Chicago Deadline
Summary:
Tough reporter Ed Adams (Alan Ladd) wants to get the full story behind the apparent suicide of a young woman. It seems that the girl left behind a notebook with a list of seemingly unrelated names. Adams tracks down each one of the persons cited in the notebook, slowly but surely putting the pieces together. Once the basic mystery is solved, however, there's one surprising loose end l... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Alan Ladd - (Ed Adams)
Donna Reed - (Rosita Jean D'Ur)
June Havoc - (Leona Purdy)
Irene Hervey - (Belle Dorset)
Arthur Kennedy - (Tommy Ditman)
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Review:
Chicago Deadline has some importance as a historical footnote: it was remade in Fame is the Name of the Game in 1966, becoming the first official "made-for-TV movie" and thereby launching a genre that has flourished ever since. So how is the original item? Deadline is an enjoyable, if not classic, film noir, a nuts-and-bolts mystery... Continue >>
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