Review of Five Miles to Midnight

It has several entertaining little details (like everything involving the little boy - neighbor), an offbeat score by Mikis Theodorakis, and good performances by the two stars, but it seems like even in 1962 the censorship rules were strict enough that the writers were hesitant to let anyone "get away with it" - if the "it" was illegal. Gig Young is smarmy and extremely annoying, but I suppose that is the intended function of his character. ENDING SPOILERS - DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE - the scene where Loren runs over Perkins with her car repeatedly does have some shock value, but imagine how much better the ending would be if she also killed that annoying overage playboy creep Young and ran off with the money herself! **1/2 out of 4.