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The Hour of 13

The Hour of 13
Directed by Harold French
Written by Philip MacDonald (novel)
Starring Peter Lawford
Dawn Addams
Roland Culver
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
1952
Country United States
Language English
Budget $873,000
Box office $756,000

The Hour of 13 is a 1952 film of the Jack The Ripper school with a period setting in gaslit London, but this time the mysterious killer is The Terror who is murdering policemen. Peter Lawford plays the handsome gentleman thief Nicholas Revel who gets himself involved in the murders, and the theft of a valuable emerald. The treatment is seldom serious yet is smartly resolved with a supporting cast of British stalwarts.

According to MGM records the movie earned $344,000 in the US and Canada and $412,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $424,000.



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