When the Clock Strikes

{{Short description|1961 film by Edward L. Cahn}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = When the Clock Strikes | image = File:When the Clock Strikes.jpg | caption = | director = [[Edward L. Cahn]] | producer = [[Edward Small]] (executive)<br>[[Robert E. Kent]] | writer = Dallas Gaultois | starring = [[James Brown (actor)|James Brown]]<br>[[Merry Anders]] | music = [[Richard LaSalle]] | cinematography = [[Kenneth Peach]] | editing = Robert Carlisle | distributor = [[United Artists]] | studio = Harvard Film Corporation | released = {{film date|1961|06|10|}} | runtime = 72 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = }} '''''When the Clock Strikes''''' is a 1961 [[gangster film]] directed by [[Edward L. Cahn]] and starring [[James Brown (actor)|James Brown]] and [[Merry Anders]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064239/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17390/When-the-Clock-Strikes/ ''When the Clock Strikes''] at [[TCMD]]</ref>

==Plot== James Brown is at Henry Corden's lodge near the state prison, where they're hanging a man on his testimony. Brown is an honest man, and his identification was not certain, and he said so. But it hanged the man, and now another has confessed. Brown meets Merry Anders, the dead man's widow at the lodge, who's looking for a clue towards $160,000 he stole from a bank.

==Cast== *[[James Brown (actor)|James Brown]] as Sam Morgan *[[Merry Anders]] as Ellie *[[Henry Corden]] as Cady *[[Roy Barcroft]] as Sheriff Mitchell *[[Peggy Stewart (actress)|Peggy Stewart]] as Mrs. Pierce *[[Frances DeSales|Frances De Sales]] as Warden *Jorge Moreno as Martinez *Max Mellinger as Postman *[[Eden Hartford]] as Waitress *Jack Kenney as Cafe Proprietor

==See also== * [[List of American films of 1961]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0055617}}

[[Category:1961 films]] [[Category:1961 crime drama films]] [[Category:1961 English-language films]] [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:American crime drama films]] [[Category:Films directed by Edward L. Cahn]] [[Category:Films produced by Edward Small]] [[Category:Films scored by Richard LaSalle]] [[Category:United Artists films]] [[Category:1961 American films]] [[Category:English-language crime drama films]]