Twelve Hours to Kill aka 12 Hours to Kill is a 1960

1960 in film

The year 1960 in film involved some significant events, with Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho the top-grossing release in the U.S.-Events:* April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I...

 crime/drama film starring Nico Minardos

Nico Minardos

Nico Minardos , was a Greek-American actor.-Life and works:...

 and Barbara Eden

Barbara Eden

Barbara Eden is an American film and television actress and singer who is best known for her starring role in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.-Early years:...

.

Barbara Eden was a relatively unknown film actress at the time of casting, however she was familiar to television audiences for her role on the sitcom How to Marry a Millionaire

How to Marry a Millionaire (TV series)

How to Marry a Millionaire is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from 1957 to 1959. The series was based on the 1953 film of the same name which starred Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall.-Synopsis:...

based on the 1953 film of the same name

How to Marry a Millionaire

How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 romantic comedy film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Jean Negulesco and produced and written by Nunnally Johnson. The screenplay was based on the plays The Greeks Had a Word for It by Zoe Akins and Loco by Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert. The music score...

. 5 years after this film was released, she would star in the popular and iconic television show I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American sitcom with a fantasy premise. The show starred Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries...

Plot

A young Greek man witnesses a murder, and is ushered off into the relative "safety" of suburban obscurity by the police, unaware that he is being double-crossed by a crooked gendarme. Barbara Eden plays the femme fatale of the story.

Cast

• Nico Minardos
  Nico Minardos
  Nico Minardos , was a Greek-American actor.-Life and works:...
  
   as Martin Filones
• Barbara Eden
  Barbara Eden
  Barbara Eden is an American film and television actress and singer who is best known for her starring role in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.-Early years:...
  
   as Lucy Hall
• Grant Richards as Detective Lieutenant Jim Carnevan
• Russ Conway
  Russ Conway
  Russ Conway was a British popular music pianist. Conway had 20 piano instrumentals in the UK Singles Chart between 1957 and 1963, including two number one hits.-Career:...
  
   as Captain Willie Long
• Art Baker as Captain Johns
• Gavin MacLeod
  Gavin MacLeod
  Gavin MacLeod is an American actor most notable for playing Happy Haines on McHale's Navy, Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Captain Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat...
  
  as Johnny