The Devil at 4 O'Clock
“They jumped into hell to save part of heaven.”
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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Cast
11 people
Spencer Tracy
Father Matthew Doonan
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Frank Sinatra
Harry
Known for
The Manchurian Candidate
Ocean's Eleven
Kerwin Mathews
Father Joseph Perreau
Known for
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Jacques
Known for
Day for Night
The Two Missionaries
Grégoire Aslan
Marcel
Known for
The Return of the Pink Panther
Paris When It Sizzles
Alexander Scourby
The Governor
Known for
The Big Heat
Jesus
BarBara Luna
Camille
Known for
The Concrete Jungle
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Bernie Hamilton
Charlie
Known for
Starsky & Hutch
The Young One
Cathy Lewis
Marguerite
Known for
Jonny Quest
Martin Brandt
Doctor Wexler
Known for
Holocaust
Judgment at Nuremberg
Ma Ma Loa
Dancer (uncredited)
Mervyn LeRoy Director · Liam O'Brien Screenplay Max Catto Author
Worldwide gross $4.6M · Budget $5.7M · United States release October 18, 1961
Box office
Budget
$5,721,786
Worldwide gross
$4,550,000
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · October 18, 1961
Theatrical
Ireland
February 9, 1962 · Theatrical
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