Five Miles to Midnight

1962 · 108 min · EN · NR · 5.9 (27 votes)

Dir. Anatole Litvak · Starring Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young, Yolande Turner, Tommy Norden, Élina Labourdette · Music Míkis Theodorakis

“The Suspense Begins...From the Very First Second!”

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American ex-Air Force man and current businessman Bob Macklin is married to the impoverished Italian-born Lisa. Bob’s jealousy and immaturity irks Lisa, who tells him she’s planning to file for a divorce before his plane departs on a business trip for Casablanca.

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This film feels like a marriage unraveling into a dangerous game of deceit and control. The air is thick with suspicion and desperation, building a palpable sense of dread as characters navigate a web of their own making. It's a tense, suffocating exploration of human frailty under immense pressure.

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