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Chicago Deadline
He's a fighting reporter making front page history!
Genres
DramaCrime
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
86 min
Release Date
1949-11-03
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
12
Vote Average
6.3
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Alan Ladd
Ed Adams
Donna Reed
Rosita Jean D'Ur
June Havoc
Leona
Irene Hervey
Belle Dorset
Arthur Kennedy
Tommy Ditman
Berry Kroeger
Solly Wellman
Harold Vermilyea
Anstruder
Shepperd Strudwick
Blacky Franchot
Dave Willock
Pig
Gavin Muir
G. G. Temple
John Beal
Paul Jean d'Ur
Tom Powers
Howard
Howard Freeman
Hotspur Shaner
Paul Lees
Bat
Margaret Field
Minerva
Harry Antrim
Gribbe
Roy Roberts
Jerry Cavanaugh
Marietta Canty
Hazel
Carole Mathews
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