Five Minutes to Live

Five Minutes to Live
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBill Karn
Screenplay byCay Forrester
Story byPalmer Thompson
Produced byJames Ellsworth
Ludlow Flower
StarringJohnny Cash
Donald Woods
Cay Forrester
Pamela Mason
Vic Tayback
CinematographyCarl E. Guthrie
Edited byDonald Nosseck
Production
company
Somera Productions-Flower Film Productions
Distributed bySutton Pictures
Release date
  • December 7, 1961 (1961-12-07) (United States)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$300,000
Box office$5,655,000

Five Minutes to Live is a 1961 American neo-noir crime film directed by Bill Karn. It was retitled Door-to-Door Maniac for an American International Pictures rerelease in 1966. The film stars Johnny Cash, in his first theatrical film role, Donald Woods, Vic Tayback, and Cay Forrester, who wrote the screenplay and whose husband, Ludlow Flower, produced. Cash performed the film's title song, with a guitar solo by Merle Travis, who also appears in the film as Max.