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Five Miles to Midnight

Original title: Le couteau dans la plaie
  • 1962
  • Approved
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
1.4K
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Five Miles to Midnight (1962)
Lisa Macklin, an Italian woman, has a fight with her American husband Robert in a Paris night club. He leaves the next day for a business trip and Lisa says she does not want to see him again. She is with newspaperman Alan Stewart that evening when she learns Robert's plane has crashed with no survivors. Waking from sedation after the funeral, Lisa finds Robert in their flat, injured but alive. He was thrown clear of the crash by a lucky twist of fate. He now plans to collect the $120,000 insurance he took out at the airport. Once Lisa collects the money and turns it over to him, she will finally be rid of him. She attempts to get advice from Stewart, but he has been replaced by David Barnes. Lisa's life becomes a tortuous ordeal, at work, at home, faced with a fugitive husband and a growing love for David, who suspects everything.
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Lisa's husband Robert fakes his death in a plane crash to collect insurance. She's trapped between helping him commit fraud and her growing feelings for David Barnes, until she makes one fin... Read allLisa's husband Robert fakes his death in a plane crash to collect insurance. She's trapped between helping him commit fraud and her growing feelings for David Barnes, until she makes one final, desperate choice.Lisa's husband Robert fakes his death in a plane crash to collect insurance. She's trapped between helping him commit fraud and her growing feelings for David Barnes, until she makes one final, desperate choice.

  • Director
    • Anatole Litvak
  • Writers
    • Peter Viertel
    • Hugh Wheeler
    • André Versini
  • Stars
    • Sophia Loren
    • Anthony Perkins
    • Gig Young
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    1.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Anatole Litvak
    • Writers
      • Peter Viertel
      • Hugh Wheeler
      • André Versini
    • Stars
      • Sophia Loren
      • Anthony Perkins
      • Gig Young
    • 38User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Sophia Loren
    Sophia Loren
    • Lisa Macklin
    Anthony Perkins
    Anthony Perkins
    • Robert Macklin
    Gig Young
    Gig Young
    • David Barnes
    Yolande Turner
    Yolande Turner
    • Barbara Ford
    Tommy Norden
    • Johnny
    • (as Thomas Norden)
    Elina Labourdette
    Elina Labourdette
    • Mme. Lafont
    Mathilde Casadesus
    • Mme. Duval
    Jacqueline Porel
    Pascale Roberts
    Pascale Roberts
    • Streetwalker
    Marc Doelnitz
    Jean-Pierre Aumont
    Jean-Pierre Aumont
    • Alan Stewart
    Daniele Barbier
      Charles Bouillaud
        Yves Brainville
        • Monsieur Dompier
        • (uncredited)
        Roland Catalano
          R.K. Cunningham
          • Le vice-consul
          • (uncredited)
          Jacqueline Dane
          • Une employée
          • (uncredited)
          Paula Dehelly
          • La standardiste
          • (uncredited)
          • Director
            • Anatole Litvak
          • Writers
            • Peter Viertel
            • Hugh Wheeler
            • André Versini
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          • Trivia
            Bob's $120,000 life insurance policy payout, adjusted to inflation, is equivalent to over $1,200,00 in 2023.
          • Goofs
            At the 1962 exchange rate, the $120,000 insurance pay-out would have equaled about 600,000 French francs, not the 60,000,000 francs as stated in the film.
          • Quotes
            • Robert Macklin: [talking to a cat] How do you do? Come on in! What's the matter? Not in the mood? Here, kitty, kitty, kitty. Time for a coffee break. Well, what's new in the outside world today? Has the price of catnip gone up again? Hey cat you sure got a pretty coat. Would my wife envy you.
          • Connections
            Featured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
          • Soundtracks
            Leçon de Twist
            Music by Jerry Mengo
            Lyrics by Danyel Gérard and Lucien Morisse

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          Details

          • Release date
            • December 12, 1962 (France)
          • Countries of origin
            • France
            • Italy
          • Languages
            • English
            • French
          • Also known as
            • Deadlock
          • Filming locations
            • Paris, France
          • Production companies
            • Mercury
            • Filmsonor
            • Dear Film Produzione
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          Tech specs

          • Runtime
            • 1h 50m(110 min)
          • Color
            • Black and White
          • Aspect ratio
            • 1.66 : 1

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