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The Devil at 4 O'Clock

Play trailer Poster for The Devil at 4 O'Clock 1961,  2h 6m,  Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 67% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 54% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
67% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 54% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Prisoners Harry (Frank Sinatra), Marcel (Gregoire Aslan) and Charlie (Bernie Hamilton) are flown to a small tropical island to serve the elderly Father Doonan (Spencer Tracy), who makes them work high in the mountains at a health clinic for local children. When a volcano erupts, the young patients are stranded, while the rest of the island's population flees. When Doonan offers to free the convicts if they help save the children, Harry leads his fellow convicts on a daring rescue mission.

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Variety Staff Variety Mar 26, 2009
Tracy delivers one of his more colorful portrayals in his hard-drinking cleric who has lost faith in his God, walloping over a character which sparks entire action of film. Go to Full Review
A.H. Weiler New York Times May 9, 2005
Despite all the sounds and fury in "The Devil at 4 O'clock," its drama does not emerge as a bang but as a whimper. Go to Full Review
Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Nov 14, 2019
The story has its share of hokum but Tracy's performance has guts and honesty. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 10, 2007
B-
The plot of Mervyn LeRoy's adventure is routine but the special effects are good (for its time) and it's well acted by Frank Sinatra as a convict and Spencer Tracy, again playing a priest. Go to Full Review
Steve Crum Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers Dec 23, 2006
4/5
Colorful disaster movie with good teaming of Tracy and Sinatra. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews May 21, 2005
C-
The special effects were fine, and were about all that was salvageable from this disaster of a film. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Mervyn LeRoy

Director

Spencer Tracy

Father Matthew Doonan

Frank Sinatra

Harry

Kerwin Mathews

Father Joseph Perreau

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Jacques

Gregoire Aslan

Marcel

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The Devil at 4 O'Clock

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Movie Info

Synopsis Prisoners Harry (Frank Sinatra), Marcel (Gregoire Aslan) and Charlie (Bernie Hamilton) are flown to a small tropical island to serve the elderly Father Doonan (Spencer Tracy), who makes them work high in the mountains at a health clinic for local children. When a volcano erupts, the young patients are stranded, while the rest of the island's population flees. When Doonan offers to free the convicts if they help save the children, Harry leads his fellow convicts on a daring rescue mission.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Producer
Fred Kohlmar
Screenwriter
Liam O'Brien
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jan 14, 2003
Runtime
2h 6m
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