Five Minutes to Love

Five Minutes to Love
Directed by	John Hayes
Written by	William W. Norton (written by) Paul Leder^[citation needed] (uncredited)
Produced by	Ethlyn De Carlo (associate producer) Paul Leder (producer) Max Winter (associate producer)
Starring	Rue McClanahan
Cinematography	Paul Hipp
Music by	Jaime Mendoza-Nava
Release date	1963 (1963)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Five Minutes to Love (originally^[citation needed] known as The Rotten Apple, Junk Yard Love and It Only Takes Five Minutes) is a 1963 American drama film directed by John Hayes and starring Rue McClanahan as Poochie, a woman who lives in a junkyard. The film was critically lambasted, and later picked up by exploitation filmmaker Kroger Babb.

Plot

Cast

• Rue McClanahan as Sally "Poochie"
• King Moody as Blowhard
• Will Gregory as Ben
• Gaye Gordon as Edna
• Norman Hartweg
• Michael De Carlo
• William Guhl
• Paul Leder as Harry
• Ethlyn De Carlo
• Geraldine Leder as Ben and Edna's Daughter

Soundtrack

Home media

The film was released in 2006 by Something Weird Video as a double feature with Walk the Angry Beach under its exploitation title Hollywood After Dark, focusing on McClanahan's roles, as she later gained fame for her work on The Golden Girls.

External links

• Five Minutes to Love at IMDb
• Five Minutes to Love is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
• The Rotten Apple at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films