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Time Lock

Time Lock

19576.31h 13m

Overview

A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy.

Directed by Gerald Thomas
Written by Arthur Hailey, Peter Rogers
Produced by Peter Rogers
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Top Cast

Robert Beatty

Robert Beatty

Pete Dawson

Lee Patterson

Lee Patterson

Colin Walker

Betty McDowall

Betty McDowall

Lucille Walker

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Vincent Winter

The Boy

Robert Ayres

Robert Ayres

Insp. Andrews

Alan Gifford

Alan Gifford

George Foster

Larry Cross

Larry Cross

Reporter

Sandra Francis

Sandra Francis

Evelyn Webb

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Gordon Tanner

Dr. Hewitson

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Victor Wood

Howard Zeeder

Themes & Keywords

race against timebankvaultsafechild in perilblack and white

About Time Lock

Time Lock is a thriller film released in 1957 exploring themes of race against time, bank, vault, safe, child in peril, black and white. Directed by Gerald Thomas, it stars Robert Beatty, Lee Patterson, Betty McDowall. A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy.

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