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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 a novel of the same name by Cornell Woolrich (as William Irish).
Deadline at Dawn: Directed by Harold Clurman, William Cameron Menzies. With Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams, Joseph Calleia. After a woman he meets is murdered, a soon-to-ship-out sailor has until dawn to find the killer, aided by a weary dance hall girl.
- (2.2K)
- Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
- Harold Clurman, William Cameron Menzies
- 1946-03-18
By Michael Bayer. Share this film. Taxi dancer June Goffe (Susan Hayward) feels immediately protective of the young sailor. June consults with Alex Winkler (Paul Lukas) and Gus Hoffman (Bill Williams) to search for a killer. Film Tags. Alcoholism. Athlete. Blackmail. Cat. Diner. Disability. Dog. Framed. Memory Loss. Musician.
A 1946 film noir about a cabby and a dance-hall girl trying to clear a sailor framed for murder. See critics and audience reviews, cast and crew, photos, and synopsis on Rotten Tomatoes.
- (19)
- Harold Clurman
- Mystery & Thriller
- Susan Hayward
A mystery thriller about a sailor who wakes up with a dead woman and a bag of money after a night of drinking. Find out the plot, cast, crew, and user score of this film based on a Cornell Woolrich novel.
A sailor on leave, Alex (Bill Williams), wakes up after getting drunk in the apartment of a woman named Edna, with a huge wad of cash. He goes to return it, and finds her dead. He enlists a dance hall girl, June (Susan Hayward), to help him figure out who murdered Edna, so he doesn’t get blamed.
Find out who starred in and worked on the film noir Deadline at Dawn, based on a novel by Cornell Woolrich. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers, and more on IMDb.
