Search - The Devil at 4 O'Clock on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Movie Release: 1961 DVD Release: 01/14/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 7 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Adventure, Drama, Disaster Film, Adventure Drama

Spencer Tracy plays an American priest tending to the natives of a South Sea island. A plane carrying three convicts -- Harry (Frank Sinatra), Marcel Gregoire Aslan and Charlie Bernie Hamilton) -- lands on the island; Father Doonan (Tracy) manages to enlist their (reluctant) aid in working at a children's hospital. When the island falls victim to a series of earthquakes, Father Doonan and the convicts work together to evacuate the hospital staff and the children. Harry, the least cooperative of the prisoners, becomes a hero during a volcanic eruption by going back to rescue the priest, who with convict Charlie has been holding a bridge in order to allow the others to escape. Father Doonan and the two convicts are killed, but all the children are rescued. Blighted by bad special effects and ponderous direction, Devil at Four O'Clock is less interesting than the behind-the-scenes rumors concerning the friction between Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Spencer Tracy - Father Matthew Doonan
Frank Sinatra - Harry
Kerwin Mathews - Father Joseph Perreau
Jean-Pierre Aumont - Jacques
Gregoire Aslan - Marcel

Mervyn LeRoy directs Frank Sinatra and Spencer Tracy in the adventure drama The Devil at 4 O'clock, which comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English and Portuguese soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include the theatrical trailer. This Columbia/TriStar release boasts excellent picture quality. It would be safe to say the film has never looked this good on home video. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide