Deadline at Dawn (1946)
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Deadline at Dawn represented not only the sole film directorial effort of Broadway's Harold Clurman, but also the only cinematic collaboration between Clurman and his former Group Theatre associate, screenwriter Clifford Odets. While on shore leave in New York, sailor Alex (Bill Williams) is slipped a doped-up drink by B-girl Edna (Lola Lane). When he awakens, Alex discovers that she has been murdered. Though he believes that he's the killer, our hero is talked into locating the actual miscreant by philosophical cab driver gus (Paul Lukas) and nightclub dancer June (Susan Hayward). Adapted from a novel by Cornell Woolrich, Deadline at Dawn leans towards pretentiousness at times, but is redeemed by the no-nonsense performance by Susan Hayward. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Susan Hayward - June Goth
- Bill Williams - Alex Winkley
- Osa Massen - Helen Robinson
- Jerome Cowan - Lester Brady
- Roman Bohnen - Collarless Man
- Joe Sawyer - Babe Dooley
- Joseph Crehan - Lt. Kane
- Fred Aldrich - Beefy Guest
- William Challee - Ray
- Ralph Dunn - Capt. Dill
- Dorothy Granger - Ticket Girl
- Edward Gargan - Bouncer
- Carl Faulkner - Policeman Drawing Diagram
- Dick Elliott - Chap
- Armand "Curly" Wright - Fruit Peddler
- Billy Wayne - Billy White
- George Tyne - Ray
- Shimen Ruskin - Sam
- Jason Robards, Sr. - Policeman
- John Elliott - Sleepy Man
- Florence Pepper - Dancing Girl
- Dorothy Curtis - Giddy Woman
- Edgar Caldwell - Dancer
- Frank Meredith - Policeman
- Roger Creed - Policeman
- Lee Phelps - Philosophical Policeman
- Philip Morris - Policeman
- Jack Kenney - Headwaiter
- Earl Hodgins - Barker
- Mike Pat Donovan - Sweating Trickster
- Jack Cheatham - Policeman
- Al Bridge - Detective Smiley
- Billy Bletcher - Waiter
- Paul Lukas - Gus
- Joseph Calleia - Bartelli
- Lola Lane - Edna Bartelli
- Marvin Miller - Sleepy Parsons
- Steven Geray - Holie
- Constance Worth - Mrs. Raymond
- Ernie S. Adams - Waiter
- Peter Breck - Counterman
- Myrna Dell - Hatcheck Girl
- Eddie Hart - Policeman
- Edmund Glover - Taxi Driver
- Jerry Frank
- Virginia Farmer - Janitress
- Al Eben - Taxi Driver
- Lawrence Wheat - Derelict
- Philip Warren - Jerry Robinson
- Walter Soderling - Husband
- Dick Rush - Policeman
- Larry Thompson - Drunk
- Pearl Varvell - Woman
- Betty Gillette - Woman With Dog
- Connie Conrad - Mrs. Bender
- Alan Ward - Yerkes
- Sammy Blum - Sam, Taxi Driver
- Tom Quinn
- Emory Parnell - Capt. Bender
- Larry McGrath - Whispering Man
- John Ince - Elderly Sleeper
- Annelle Hayes - Society Woman
- Jack Daley - Snoring Man
- Eddy Chandler - Policeman
- Joan Barton - One-legged Man
- Director(s):
- Harold Clurman
- Writer(s):
- Cornell Woolrich, Clifford Odets
- Producer(s):
- Adrian Scott
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