12 Hours To Kill (1960)

A newly arrived Greek immigrant (Nico Minardos) in the U.S. witnesses a gangland killing outside his window. To protect him from being murdered by the killers, a police detective (Grant Richards) sends him to a small town where no one knows him. But there's a leak from the police department and the killers are awaiting him when he arrives. Based on the story SET UP FOR MURDER by Richard G. Stern and directed by Edward L. Cahn (FOUR SKULLS OF JONATHAN DRAKE). A hopelessly inept thriller with poor writing, directing and acting. Minardos' Greek emigrant is incredibly naive which makes his character less than believable while Grant Richards' detective snarls and barks his lines to the point of annoyance. Even the normally appealing Barbara Eden as the small town girl who helps Minardos' man on the run doesn't register. It's the kind of movie where the heroine knows the bad guys are after her yet opens the front door without asking who it is thus allowing the baddies access to her home. With Gavin McLeod, Richard Reeves and Art Baker.