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Chicago Deadline

MOVIE • 1949

Chicago Deadline

He's a fighting reporter making front page history!

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.

TMDB ★ 3.4/5Votes: 15
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DramaCrime

Top 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

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Theatrical release date: November 3, 1949

Meta Snapshot

Film

Status

Released

Release

November 3, 1949

Runtime

86 min

Language

English

Origin

United States of America

Budget

N/A

Revenue

N/A

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