When Will it Strike Noon

When Will it Strike Noon

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 6, 1958

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Drama

User Score

54%

Original Title

Quand sonnera midi

Production Companies

Italia Produzione Film, Productions Sigma

Director

Edmond T. Gréville

Description

The small South American republic of Guadalarma is under the rule of despot Don Salvador, surrounded by a civil guard, his mistress (La Morenita), his henchman (Don Ramón) and the fortress governor (the venal Don Gaspar). One morning, the city's French jeweler Michel Dumartin receives a visit from a client named José Llanos, one of the regime's fiercest opponents. Llanos is soon denounced and shot dead by Salvador's men. At the same time, Dumartin was accused of complicity with the rebels. Arrested and imprisoned in the fortress, he is ripe for the death penalty.