| Five Minutes to Love | |
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| Directed by | John Hayes |
| Produced by | Ethlyn De Carlo (associate producer) Paul Leder (producer) Max Winter (associate producer) |
| Written by | William W. Norton (written by) Paul Leder (uncredited) |
| Starring | Rue McClanahan |
| Music by | Jaime Mendoza-Nava |
| Cinematography | Paul Hipp |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Five Minutes to Love (originally known as The Rotten Apple and It Only Takes Five Minutes) is a 1963 American drama film directed by John Hayes and starring Rue McClanahan as Poochie, a woman who lives in a junkyard. The film was critically lambasted, and later picked up by exploitation filmmaker Kroger Babb.
Cast
- Rue McClanahan as Sally "Poochie"
- King Moody as Blowhard
- Will Gregory as Ben
- Gaye Gordon as Edna
- Norman Hartweg
- Michael De Carlo
- William Guhl
- Paul Leder as Harry
- Ethlyn De Carlo
- Geraldine Leder as Ben and Edna's Daughter
DVD release
The film was released in 2006 as a double feature with Walk the Angry Beach under its exploitation title Hollywood After Dark, focusing on McClanahan's roles, as she later gained fame for her work on The Golden Girls.
External links
- Five Minutes to Love at IMDb
- Five Minutes to Love is available for free download at the Internet Archive