Twelve Hours to Kill

{{Infobox film

| name = Twelve Hours to Kill

| caption =

| image = Twelve Hours to Kill FilmPoster.jpeg

| director = Edward L. Cahn

| producer = John Healy

| based_on = {{based on|Set Up for Murder
1959 Saturday Evening Post|Richard G. Stern}}

| writer = Jerry Sohl

| starring = Nico Minardos
Barbara Eden
Grant Richards

| music = Paul Dunlap

| cinematography = Floyd Crosby

| editing = Betty Steinberg

| distributor = 20th Century Fox

| released = {{Film date|1960|4|2}}

| runtime = 83 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Twelve Hours to Kill (also known as 12 Hours to Kill) is a 1960 American crime drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Nico Minardos and Barbara Eden.{{Cite news|title=12 HOURS TO KILL|date=1960|work=Monthly Film Bulletin|volume=27|page=101|id={{ProQuest|1305823192}}}}

Plot

Martin Filones (Nico Minardos), a young Greek man, witnesses the murder of gangster Frankie Russo, and is ushered off into the relative "safety" of suburban obscurity by Lt. Jim Carnevan (Grant Richards), unaware that he is being double-crossed by a crooked gendarme. Barbara Eden plays the femme fatale of the story.

Cast

Nico Minardos as Martin Filones
Barbara Eden as Lucy Hall
Grant Richards as Det. Lt. Jim Carnevan
Russ Conway as Capt. Willie Long
Art Baker as Capt. Johns
Gavin MacLeod as Johnny
Kitty Kelly in a minor role
Cece Whitney as Clara Carnevan
Richard Reeves as Mark
Byron Foulger as Elby Gardner
Barbara Mansell as Cynthia
Ted Knight as Police Sgt. Denton
Shepherd Sanders as Frankie Russo
Charles Meredith as Druggist
Stewart Conway as Bert – Policeman
Don Collier as Andy – Policeman

Production

Twelve Hours to Kill was the first lead role for Nico Minadros, who had been in Holiday for Lovers.{{Cite news|author=Scheuer, P. K.|title=Donehue to direct 'campobello" film.|date=Dec 30, 1959|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|167606982}}}}