Chicago Deadline (1949)

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.

Directed by: Lewis Allen

Cast: Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc, Irene Hervey, Arthur Kennedy, Berry Kroeger, Harold Vermilyea, Shepperd Strudwick, Dave Willock, Gavin Muir, John Beal, Tom Powers

Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Rating: 6.3/10

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