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Chicago Calling

7.719511h 15mDramaThriller

Chicago Calling (1951) is a drama, thriller film directed by John Reinhardt rated 7.7/10.

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.

Released: 1951-12-31
Duration: 1h 15m
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: United States of America
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Director: John Reinhardt
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Writer: John Reinhardt, Peter Berneis
Cast: Dan Duryea, Mary Anderson, Gordon Gebert, Ross Elliott, Melinda Casey, Judy Brubaker
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Production: Arrowhead Pictures
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