Deadline at Dawn
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| Deadline at Dawn | |
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 Deadline at Dawn movie poster |
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| Directed by | Harold Clurman |
| Produced by | Adrian Scott |
| Written by | Clifford Odets (screenplay) Cornell Woolrich (novel) |
| Starring | Susan Hayward Paul Lukas Bill Williams |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures Inc. |
| Release date(s) | April 3, 1946 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 83 min. |
| Language | English |
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Deadline at Dawn is a 1946 film noir, the only film directed by stage director Harold Clurman. It was written by Clifford Odets and based on a novel by Cornell Woolrich (as William Irish). The RKO Radio Picture was shot in black and white. This film was the only cinematic collaboration between Clurman and his former Group Theatre associate, screenwriter Odets. The Director of Photography was RKO Pictures regular Nicholas Musuraca.
[edit] Plot
Alex Winkley (Bill Williams), a young Navy sailor, wakes up from a night of drinking in New York City and finds he has a wad of cash. His memory is hazy but he knows he got it from a woman he visited earlier in the evening. With the help of a dance hall girl (Hayward), he attempts to return the money only to find out the woman he stole the cash from is dead. The sailor isn't sure if he's the killer or not. The pair, along with a philosophical cabbie (Paul Lukas), stay up all night attempting to solve the murder mystery before the sailor has to catch a bus to the naval base in Norfolk, Virginia in the morning. Their deadline is at dawn.
[edit] Cast
- Susan Hayward as June Goth
- Paul Lukas as Gus Hoffman
- Bill Williams as Alex Winkley
- Joseph Calleia as Val Bartelli
- Osa Massen as Helen Robinson
- Lola Lane as Edna Bartelli
- Jerome Cowan as Lester Brady
- Marvin Miller as Sleepy Parsons
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