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Chicago Deadline
Chicago Deadline

Chicago Deadline

He's a fighting reporter making front page history!

Genres

DramaCrime

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

86 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

03 November 1949

Country

United States of America

Cast

Alan Ladd

Alan Ladd

Ed Adams

Donna Reed

Donna Reed

Rosita Jean D'Ur

June Havoc

June Havoc

Leona

Irene Hervey

Irene Hervey

Belle Dorset

Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Tommy Ditman

Berry Kroeger

Berry Kroeger

Solly Wellman

Harold Vermilyea

Harold Vermilyea

Anstruder

Shepperd Strudwick

Shepperd Strudwick

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

Howard

Howard Freeman

Howard Freeman

Hotspur Shaner

Paul Lees

Paul Lees

Bat

Margaret Field

Margaret Field

Minerva

Harry Antrim

Harry Antrim

Gribbe

Roy Roberts

Roy Roberts

Jerry Cavanaugh

Marietta Canty

Marietta Canty

Hazel

Carole Mathews

Carole Mathews

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