Time to Kill (1942)
1942 · Feature film · 61 min · dir. Herbert I. Leeds
Mike Shayne in a killer-diller of a chiller-diller... with no time out to count the corpses!
- Drama
- Crime
- Mystery
Synopsis
Time to Kill is a 1942 American mystery film directed by Herbert I. Leeds. It is the first screen adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel The High Window, which was remade five years later as The Brasher Doubloon. The detective was changed from Philip Marlowe to Michael Shayne for this version, with Lloyd Nolan playing the part and Heather Angel in a rare turn as leading lady. It is also the final Michael Shayne film starring Lloyd Nolan made at Fox, who closed down their popular B movie unit…
Synopsis from Wikipedia
Details
- Director
- Herbert I. Leeds
- Writer
- Raymond Chandler
- Composer
- Emil Newman
- Cinematography
- Charles G. Clarke
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Released
- 1942-12-24
- Series
- Michael Shayne Collection
- Running time
- 61 minutes
Cast & crew
Herbert I. Leeds Director
Sheila Bromley
Carl M. Leviness
James Seay
Clara Horton
Syd Saylor
Dick Lane
Paul Guilfoyle
LeRoy Mason
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Time to Kill · drskip12 · 2024-05-27
This is (in my opinion) another great Michael Shayne entry with a sturdy cast and a great story with thanks to Raymond Chandler. Atmospheric, light, compelling, and interestingly sleazy in a 1940s L.A. sort of way. For a real cinematic epiphany (maybe unintended), check out screen shot of the "tombstoning" frame with Heather Angel (secretary) and the picture on the wall behind her. This film is better than the later version...trust me.
★★★★★ · Lloyd Nolan never disappoints. · bbb103 · 2024-04-28
And you can't go wrong with a Raymond Chandler story.
