
1935 · Mitchell Leisen · 70 min
"Get ready to die, you rat! You sent me to the gallows for a measly two hundred bucks!"
A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends the time in the lobby of a Broadway theater where a musical is playing. The film focuses on the relationship between the two men, and also between various characters in the theater audience, staff and cast.
Richard BarthelmessTony Mako
Ray MillandCarl Barrett
Joe MorrisonEddie
Gertrude MichaelMrs. Sylvia Temple
Helen MackHelen
Dorothy TreeMae Danish
Roscoe KarnsJohnson
Charles Cahill WilsonTaft
Henry TraversMac Mason
Noel MadisonAnderson
Paul HarveyCapt. Seaver
Olive TellMrs. Madison
Lee KohlmarPa Herman
Bodil RosingMaLois KentLittle Girl