The Hour of 13
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Director Harold French Duration Music director John Addison Language English | 6.3/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Mystery, Romance Running time 1h 20m Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1952 Writer Philip MacDonald (novel), Leon Gordon, Howard Emmett Rogers Screenplay Leon Gordon, Howard Emmett Rogers Cast Peter Lawford (Nicholas Revel), Dawn Addams (Jane Frensham), Roland Culver (Connor), Michael Hordern (Sir Herbert Frensham), Derek Bond (Sir Christopher Lenhurst), Leslie Dwyer (Ernie Perker)Similar movies London by Night (1937), The Bishop Murder Case (1930), Calling Philo Vance (1940), Star of Midnight (1935), Crime Doctors Warning (1945) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Hour of 13 is a 1952 British historical mystery film directed by Harold French and starring Peter Lawford, Dawn Addams and Roland Culver. It was made at Elstree Studios by the British subsidiary of MGM. The film's sets were designed by the German-born art director Alfred Junge.
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Plot
It is of the Jack The Ripper school with a period setting in gaslit London, but this time the mysterious killer is The Terror who is murdering policemen. Lawford plays the handsome gentleman thief Nicholas Revel who gets himself involved in the murders, and the theft of a valuable emerald. The treatment is seldom serious yet is smartly resolved with a supporting cast of British stalwarts.
Reception
According to MGM records the movie earned $344,000 in the US and Canada and $412,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $424,000.
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References
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