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Chicago Deadline

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1949-11-03

Runtime: 86 mins

Director: Lewis Allen

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, Crime

Original title: Chicago Deadline

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

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