Five Miles to Midnight

Five Miles to Midnight

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

Directed by Anatole Litvak

Produced by Mercury, Dear Film

1962108 min6.0 / 10

A tense, morally murky thriller built on a dysfunctional marriage, staged death, and insurance fraud that traps its characters in escalating deception and paranoia.

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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