Emergency Call (1952)
- Directed by
- Lewis Gilbert
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A police team races against time to locate a missing child in a British city. The investigation pushes officers and the family to their limits as the hours tick by.
urgenttensemethodicalgroundedsuspensefulgrittyfocused
What happens
Emergency Call, released in the US as The Hundred Hour Hunt, is a 1952 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Jack Warner, Anthony Steel, Joy Shelton and Sid James. It was written by Gilbert and Vernon Harris, and distributed by Butcher's Film Service. The film was a noted success compared to its small budget and helped establish Gilbert as a director. It was remade in 1962 as Emergency. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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