Le diable à 4 heures

Original title: The Devil at 4 O'Clock

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6.4/10

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Disaster Adventure Drama Thriller

A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smoldering volcano.A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smoldering volcano.A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smoldering volcano.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

2.8K

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

Jacques
(as Jean Pierre Aumont)

Grégoire Aslan

Marcel
(as Gregoire Aslan)

Alexander Scourby

The Governor

BarBara Luna

Camille
(as Barbara Luna)

Cathy Lewis

Matron

Bernie Hamilton

Charlie

Martin Brandt

Doctor Wexler

Louis Merrill

Aristide Giraud
(as Lou Merrill)

Marcel Dalio

Gaston

Thomas H. Middleton

Paul, Co-pilot

Ann Duggan

Clarisse

Louis Mercier

Corporal

Michèle Montau

Margot
(as Michele Montau)

Eugene Borden

Citizen
(uncredited)

Earl D'Eon

Radio Operator
(uncredited)

Director
- Mervyn LeRoy
Writers
- Liam O'Brien
- Max Catto
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Trivia
The volcano in this film was built from scratch on farmland outside Fallbrook, California. Each shot required packing with hundreds of pounds of explosives and a carefully-orchestrated "eruption" to be filmed by the cameraman seated on the front skids of a helicopter. One eruption went off a little early and nearly took out the chopper, burning off the cameraman's eyebrows and some of his hair. Because the eruptions looked so good, this ersatz volcano provided stock footage for other films, commercials, etc., for decades.

Goofs
After the island explodes, the sea is perfectly calm. A huge eruption like that would have produced a huge tsunami.

Quotes
Charlie: I was a pretty good thief in my time.
Father Matthew Doonan: I believe that.
Charlie: It's too late. Can't you get out now?
Father Matthew Doonan: It's never too late to change.
Charlie: My mother, that's what she used to say, "It's never too late."
Father Matthew Doonan: She was right.
Charlie: She kept after me - kept tellin' me - there was another thief once dyin' on the cross right next to Christ.
Father Matthew Doonan: The Good Thief.
Charlie: That's what she called him.
Father Matthew Doonan: He didn't chicken out. He just got smart and at the very last moment, he stole Heaven.
Charlie: That's pretty good stealin', huh?

Connections
Edited from Le choc des mondes (1951)

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A Spiritual Movie

I have watched The Devil at 4 O'Clock several times on Turner Classic Movies, the BEST channel on television. It is a spiritual movie without being syrupy or preachy. The acting is superb, especially Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra. It is not the type of movie that would be produced today... no violence, filthy language, or sex. What is does have is the redemption of the main characters and their rediscovered or newly acquired faith.

The music complements the movie's theme. I am going to purchase this film because it has a timeless story and is entertaining at the same time. Spencer Tracy was able to convey so much with facial expressions and gestures that seem completely realistic unlike the stilted Method Acting technique ( which seems to me so patently artificial). I rate this film an eight out of ten.