Chicago Deadline (1949)
Overview
On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Ames comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.095 |
Directed By
Lewis Allen
Crew
Lewis Allen
Robert Fellows
John F. Seitz
LeRoy Stone
Franz Bachelin
Hans Dreier
Sam Comer
Ross Dowd
Mary Kay Dodson
Wally Westmore
Alvin Ganzer
Gene Garvin
Harold Lewis
Farciot Edouart
Warren Duff
Tiffany Thayer
Victor Young
TOP CAST
Alan Ladd
Ed Adams
Donna Reed
Rosita Jean D'Ur
June Havoc
Leona
Irene Hervey
Belle Dorset
Arthur Kennedy
Tommy Ditman
Berry Kroeger
Solly Wellman
Harold Vermilyea
Anstruder
Shepperd Strudwick
Blacky Franchot
Dave Willock
Pig
Gavin Muir
G. G. Temple
John Beal
Paul Jean d'Ur
Tom Powers
Howard
Howard Freeman
Hotspur Shaner
Paul Lees
Bat
Margaret Field
Minerva
Harry Antrim
Gribbe
Roy Roberts
Jerry Cavanaugh
Marietta Canty
Hazel
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