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When Will It Strike Noon (1958)

When Will It Strike Noon (1958)

Drama
Release Date: 1958, May 6
Directors: Edmond T. Gréville
Production: Italia Produzione Film, Italia Produzione Film, Italia Produzione Film, Productions Sigma, Productions Sigma, Productions Sigma
Cast: Georges Marchal, José Lewgoy, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Pascale Roberts, Dany Robin, Marcel Lupovici, Roland Bailly, Pierre Dudan

Overview:

The small South American republic of Guadalarma is under the rule of despot Don Salvador, surrounded by a civil guard, his mistress (La Morenita), his henchman (Don Ramón) and the fortress governor (the venal Don Gaspar). One morning, the city's French jeweler Michel Dumartin receives a visit from a client named José Llanos, one of the regime's fiercest opponents. Llanos is soon denounced and shot dead by Salvador's men. At the same time, Dumartin was accused of complicity with the rebels. Arrested and imprisoned in the fortress, he is ripe for the death penalty.