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24 Hours to Kill (aka Twenty-Four Hours to Kill and In Beirut sind die Nächte lang) is a 1965 British/German international co-production drama film shot in Techniscope and Technicolor that was filmed in the Lebanon, then a tax haven.[1] It was produced by Harry Alan Towers, directed by Peter Bezencenet, and stars Lex Barker, Mickey Rooney and Walter Slezak.

24 Hours to Kill
German film poster
Directed byPeter Bezencenet
Written byPeter Yeldham
Harry Alan Towers (story)
Produced byHarry Alan Towers
StarringLex Barker
Mickey Rooney
Walter Slezak
CinematographyErnest Steward
Edited byJohn Trumper
Music byWilfred Josephs
Production
companies
Grixflag Films
Towers of London
Distributed bySeven Arts Productions
Constantin Film
Release date
September 1965
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
West Germany
LanguageEnglish

Plot


A Transcontinental Airlines airliner on an international flight develops engine trouble en route to Athens. Pilot Jamie Faulkner (Lex Barker) is forced to land in Beirut, where the aircraft is to layover for 24 hours. Although the crew look forward to rest and relaxation in the then glamorous tourist hot spot, one of the crew members is in fear of his life due to his being a target of a criminal organisation based in the city.

Purser Norman Jones (Mickey Rooney ), on the run from a gang of gold smugglers headed by Malouf (Walter Slezak), a smuggler, gains the sympathy of the flight's captain and other members of the crew who believe that Jones has been wrongly associated with the syndicate.

The gang twice attempts to kill Jones and tries to kidnap air hostess Louise Braganza (Helga Sommerfeld), the captain's girl friend. Jamie learns that Jones is a member of Malouf's gang and has actually stolen £40,000 worth of bullion from the syndicate.

Although the gangsters kidnap air hostess Françoise Bertram (France Anglade) to propose an exchange. Françoise, however, after a fight, is rescued by the airline crew. Jones is captured by Malouf but saved by Jamie and the crew, but just as the airliner takes off, Jones is killed by one of Malouf's men.


Cast



Production


24 Hours to Kill was written by Peter Yeldham who travelled to Beirut to research the film's plot.[2] According to German reviewer, Oliver Nöding, casting Lex barker and Mickey Rooney and using an exotic setting was standard procedure for the low-budget Towers of London production team.[3] [N 1]

The aircraft in 24 Hours to Kill included:


Reception


Andy Webb, writing in The Movie Scene noted the beauty of Beirut before mideast strife destroyed the once glamorous capital. Webb considered 24 Hours to Kill "quite entertaining and has a touch of 60s spy movie about it with a few moments of action, drinks laced with drugs, shady people following Norman around and of course some danger."[6]


References



Notes


  1. After a lengthy film career in North America, "As work in Hollywood dried up, Barker spent most of the 1960s in Germany, where he enjoyed much popularity and made a great many films."[4]

Citations


  1. Mann 2014, p. 45.
  2. Taylor 2015, pp. 28-29.
  3. Nöding, Oliver. "24 hours to kill (Peter Bezencenet, Great Britain 1965)." funkhundd.wordpress.com, 25 January 2014. Retrieved: 5 August 2019.
  4. Maltin 1994, p. 48.
  5. Santoir, Christian. "Review: '24 Hours to Kill'." Aeromovies 17 January 2015. Retrieved: 5 August 2019.
  6. Webb, Andy. "Review: '24 Hours to Kill': Rooney's nervy Norman." The Movie Scene, 2019. Retrieved: 5 August 2019.

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