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Chicago Deadline (1949)

Chicago Deadline poster
Directed by
Lewis Allen
Genre
film noir, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A reporter finds a dead woman's address book and investigates her life. He uncovers secrets that put his own safety at risk.

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What happens

Chicago Deadline is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Alan Ladd and Donna Reed. The film is based on the 1933 novel One Woman by Tiffany Thayer. It was remade as Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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