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Five Minutes to Live

196180 minUnited States
Film noirCrime
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Original language
English
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74:25
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English

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Synopsis

Two criminals plan to use a bank executive's wife as leverage for a robbery. One holds her at home while the other seeks payment, depending on a telephone call to coordinate the threat. Their scheme exposes a family to an increasingly unstable intruder.

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DirectorsBill Karn

Behind the scenes

Johnny Cash made his first theatrical film appearance in this crime story. Its later reissue as Door-to-Door Maniac shifted the marketing from the deadline to the danger entering an ordinary home.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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