# Best movie under 75 minutes long **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927 "2007-04-20T13:09:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927/1 "2007-04-20T13:09:44Z")
I used to think it was [Detour](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037638/), but after seeing [My Name is Julia Ross](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037932/) on TCM last night, I have since changed my mind. Any others I am overlooking? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927/2 "2007-04-20T13:25:01Z")
Definitely the 73 minute [Cat People](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034587/). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927/3 "2007-04-20T13:42:39Z")
[Duck Soup.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023969/) 68 minutes and one of the greatest screen comedies ever. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927/4 "2007-04-20T13:54:55Z")
[Primer](http://imdb.com/title/tt0390384/) clocks in at 77 minutes, but I think deserves a pass - for an indie made for $7,000 a couple of years ago, it has been hailed as one of the great movies to use time travel to explore big questions - and is damn thrilling, too. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927/5 "2007-04-20T14:27:17Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] [Primer](http://imdb.com/title/tt0390384/) clocks in at 77 minutes, but I think deserves a pass - for an indie made for $7,000 a couple of years ago, it has been hailed as one of the great movies to use time travel to explore big questions - and is damn thrilling, too. [/QUOTE] End credits don’t count- surely this had at least three minutes of them 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927/6 "2007-04-20T14:47:24Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] Definitely the 73 minute [Cat People](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034587/). [/QUOTE] In the realm of B&W horror flicks, is it better than the 71 minute [Frankenstein](http://imdb.com/title/tt0021884/) or the 75 minute [Bride of Frankenstein](http://imdb.com/title/tt0021884/)? ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927/7 "2007-04-20T16:50:40Z")
Can I nominate [this](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064064/) ? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927/8 "2007-04-21T16:45:11Z")
There’s the 28-minute La Jetée: > **[La Jetée (Short 1962) ⭐ 8.2 | Short, Drama, Romance](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056119/)** > > 28m | Not Rated ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927/9 "2007-04-22T16:50:09Z")
Buster Keaton’s **Sherlock Jr.** (44 min.) Disney’s **Dumbo** (64 min.) Ulmer’s **The Black Cat** (65 min.) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927/10 "2007-04-22T16:54:16Z")
Buster Keaton’s _The General_ is 74 minutes. I think it deserves a pass, too. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927/11 "2007-04-24T04:37:09Z")
Oh, I guess _The General_ doesn’t NEED a pass, since it’s less than 75 minutes. I was thinking the OP said less than 70 minutes. But I would petition for a pass for _Nosferatu_ (1922, 84 minutes) and, really close, _The Passion of Joan of Arc_ (1928, 77 minutes). ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927/12 "2007-04-24T05:32:11Z")
• Another Val Lewton movie, _I Walked With a Zombie_. • Harold Lloyd’s _Safety Last!_ (1923). • _The Last of the Mohicans_ (1920). • Rudolph Valentino in _The Son of the Shiek_ (1926). • _Freaks_ (1932). • Mae West in _She Done Him Wrong_ (1933). • W.C. Fields in _The Bank Dick_. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927/13 "2007-04-24T05:39:13Z")
• _The Ox-Bow Incident_ (1943). ---
**Author:** ![neorxnawange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f4b2a3/32.png) [@neorxnawange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neorxnawange)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927/14 "2007-04-24T06:39:01Z")
The Emperor’s New Groove ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927/15 "2007-04-24T13:19:04Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] I used to think it was [Detour](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037638/), but after seeing [My Name is Julia Ross](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037932/) on TCM last night, I have since changed my mind. Any others I am overlooking? [/QUOTE] I just looked at the plot summary you linked to, and the setup is almost identical to [Twin Husbands](https://boards.straightdope.com/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025921/) --except the protagonist is male in **Husbands**. Interesting how Hollywood reused plots over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-under-75-minutes-long/400927/16 "2007-04-24T16:25:08Z")
Speaking of Val Lewton, \*The Leopard Man \* (1943).