A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends the time in the lobby of a Broadway theater where a musical is playing. The film focuses on the relationship between the two men, and also among various characters in the theater audience, staff, and cast.
If you have about seventy minutes and you like movies that feel like a claustrophobic stage play, you should probably watch this. It is great for people who love fast-talking 1930s dialogue and those weirdly specific sets they used to build. If you need big action scenes or characters who act like normal people, you wi...
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"If you have about seventy minutes and you like movies that feel like a claustrophobic stage play, you should probably watch this. It is great for people who love fast-talking 1930s dialogue and those weirdly specific sets they used to build. If you need big action scenes or characters who act like normal people, you will probably hate it. The whole thing takes place in the lobby of a Broadway theater. It’s such a strange choice for a setting, but it works. A detective named Anderson is stuck th..."
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