The Devil at 4 O'Clock

About The Devil at 4 O'Clock

A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smoldering volcano.

Mervyn LeRoy's The Devil at 4 O'Clock is a 1961 thriller film. Its themes are rescue, priest, prisoner, and volcano.

Spencer Tracy takes the lead as Father Matthew Doonan, Frank Sinatra as Harry, Kerwin Mathews as Father Joseph Perreau, and Jean-Pierre Aumont as Jacques. Released in October 1961, it runs 126 minutes.

The screenplay is by Liam O'Brien.

The People That Time Forgot, The Expendables, and Jurassic Park III make useful companions to The Devil at 4 O'Clock, all filed under island. TMDB voters put it at 6.3 out of 10 across 51 votes.