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Friday the Thirteenth (1933)

1933-11-01 · 1h 29m · EN
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It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen as his vehicle sails down an empty road. Suddenly, lightning strikes, and a vast crane above topples into the path of the oncoming bus... Then Big Ben begins to wind backwards. Time recedes. And we discover the lives of all the passengers and the events that brought them to that late-night bus journey, from the con-man with a hundred-pound cheque to the businessman's distraught and elderly wife. Time flows on, inevitably, to the crash -- and past it, as some live and some die.

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Victor SavilleDirectorG.H. Moresby-WhiteWriter

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Sonnie HaleSonnie HaleAlf, the ConductorMuriel AkedMuriel AkedMiss TwiggCyril SmithCyril SmithFred, the DriverRichard HultonRichard HultonJohnnyMax MillerMax MillerJoeAlfred DraytonAlfred DraytonThe DetectiveUrsula JeansUrsula JeansEileen JacksonHartley PowerHartley PowerAmerican #1Percy ParsonsPercy ParsonsAmerican #2Ralph RichardsonRalph RichardsonHorace DawesEliot MakehamEliot MakehamHenry JacksonGibb McLaughlinGibb McLaughlinFlorist

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AdulteryBlackmailSuperstition

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Genre affinityComedy · DramaTheme affinityAdultery · Blackmail · SuperstitionDialogue densityComedy · DramaPacingShortDirector preference330413Actor preference358998 · 183053 · 194071

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Frequently asked questions about Friday the Thirteenth

What is Friday the Thirteenth about?

It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen as his vehicle sails down an empty road. Suddenly, lightning strikes, and a vast crane above topples into the path of the oncoming bus... Then Big Ben begins to wind backwards. Time recedes. And we discover the lives of all the passengers and the events that brought them to that late-night bus journey, from the con-man with a hundred-pound cheque to the businessman's distraught and elderly wife. Time flows on, inevitably, to the crash -- and past it, as some live and some die.

How long is Friday the Thirteenth?

Friday the Thirteenth has a runtime of 89 minutes.