
A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends the time in the lobby of a Broadway theater where a musical is playing. The film focuses on the relationship between the two men, and also between various characters in the theater audience, staff and cast.

as Tony Mako

as Carl Barrett

as Eddie

as Mrs. Sylvia Temple

as Helen

as Mae Danish

as Johnson

as Taft

as Mac Mason

as Anderson

as Capt. Seaver

as Mrs. Madison

as Pa Herman

as Ma

as Little Girl