Chicago Deadline (1949): Cast & Plot
Chicago Deadline is a 1949 crime drama directed by Lewis Allen, starring Alan Ladd as Ed Adams, Donna Reed and Berry Kroeger. It runs 1 hour 26 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 26m (86 min)
- Director
- Lewis Allen
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Chicago Deadline About?
The premise of Chicago Deadline without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
A determined reporter on Chicago’s South Side, Ed Ames, discovers a dead girl’s body. Her address book contains names of men who claim never to have known her but are terrified by her death. As Ames follows the leads, he uncovers dangerous secrets that put his own life at risk.
Chicago Deadline Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- reporter
- address book
- investigation
- chicago illinois
- city name in title
- newspaper reporter
- newspaper
- taxi
- shootout
- murder
- car chase
- gangster
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- shootout in a parking garage
- brother sister relationship
- death of sister
- two word title
- detective
- fistfight
- flashback
- dead woman
- based on novel
- death
- photograph
- roller skating rink
- gunshot
- shot in the chest
- following a car
- boxer
- party
- subway station
- boxing match
- enforcer
- champagne
- funeral home
- newspaper headline
- boarding house
- suicide
- discovering a corpse
- death threat
- breaking and entering
- african american maid
- threat to sue
- knocked unconscious
- shot to death
- newspaper editor
- punched in the face
- dying words
- hit by a car
- paraplegic
- false accusation
Chicago Deadline Cast & Characters
Alan Ladd leads the cast as Ed Adams, with Donna Reed as Rosita Jean D'Ur and Berry Kroeger as Solly Wellman. Directed by Lewis Allen; 19 actors are credited in all.
- Director Lewis Allen
- Alan Ladd as Ed Adams
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Donna Reed as Rosita Jean D'Ur - Berry Kroeger as Solly Wellman
- Gavin Muir as G. G. Temple
Also Starring in Chicago Deadline
· 15 more- Irene Hervey Belle Dorset
- June Havoc Leona
- Arthur Kennedy Tommy Ditman
- John Beal Paul Jean d'Ur
- Shepperd Strudwick Blacky Franchot
- Harry Antrim Gribbe
- Harold Vermilyea Anstruder
- Howard Freeman Hotspur Shaner
- Marietta Canty Hazel
- Roy Roberts Jerry Cavanaugh
- Paul Lees Bat
- Dave Willock Pig
- Tom Powers Howard
- Margaret Field Minerva
- Carole Mathews
Chicago Deadline Plot Summary
What happens in Chicago Deadline from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 5-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Ed Adams, a Chicago newspaper reporter, is in a boarding house when the body of Rosita Jean d’Ur is found. He seizes her diary before the police arrive, and the case immediately pulls him into a web of secrets, motives, and hidden lives. The official ruling pins the death on a tubercular hemorrhage, but Ed is not convinced something so plain explains Rosita’s end. He makes his own inquiries, turning to the dozen or so names listed in her diary, which adds layers of mystery rather than easy answers.
Full summary
The whole story of Chicago Deadline, scene by scene
Chicago Deadline Trailers & Videos
The trailer of Chicago Deadline.
How Well Do You Know Chicago Deadline?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
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Chicago Deadline FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Chicago Deadline, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Chicago Deadline?
Chicago Deadline runs 1 hour 26 minutes (86 minutes).
When was Chicago Deadline released?
Chicago Deadline was released on November 3, 1949.
Who directed Chicago Deadline?
Chicago Deadline was directed by Lewis Allen.
More films by Lewis Allen Who is in the cast of Chicago Deadline?
Chicago Deadline stars Alan Ladd as Ed Adams, Donna Reed as Rosita Jean D'Ur and Berry Kroeger as Solly Wellman, among 19 credited actors.
Does Chicago Deadline have a post-credit scene?
No. Chicago Deadline has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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