Deadline at Dawn ( Dead line at Dawn )

Deadline at Dawn (DVD) (*)

$20.99

Original Title: Dead line at Dawn
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1946 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Harold Clurman

Written By:
Clifford Odets
Cornell Woolrich

Actors:
Susan Hayward ..... June Goth
Paul Lukas ..... Gus Hoffman
Bill Williams ..... Alex Winkley
Joseph Calleia ..... Val Bartelli
Osa Massen ..... Helen Robinson
Lola Lane ..... Edna Bartelli
Jerome Cowan ..... Lester Brady
Marvin Miller ..... Sleepy Parsons
Roman Bohnen ..... Frantic Man with Injured Cat
Steven Geray ..... Gloved Man (Edward Hornick)
Joe Sawyer ..... Babe Dooley
Constance Worth ..... Mrs. Nan Raymond
Joseph Crehan ..... Lt. Kane
Sammy Blum ..... Sam - Taxi Driver
Jack Daley ..... Snoring Man

Synopsis:

Deadline at Dawn represented not only the sole film directorial effort of Broadway's Harold Clurman, but also the only cinematic collaboration between Clurman and his former Group Theatre associate, screenwriter Clifford Odets. While on shore leave in New York, sailor Alex (Bill Williams) is slipped a doped-up drink by B-girl Edna (Lola Lane). When he awakens, Alex discovers that she has been murdered. Though he believes that he's the killer, our hero is talked into locating the actual miscreant by philosophical cab driver gus (Paul Lukas) and nightclub dancer June (Susan Hayward). Adapted from a novel by Cornell Woolrich, Deadline at Dawn leans towards pretentiousness at times, but is redeemed by the no-nonsense performance by Susan Hayward.

Alex, a sailor on leave, recovers from a drink-induced blackout with a large sum of money belonging to Edna Bartelli, a b-girl who invited him home to 'fix her radio.' He tries to return it with the reluctant aid of June Goth, a sweet but oh-so-tired dance hall girl; they find Edna murdered. Not quite sure he didn't do it himself, Alex and June have four hours in the dead of night to find the real killer before his leave ends. Their quest brings them into contact with a sleazy kaleidoscope of minor characters; clues get more and more tangled...

A sailor tries to trace the girl he was with following a blackout but finds her dead, and tries to find the murderer.

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