Five Miles to Midnight

Five Miles to Midnight

110 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Dec. 12, 1962

Immediately after Lisa declares that she is leaving her immature, abusive, but easy-going husband Robert, he is reported dead in a plane crash. Secretly still alive, he convinces her to collect his life insurance, although she knows that it's a bad idea. Lisa must contend with the complications of the scheme, which involve an aggressive suitor, Robert's jealousy, and her own guilt.

Five Miles to Midnight

110 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Dec. 12, 1962

Five Miles to Midnight
Immediately after Lisa declares that she is leaving her immature, abusive, but easy-going husband Robert, he is reported dead in a plane crash. Secretly still alive, he convinces her to collect his life insurance, although she knows that it's a bad idea. Lisa must contend with the complications of the scheme, which involve an aggressive suitor, Robert's jealousy, and her own guilt.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Mercury, Filmsonor, Dear Film Produzione
Original title Le Couteau dans la plaie
Directors Anatole Litvak
Writers Maurice Druon, André Versini, Hugh Wheeler, Peter Viertel

Cast

Sophia Loren

as Lisa Macklin

Anthony Perkins

as Robert Macklin

Gig Young

as David Barnes

Yolande Turner

as Barbara Ford

Tommy Norden

as Johnny

Elina Labourdette

as Mme. Lafont

Mathilde Casadesus

as Mme. Duval

Pascale Roberts

as Streetwalker

Jean-Pierre Aumont

as Alan Stewart

RĂ©gine

as Mrs. Wade