Chicago Deadline

1949 | 86 minutes | 6.0 ★ (11)

Chicago Deadline
  • 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.

  • Release Date

    03 November 1949

  • DirectingLewis Allen
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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