Chicago Calling (1951)

Bill Cannon (Dan Duryea) loses everything to alcohol: his job, his family, his self-respect. Soon after his wife and daughter leave him, he receives word his little girl has been injured in a car acci...dent outside Chicago. His wife will call later with news, but Bill’s short the $53 he needs to keep his phone from being disconnected. Filled with anguish, he heads out onto the Los Angeles streets to find some way to come up with the cash. As his character encounters expected cruelty and unexpected kindness, Duryea takes what might have been mere melodrama and turns it into a perceptive examination of one shattered soul. The other fine star of this race-against-the-clock programmer is an unglamorous, lunch-bucket L.A. rarely captured on film. more

Directing:
  • John Reinhardt

Writing:
  • Peter Berneis
  • John Reinhardt

Stars:
Release Date: 1951-12-31
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  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 75

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Ross Elliott
Ross Elliott
Jim
Dan Duryea
Dan Duryea
Bill Cannon
Mary Anderson
Mary Anderson
Mary Cannon
Marcia Mae Jones
Marcia Mae Jo...
Peggy (as Marsha Jones)
Roy Engel
Roy Engel
Pete
Melinda Casey
Melinda Casey
Nancy Cannon
Steve Pendleton
Steve Pendlet...
Police Lt. Ryan
Gene Roth
Gene Roth
Guard
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