Featuring dazzling, disorienting cinematography from the great James Wong Howe and a strong lead performance by Rock Hudson, Seconds is a compellingly paranoid take on the legend of Faust.
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Movie Info
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Director -
John Frankenheimer -
Producer -
John Frankenheimer , Edward Lewis -
Screenwriter -
Lewis John Carlino -
Distributor -
Paramount Pictures -
Production Co -
Paramount Pictures , Joel Productions -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Sci-Fi , Mystery & Thriller -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 5, 1966, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jan 1, 2017 -
Runtime -
1h 47m