Chicago Calling
$53 means life or death to him!
1951 | 75m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | John Reinhardt |
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| Writer: | John Reinhardt, Peter Berneis |
| Staring: |
| 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 accident 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 31, 1951 |
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| Director: | John Reinhardt |
| Writer: | John Reinhardt, Peter Berneis |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | parent child relationship, film noir, los angeles, california, poverty |
| Production Companies | Arrowhead Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dan Duryea | Bill Cannon |
| Mary Anderson | Mary Cannon |
| Gordon Gebert | Bobby |
| Ross Elliott | Jim |
| Melinda Casey | Nancy Cannon |
| Judy Brubaker | Babs Kimball |
| Marcia Mae Jones | Peggy (as Marsha Jones) |
| Marsha Jones | Peggy |
| Roy Engel | Pete |
| Jean Harvey | Christine |
| Steve Pendleton | Police Lt. Ryan |
| Gene Roth | Guard |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Reinhardt | Writer, Director |
| Peter Berneis | Writer |
| Heinz Roemheld | Original Music Composer |
| Robert De Grasse | Director of Photography |
| Arthur H. Nadel | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Peter Berneis | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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