FILMFSFive Seconds to Spare2000

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Name: Five Seconds to Spare
Genre: mystery & suspense, suspense/thriller, adaptation, crime drama
Released: 2000
Duration: 99 min
Cast: Max Beesley, Valentina Cervi, Ray Winstone, Gary Condes, Kris Marshall

1h 39m runtime

20001h 39mmystery & suspense • suspense/thriller • adaptation • crime drama

Mystery & suspense film with a runtime of 99 minutes, released in 2000. Presented in English.

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Runtime1h 39m

Minutes99

One SittingYes

With Break1h 51m

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Music legend John Peel makes a cameo in this tale of murder and rock 'n' roll based on Jonathan Coe's bestseller The Dwarves of Death. Bored with his life in affluent Macclesfield, ambitious rocker William Small (Max Beesley) brings his band the Alaska Factory to London for a shot at the big time. Striving to record a hit while putting his in the hands of a volatile producer best known for his work with a 70s' punk band, William makes ends meet playing piano in a local shopping mall. It's there that he falls for the beautiful Madeline (Valentina Cervi). When William sees Madeline in the arms of another man (Sean Pertwee), he rebounds by romancing pretty barmaid Karla (Anastasia Hille). Romance turns out to be the least of William's worries, however, when he sees a pair of hooded dwarves slay a fellow musician, and realizes he will have to get out of town fast if he wants to avoid becoming their next victim.

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Runtime1h 39m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break1h 51m

Movie Facts

Release Year2000

Runtime1h 39m

LanguageEnglish

Genresmystery & suspense, suspense/thriller, adaptation, crime drama

DirectorTom Connolly

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