Time Lock

Time Lock

Infobox Film
name = Time Lock
writer = Arthur Hailey
Peter Rogers
starring = Robert Beatty
Betty McDowall
Lee Patterson
Vincent Winter
Sean Connery
director = Gerald Thomas
released = 1957
runtime = 73 min.
language = English
imdb_id = 0051084

"Time Lock" is a 1957 British thriller film directed by Gerald Thomas. The plot is about a six-year old boy who is accidentally locked in a Canadian bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy. The film features a young, pre-James Bond Sean Connery. The boy is played by Vincent Winter and his parents are played by Lee Patterson and Betty McDowall.

Although set in Canada the film was actually shot in England.


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  • time lock — ☆ time lock n. a lock with a mechanism that prevents opening before the set time …   English World dictionary

  • time lock — time′ lock n. mac a lock, as for the door of a bank vault, equipped with a mechanism that makes it impossible to operate within certain hours …   From formal English to slang

  • Time lock — For the 1957 film, see Time Lock A time lock is a locking mechanism commonly found in bank vaults and other high security containers. The time lock is an auxiliary locking mechanism designed to prevent the opening of the safe or vault until the… …   Wikipedia

  • time lock — noun a lock fitted with a device that prevents it from being unlocked until a set time. ↘a device built into a computer program to stop it operating after a certain time. verb (time lock) secure with a time lock …   English new terms dictionary

  • Time Lock — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Timelock Originaltitel: Timelock Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1996 Länge: 87 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • time lock — noun Date: circa 1871 a lock controlled by clockwork to prevent its being opened before a set time …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • time lock — noun a lock, typically in on a door in a bank vault, that cannot be unlocked before a specified time …   Wiktionary

  • time lock — noun : a lock controlled by clockwork to prevent its being unlocked before a set time …   Useful english dictionary

  • time lock — a lock, as for the door of a bank vault, equipped with a mechanism that makes it impossible to operate the lock within certain hours. [1865 70] * * * …   Universalium

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