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The Hour of 13 is a american film of genre Crime directed by Harold French released in USA on 21 november 1952 with Peter Lawford

The Hour of 13 (1952)

The Hour of 13
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Released in USA 21 november 1952
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Crime
Rating62% 3.1448553.1448553.1448553.1448553.144855

The Hour of 13 is a 1952 film 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. Peter 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.



^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study .

Synopsis

Nicholas Revel, un voleur mondain, qui vient de dérober un célèbre bijou, est pris à tort pour le mystérieux criminel qui assassine des policiers. Pour se disculper, il va mener sa propre enquête.

Actors

Peter Lawford

(Nicholas Revel)Dawn Addams

(Jane Frensham)Roland Culver

(Connor)Peter Copley

(Cummings)Michael Hordern

(Sir Herbert Frensham)
And :
Derek Bond
Leslie Dwyer
Fabia Drake
Colin Gordon
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