMDb
• Twelve Hours to Kill at AllMovie
• Twelve Hours to Kill at the TCM Movie Database
• Twelve Hours to Kill at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films