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Plot

Director Don Siegel keeps the events in Count the Hours moving so quickly that no one has time to ponder the film's huge lapses in logic. MacDonald Carey stars as a defense attorney Doug Madison who races against time to save migrant ranchhand George Braden (John Craven) from execution. While Madison tells himself that his motives are altruistic, there are those who believe that the lawyer has designs on Braden's wife, Ellen (Teresa Wright). Sacrificing everything in the pursuit of justice, Madison finally finds the crucial evidence that will free his client--if he can deliver the goods, and the actual murderer, before the switch is thrown in the death house. Produced by Benedict Bogeaus, whose wife Dolores Moran plays a supporting role, Count the Hours was somewhat pointlessly retitled Every Hour Counts when released in England.
MPAA Rating:
R
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
76min.
Theatrical Release Date:
02/08/2002
Distributor(s):
Paramount
Director(s):
Don Siegel
Starring:
Teresa Wright , MacDonald Carey , Dolores Moran , Adele Mara , Edgar Barrier
Themes:
Race Against Time,Death Row,Miscarriage of Justice
Tone:
Forceful,Stylized,Tense
Keywords:
alcoholism,courtroom,false-accusation,farming,investigation,killing,lawyer,migrant-worker,murder,name-clearing