Characters & Themes
Time to Kill (1942) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1942 · 61 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Herbert I. Leeds
- Starring
- Ethel Griffies, Heather Angel, Lloyd Nolan, Paul Guilfoyle, Richard Lane, Charles Williams
Detective Michael Shayne, a hard‑boiled private eye, returns in a fast‑paced crime thriller. He is hunting a stolen ancient coin that leads him into a web of murder and deceit, with bodies piling up and time running out. Lloyd Nolan reprises the role, delivering his trademark gritty determination.
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