Deadline at Dawn (1946)

Directed by

Harold Clurman

Genre

film noir, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A sailor wakes up with no memory of the previous night and finds himself suspected of murder. He has until dawn to clear his name with the help of a dance hall girl.

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What happens

Deadline at Dawn is a 1946 American film noir, the only film directed by stage director Harold Clurman. It was written by Clifford Odets and based on the 1944 novel of the same name by Cornell Woolrich (as William Irish). The RKO Pictures film release was the only cinematic collaboration between Clurman and his former Group Theatre associate, screenwriter Odets. The director of photography was RKO regular Nicholas Musuraca. The musical score was by German refugee composer Hanns Eisler. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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