Chicago Deadline

Lewis Allen
1949-11-03

He's a fighting reporter making front page history!
6
86 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Alan Ladd Ed Adams Unowned
Donna Reed Rosita Jean D'Ur Unowned
June Havoc Leona Unowned
Irene Hervey Belle Dorset Unowned
Arthur Kennedy Tommy Ditman Unowned
Berry Kroeger Solly Wellman Unowned
Harold Vermilyea Anstruder Unowned
Shepperd Strudwick Blacky Franchot Unowned
Dave Willock Pig Unowned
Gavin Muir G. G. Temple Unowned
John Beal Paul Jean d'Ur Unowned
Tom Powers Howard Unowned
Howard Freeman Hotspur Shaner Unowned
Paul Lees Bat Unowned
Margaret Field Minerva Unowned
Harry Antrim Gribbe Unowned
Roy Roberts Jerry Cavanaugh Unowned
Marietta Canty Hazel Unowned
Carole Mathews Unowned