Deadline at Dawn

Plot

A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.

  • Harold Clurman

    Director

  • Clifford Odets

    Screenplay

  • Cornell Woolrich

    Novel

  • Nicholas Musuraca

    Director of Photography

  • Roland Gross

    Editor

  • Susan Hayward

    June Goffe

  • Paul Lukas

    Gus Hoffman

  • Bill Williams

    Alex Winkler

  • Joseph Calleia

    Val Bartelli

  • Osa Massen

    Helen Robinson

  • Lola Lane

    Edna Bartelli

  • Jerome Cowan

    Lester Brady

  • Marvin Miller

    Sleepy Parsons

  • Roman Bohnen

    Frantic Man with Injured Cat

  • Steven Geray

    Edward Honig

  • Joe Sawyer

    Babe Dooley

  • Constance Worth

    Nan Raymond

  • Joseph Crehan

    Lt. Kane

  • Ernie Adams

    Waiter (uncredited)

  • Fred Aldrich

    Nightclub Guest (uncredited)

  • Walter Bacon

    Commuter (uncredited)

  • John Barton

    One-Legged Man (uncredited)

  • Billy Bletcher

    Waiter (uncredited)

  • Al Bridge

    Detective Smiley (uncredited)

  • Edgar Caldwell

    Dancer (uncredited)

  • William Challee

    Ray (Newsstand Proprietor) (uncredited)

  • Eddy Chandler

    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Jack Cheatham

    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Tom Coleman

    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Connie Conrad

    Mrs. Bender (uncredited)

  • Roger Creed

    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Dorothy Curtis

    Giddy Woman (uncredited)

  • Ralph Dunn

    Capt. Dill (uncredited)

  • Al Eben

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

  • Dick Elliott

    Chap (uncredited)

  • John Elliott

    Sleepy Man (uncredited)

  • Virginia Farmer

    Building Superintendent's Wife (uncredited)

  • Carl Faulkner

    Policeman Drawing Diagram (uncredited)

  • Byron Foulger

    Night Attendant (uncredited)

  • Jerry Frank

    Waiter (uncredited)

  • Edward Gargan

    Bouncer (uncredited)

  • Betty Gillette

    Woman with Dog (uncredited)

  • Eddie Hart

    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Annelle Hayes

    Society Woman (uncredited)

  • Earle Hodgins

    Barker (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    83 minutes

    Released

    1946-03-18

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    RKO Radio Pictures

    Sound

  • Hanns Eisler

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    184 days ago

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