# Six Hours to Live > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Six_Hours_to_Live > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Six_Hours_to_Live.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Hours_to_Live > Source revision: 1339463281 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1932 film Six Hours to Live Directed by William Dieterle Written by Morton Barteaux Bradley King Gordon Morris Starring Warner Baxter Miriam Jordan John Boles Cinematography John F. Seitz Edited by Ralph Dixon Music by R.H. Bassett Peter Brunelli Production company Fox Film Corporation Distributed by Fox Film Corporation Release date October 16, 1932 (1932-10-16) Running time 72 minutes Country United States Language English ***Six Hours to Live*** is a 1932 American [pre-Code](/source/Pre-Code) [science fiction](/source/Science_fiction_film) [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [William Dieterle](/source/William_Dieterle) and starring [Warner Baxter](/source/Warner_Baxter), [Miriam Jordan](/source/Miriam_Jordan) and [John Boles](/source/John_Boles_(actor)).[1] It is based on the story "Auf Weidersehen" by Gordon Morris and Morton Barteaux. ## Plot Paul Onslow, an ambassador from a small mythical country, stands in the way of an international trade agreement because it would be ruinous for his nation. He receives several threats and on the eve of the final vote he is murdered. A visiting scientist who has invented a special ray restores Onslow to life for six hours. Rather than take revenge on his killer, Onslow devotes his short reprieve to good deeds, including convincing his fiancee to forget him and marry another man; casting his vote against the trade agreement; and destroying the scientist's machine. ## Cast - [Warner Baxter](/source/Warner_Baxter) as Capt. Paul Onslow - [Miriam Jordan](/source/Miriam_Jordan) as Baroness Valerie von Sturm - [John Boles](/source/John_Boles_(actor)) as Karl Kranz - [George F. Marion](/source/George_F._Marion) as Prof. Otto Bauer - [Halliwell Hobbes](/source/Halliwell_Hobbes) as Baron Emil von Sturm - [Irene Ware](/source/Irene_Ware) as The Prostitute - [Beryl Mercer](/source/Beryl_Mercer) as The Widow - [Edward McWade](/source/Edward_McWade) as Ivan - [John Davidson](/source/John_Davidson_(actor%2C_born_1886)) as Kellner - [Edwin Maxwell](/source/Edwin_Maxwell_(actor)) as Police Commissioner - [Dewey Robinson](/source/Dewey_Robinson) as Blucher - [Eugenie Besserer](/source/Eugenie_Besserer) as The Marquisa - [Marilyn Harris](/source/Marilyn_Harris_(actress)) as Flower Girl - [Claude King](/source/Claude_King_(English_actor)) as Conference Chairman - [Michael Mark](/source/Michael_Mark_(actor)) as Townsman in Window - [Torben Meyer](/source/Torben_Meyer) as Sturges - Butler - [John Reinhardt](/source/John_Reinhardt_(director)) as Masher - [Bodil Rosing](/source/Bodil_Rosing) as Greta - [Michael Visaroff](/source/Michael_Visaroff) as Monsieur Thereux - [Wilhelm von Brincken](/source/Wilhelm_von_Brincken) as Reporter - [Hans Heinrich von Twardowski](/source/Hans_Heinrich_von_Twardowski) as Flosky ## Reception Critic Mordaunt Hall wrote in *The New York Times*, "Fantastic as is the theme of 'Six Hours to Live,' William Dieterle's gifted direction and the capable performances of the principals cause it to be an unusually compelling piece of work. It may disappoint those who look for a final flash of the hero and heroine in each other's arms, but it will please others who want imagination and subtlety in screen entertainment."[2] *Harrison's Reports* wrote: "A treat awaits the picture-going public, at least such of it as appreciates art, for the industry has not yet produced the equal of it. So thrillingly fascinating it is. It is not due so much to the story as it is to the direction, and naturally to the acting. Director Dieterle's artistry has imparted delicate shadings to the mood."[3] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Solomon p.336 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "One Dead Man Who Tells Some Tales: 'Six Hours to Live' Is Decidedly Original," by Mordaunt Hall. *New York Times.* 30 Oct 1932: X5. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "'Six Hours to Live' With Warner Baxter." *Harrison's Reports.* Oct. 22, 1932, p. 171. ## Bibliography - Solomon, Aubrey. *The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935. A History and Filmography*. McFarland & Co, 2011. ## External links - [*Six Hours to Live*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023480/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by William Dieterle 1920s Man by the Wayside (1923) Behind the Altar (1927) The Saint and Her Fool (1928) Sex in Chains (1928) Rustle of Spring (1929) Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1929) Triumph of Love (1929) The Brandenburg Arch (1929) Silence in the Forest (1929) 1930s The Dance Goes On (1930) Demon of the Sea (1931) One Hour of Happiness (1931) The Sacred Flame (1931) The Last Flight (1931) Her Majesty, Love (1931) Man Wanted (1932) Jewel Robbery (1932) The Crash (1932) Six Hours to Live (1932) Scarlet Dawn (1932) Lawyer Man (1933) Adorable (1933) The Devil's in Love (1933) Grand Slam (1933) Female (1933) From Headquarters (1933) Fog Over Frisco (1934) Fashions of 1934 (1934) Madame Du Barry (1934) Dr. Monica (1934) The Firebird (1934) The Secret Bride (1934) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) Dr. Socrates (1935) The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935) The White Angel (1936) Satan Met a Lady (1936) The Great O'Malley (1937) The Prince and the Pauper (1937) Another Dawn (1937) The Life of Emile Zola (1937) Blockade (1938) Juarez (1939) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) 1940s Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) A Dispatch from Reuters (1940) The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) Syncopation (1942) Tennessee Johnson (1943) Kismet (1944) I'll Be Seeing You (1944) Love Letters (1945) This Love of Ours (1945) The Searching Wind (1946) Duel in the Sun (1946) Portrait of Jennie (1948) The Accused (1949) Rope of Sand (1949) 1950s Paid in Full (1950) Vulcano (1950) September Affair (1950) Dark City (1950) Peking Express (1951) Red Mountain (1951) Boots Malone (1952) The Turning Point (1952) Salome (1953) Elephant Walk (1954) Magic Fire (1955) Omar Khayyam (1957) Dubrowsky (1959) 1960s Mistress of the World (1960) Carnival Confession (1960) Quick, Let's Get Married (1964) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Six Hours to Live](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Hours_to_Live) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Hours_to_Live?action=history)). 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