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The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)

Three convicts enroute to Tahiti are put to work at a children's leper hospital when
their plane makes an unexpected stop on another island. There, Father Perreau is
to get off and replace Father Doonan, who's been relieved of his duties by the cardinal.
Once on the island, things get out of control when the volcano decides to erupt, and
the Governor orders an evacuation. The convicts, priests and leper children are all on
top of the island and have no sure way to get down and off to safety. All must work
together if any are to survive.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy

Writing credits: Max Catto Liam O'Brien

Cast:

pencer Tracy ....  Father Matthew
Doonan Frank Sinatra ....  Harry
Kerwin Mathews ....  Father Joseph Perreau
Jean-Pierre Aumont ....  Jacques
Grégoire Aslan ....  Marcel
Alexander Scourby ....  The Governo
BarBara Luna ....  Camille
Cathy Lewis ....  Matro
Bernie Hamilton ....  Charlie
Martin Brandt ....  Doctor Wexler
Louis Merrill ....  Aristide Giraud
Marcel Dalio ....  Gaston
Tom Middleton ....  Paul, Co-pilot
Annr  Duggan ....  Clarisse
Louis Mercier ....  Corporal
Michele Montau ....  Margot
Eugene Borden ....  Citizen
Jean Del Val ....  Louis
Earl D'Eon ....  Radio Operator
Max Dommar ....  Grellou
Janine Grandel ....  French Woman
Moki Hana ....  Sonia
Warren Hsieh ....  Napoleon
William Keaulani ....  Constable
Guy Lee ....  Tavi
Robert M. Luck ....  Captain Olsen
Ma Ma Loa ....  Dancer
Michael Mancuso ....  Hawaiian Boy
Tony Maxwell ....  Antoine
Pearl Rose ....  Hawaiian Girl
Robin Shimatsu ....  Marianne
Nanette Tanaka ....  Fleur
Norman Wright ....  Fouquette
Produced by Fred Kohlmar ....  producer
Mervyn LeRoy ....  producer
Original Music by George Duning
Cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc   (director of photography)
Film Editing by Charles Nelson
Production Design by John Beckman
Art Direction by John Beckman
Set Decoration by Louis Diage
Makeup Department Ben Lane ....  makeup supervisor
Robert J. Schiffer ....  makeup artist
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carter De Haven Jr. ....  assistant director
Floyd Joyer ....  assistant director
Sound Department Charles J. Rice ....  sound supervisor
J.S. Westmoreland ....  sound
Special Effects by Willis Cook ....  special effects
Other crew:
Milton Feldman ....  production assistant
Arthur Morton ....  orchestrator

Runtime: 126 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix: Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification: UK:PG / Finland:K-12 / Sweden:15 / Australia:PG

Trivia: The volcano in this film was built from scratch in farmland outside Fallbrook,
California. Each shot required packing with hundreds of pounds of explosives and
a carefully-orchestrated "eruption" to be filmed by the cameraman seated on the front
skids of a helicopter. One eruption went off a little early and nearly took out the chopper,
burning off the cameraman's eyebrows and some of his hair. Because the eruptions
looked so good, this ersatz volcano provided stock footage for decades of other films,
commercials, etc.

Awards: 1 win

Tagline: They jumped into hell to save part of heaven.
It was Father Perreau who arrived, Father Doonan who was to be replaced.

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