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One night. One confession. One lawyer racing to stop a clock he didn't start.
TMDB
55
IMDb
62
Rotten Tomatoes
22
Audience Score
25
Google
93

Count the Hours! (1953)

Race-against-time noirSmall-town injusticeLean, mean 76 minutes

Overview

DramaCrime

A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.

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saved from hangingrace against timemoral panicinnocent manfilm noirconvicted murderercourtroomhandgunprison visitaccused of murder+5 more

Standout Aspects

Direction

Siegel crushes 76 minutes like a masterclass in pressure-cooker pacing.

Acting

Teresa Wright's desperate wife anchors the chaos with quiet fury.

Best for:Solo: Late-night noir binge when you need tight tension, not epic runtime.·Rewatch: Spot Siegel's early visual economy before he became iconic.
Heads up:Emotional: Capital punishment tension; innocent man on death row.
Don Siegel

Director

Don Siegel

ReleasedApr 1, 1953
Runtime1h 16m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Benedict Bogeaus Production

Top Cast

Teresa Wright

Teresa Wright

Ellen Braden

Macdonald Carey

Macdonald Carey

Doug Madison

Dolores Moran

Dolores Moran

Paula Mitchener

Adele Mara

Adele Mara

Gracie Sager, Max Verne's Girlfriend

Edgar Barrier

Edgar Barrier

Dist. Atty. Jim Gillespie

John Craven

John Craven

George Braden

Jack Elam

Jack Elam

Max Verne

Ralph Sanford

Ralph Sanford

Alvin Taylor

Gene Roth

Gene Roth

Prison Guard

Dolores Fuller

Dolores Fuller

Reporter (uncredited)

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Siegel shot this between Riot in Cell Block 11 and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, perfecting his 'tighten until it squeaks' approach to B-pictures that studios later threw millions at.

Cultural

The 'moral panic' and 'sensationalism' keywords aren't window dressing—this is 1953 McCarthy-era anxiety about manufactured guilt refracted through noir, with the migrant worker standing in for any convenient outsider.

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