Agrega una trama en tu idiomaA failed business deal forces James Nevill to blackmail his weak-willed friend into murdering him so that his wife can collect his insurance, but circumstances suddenly change.A failed business deal forces James Nevill to blackmail his weak-willed friend into murdering him so that his wife can collect his insurance, but circumstances suddenly change.A failed business deal forces James Nevill to blackmail his weak-willed friend into murdering him so that his wife can collect his insurance, but circumstances suddenly change.
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"Five Days", a.k.a. "Paid to Kill", is a film-noir by Hammer with a good plot point that may surprise the viewer. The cinematography is also great but the conclusion is disappointing. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Pago para Matar" ("Paid to Kill")
James Nevill (Dane Clark) is a businessman managing a London based Investment firm. Having gone in big on a deal that goes sour, Nevill strikes a deal with an old friend Paul Kirby (Paul Carpenter), from shadier times, to kill him at some point in the next five days, so that is wife can collect on the insurance payment. However, the business deal undergoes a last-minute change and proceeds securing the finances of the firm going forward. Nevill tries to locate Kirby, to call off the deal but he is nowhere to be found. He must now try and find his friend and explain the situation before he finds him.
A second film for Dane Clark, having been in "The Gambler and the Lady" which I watched last year and in which he co-starred with Anthony Forwood, who appears again in this one. I thought Clark was a bit better in that film though, where he portrayed a former gangster struggling in society circles, than he was here. There's a touch more nuance required for this one and I never really bought that Nevill loved his wife enough be so practically suicidal. He also seems to be pushing his wife to the possibility of moving on (with Forwood) after he's gone too, which again is a theme from an earlier Hammer film.
The film is also notable for having Charles Hawtrey in a small non-speaking role.
Whilst I wouldn't, in any way, describe "Five Days" as a lost gem, it was watchable enough to hold my attention, despite some less the great performances, and the arrival of a different plot was welcome.
Dane Clark appeared several times under the production arrangement, but makes one of his most successful entries here as a man in a jam, with a plan, and a dame. Possessing a characteristic persecuted look, Clark is eminently suited to the role of businessman James Nevill who - fearing that a big deal has gone sour - pays a friend to kill him, to secure insurance money for his unsuspecting wife. Nevill abruptly needs to change his murderous instructions when matters change for the better, but cannot find his unreliable friend. He finds the repeated attempts on his life - whoever it is making them - too close for comfort. Says a business acquaintance of Nevill's business style that: "it's okay for cutthroat and adventure - but not for the City of London." Such a contrast exists elsewhere in a film containing one or two jarring, humorous scenes, featuring Charles Hawtrey (a non-speaking part) partnering Nevill's troublesome, truculent investor. Away from these distractions the film is much stronger, notably in the understated love for Nevill shown by his secretary Joan (Cecile Chavreau), which is played subtly. Although for many the film's final twist is telegraphed someway in advance, 5 Days/Paid To Kill is reasonably suspenseful and largely successful on its own terms, efficiently directed by Tully.
But a new associate retrieves the situation :now the factory is thriving again and there's no more reason to sacrifice one's life. But the "paid to kill" man seems to have disappeared , and there's no way to get the message "the deal is off" through .Soon the industrialist is victim of a murder attempt .But the killer might be someone else who takes advantage of the situation ; when you are wealthy and married to a pretty wife,you have other enemies you do not suspect.
Good film noir ,in a sticky atmosphere (the sauna!) , with enough unexpected twists to sustain the interest throughout.
¿Sabías que…?
- TriviaWhen Kirby leaves the party at Nevill's and goes to a bar, the two men sitting behind him (one played by an uncredited Warren Mitchell) are, from their dialogue, clearly gay. Pretty daring for 1954.
- ErroresDuring Jim's struggle with the killer the shadow of a boom mike is visible in the upper left of the screen.
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James Nevill: How would you like to make 500 pounds?
Paul Kirby: Hanh?
James Nevill: Cash! With another 500 to come later.
Paul Kirby: [joking] Who would I have to murder for that?
James Nevill: [gravely] Just one man.
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