Five Days

Five Days - 1954 | 75 mins | Crime | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Montgomery Tully.
Producer: Anthony Hinds.
Script: Paul Tabori.
Cinematography: Walter J. Harvey.
Film Editing: James Needs.
Art Direction: J. Elder Wills.
Makeup Department: Nina Broe and Philip Leakey.
Sound Department: Bill Salter.
Original Music: Ivor Slaney.

The Cast

Dane Clark - James Nevill
Paul Carpenter - Paul Kirby
Thea Gregory - Andrea Nevill
Cecile Chevreau - Joan
Anthony Forwood - Glanville
Howard Marion-Crawford - McGowan
Avis Scott - Eileen
Peter Gawthorne - Bowman
Ross Hutchinson - Ingham
Arnold Diamond - Perkins
Charles Hawtrey - Bill

Plot Synopsis

A bankrupt financier, Nevill (Dan Clark), faced with ruin blackmails a friend, Paul (Paul Carpenter), into killing him with five days so that his wife (Thea Gregory) can benefit from his life insurance. With that time things change when Nevill has a change of mind and wants to stay alive, he then has difficulty staying alive as he frantically searches for Paul. Nevill discovers his wife and business partner are out to kill him, having framed a kidnapped Paul, and must avoid the treacherous two.