Country:United States
Runtime:80 min
Released:01 Feb 1964
Plot: Five Minutes to Live 1961 CONTAINS SPOILERS Originally released in 1961 as Five Minutes to Live, this low budget crime drama was later re released as Door to Door Maniac Fred narrates the film in flashback, detailing a suburban bank robbery that goes awry In his simple plan, he hires a hard up hood, Johnny Cabot to take the wife of the banks vice president hostage Cabot will hold her until he gets a call alerting him that Fred has been successful in getting ransom money Cabot waits, and watches the Wilson house as the husband leaves for the bank and their young son heads off to school Posing as a door to door guitar instructor, he forces his way into the house and takes Nancy Wilson hostage At the bank, Fred talks his way into Ken Wilsons office, and presents his personal check for 70,000, intending that Wilson will withdraw the funds to cover the check as a ransom for his wife He has Wilson call home to prove that Nancy is being held by the unstable Cabot, and gives Wilson 5 minutes to make his decision If Fred fails to call the house back, Cabot is to kill Nancy Wilson confesses to Fred that he has been planning to run off to Las Vegas with Ellen, the woman he has been having an affair with, and Fred will be doing him a favor by getting rid of Nancy But as the minutes tick by, Wilson cracks and agrees to give him the money Fred makes the first call to save Nancy The clock starts ticking again, another 5 minutes, for Fred to collect the money and get out of the bank safely While Fred is working on Wilson, Nancy is terrorized by Cabot manhandled and shot at, invited to slip into something more comfortable which she does in a futile attempt to distract him and finally forced to listen to him serenade her with Five Minutes to Live and Ive Come to Kill while he waits for the second call The call hasnt come as Fred has been overpowered by the police, who were alerted by the banks silent alarm Cabot is getting more and more stressed While worrying about Fred not calling, he is completely thrown by Little Bobby arriving home for lunch just as the police arrive at the Wilson house Cabot panics, grabs Bobby and runs into the yard under police fire Bobby fakes his death to save himself, and Cabot is shot by a cop in the yard Nancy is reunited with her now contrite husband, who decides he will still go to Las Vegas, but with Nancy By msblll
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