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Chicago Deadline

  • 19491949
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 26m
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6.4/10
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Chicago Deadline (1949)
CrimeDramaFilm-Noir
On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Adams 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. Adams ... Read allOn Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Adams 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. Adams comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so.On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Adams 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. Adams comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so.
IMDb RATING
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    • Lewis Allen
    • Warren Duff(screenplay)
    • Tiffany Thayer(novel "One Woman")
  • Stars
    • Alan Ladd
    • Donna Reed
    • June Havoc
    • Lewis Allen
    • Warren Duff(screenplay)
    • Tiffany Thayer(novel "One Woman")
  • Stars
    • Alan Ladd
    • Donna Reed
    • June Havoc
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    • 7User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Alan Ladd
    Alan Ladd
    • Ed Adams
    Donna Reed
    Donna Reed
    • Rosita Jean d'Ur
    June Havoc
    June Havoc
    • Leona Purdy
    Irene Hervey
    Irene Hervey
    • Belle Dorset
    Arthur Kennedy
    Arthur Kennedy
    • Tommy Ditman
    Berry Kroeger
    Berry Kroeger
    • Solly Wellman
    Harold Vermilyea
    Harold Vermilyea
    • Jack Anstruder
    Shepperd Strudwick
    Shepperd Strudwick
    • Edgar 'Blacky' Franchot
    Dave Willock
    Dave Willock
    • Pig
    Gavin Muir
    Gavin Muir
    • G.G. Temple
    John Beal
    John Beal
    • Paul Jean d'Ur
    Tom Powers
    Tom Powers
    • Glenn Howard
    Howard Freeman
    Howard Freeman
    • Hotspur Shaner
    Paul Lees
    • Bat Bennett
    Margaret Field
    Margaret Field
    • Minerva
    Harry Antrim
    Harry Antrim
    • George Gribbe
    Roy Roberts
    Roy Roberts
    • Jerry Cavanaugh
    Marietta Canty
    Marietta Canty
    • Hazel
      • Lewis Allen
      • Warren Duff(screenplay)
      • Tiffany Thayer(novel "One Woman")
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    • Trivia
      One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since. Its earliest documented telecast took place, as you might expect, in Chicago Sunday 5 April 1959 on WBBM (Channel 2), and it soon became a popular local favorite all across the USA in markets large and small. It next aired in Milwaukee 6 May 1959 on WITI (Channel 6), in Indianapolis 8 August 1959 on WFBM (Channel 6), in Toledo 5 September 1959 on WTOL (Channel 11), in Detroit 21 October 1959 on WJBK (Channel 2), in Grand Rapids 11 November 1959 on WOOD (Channel 8), in Philadelphia 28 November 1959 on WCAU (Channel 10), in Phoenix 29 November 1959 on KVAR (Channel 12), in Seattle 31 December 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7), in Salt Lake City 15 January 1960 on KUTV (Channel 2), in New York City 23 January 1960 on WCBS (Channel 2), in Pittsburgh 27 January 1960 on KDKA (Channel 2), in Asheville 16 February 1960 on WLOS (Channel 13), in St. Louis 2 April 1960 on KMOX (Channel 4), in Los Angeles 21 May 1960 on KNXT (Channel 2), and in Lowell MA (serving Boston) 1 June 1960 on WBZ (Channel 4).
    • Quotes

      Leona: What did you take as a sedative before you met me?

    • Connections
      Referenced in El crimen del cine Oriente (1997)

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    7/10
    Chicago Deadline (1949)
    When a reporter finds a beautiful girl dead of tuberculosis in a cheap hotel room, he pockets her little black book to learn more about her... but no one's talking, and the ones that try to have a nasty habit of getting killed. The basic detective story template in the Hammett vein with a touch of CITIZEN KANE and LAURA as Rosita's life is revealed through flashbacks. Alan Ladd is fun to watch, and there's some pretty good supporting parts. Donna Reed gets second billing, but she only appears in snippets for maybe about 10 minutes total. The film has good atmosphere and makes nice use of locations, but is so convoluted that it can be tough to follow. The lousy copy I watched didn't help. I'd like to see it again in a decent presentation. A solid and moody film but a little too confusing.
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      • November 3, 1949 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
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      • Paramount Pictures
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    • 1 hour 26 minutes
      • Black and White

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