title: 18 Minutes
text: # 18 Minutes
  
  18 Minutes is a 1935 British drama film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gregory Ratoff, John Loder and Benita Hume. It was shot at Walton Studios near London.
  
  ## Plot
  
  A lion tamer adopts an orphaned girl and marries her, only to find that she loves another.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Gregory Ratoff as Nikita
  * John Loder as Trelawney
  * Benita Hume as Lady Phyllis Pilcott
  * Katharine Sergava as Lida
  * Richard Bennett as Korn
  * Hugh Wakefield as Lord Pilcott
  * Paul Graetz as Pietro
  * Rosamund Barnes as Lida as a Child
  * Carl Harbord as Jacques
  * Margaret Yarde as Marie
  * Hal Gordon as Osso
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  TV Guide described 18 Minutes as an "Interesting drama, way above average for British films of the time"; and rated it three out of five stars.
  
  