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Chicago Deadline

Chicago Deadline

# He's a fighting reporter making front page history!
Drama   Crime
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1949-11-03
⌚ Running Time: 86 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.3

Beloved Cast

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

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