Deadline at Dawn

Mar 18, 1946

1h 23m

★ 6.2

Fate points the finger of suspicion... and one evening of innocent fun turns into a nightmare of MURDER!

Overview

A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.

Genres

Mystery

Thriller

Romance

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

June Goffe

Susan Hayward

Gus Hoffman

Paul Lukas

Alex Winkler

Bill Williams

Val Bartelli

Joseph Calleia

Helen Robinson

Osa Massen

Edna Bartelli

Lola Lane

Lester Brady

Jerome Cowan

Sleepy Parsons

Marvin Miller

Frantic Man with Injured Cat

Roman Bohnen

Edward Honig

Steven Geray

Babe Dooley

Joe Sawyer

Nan Raymond

Constance Worth

Quinn, a neurotic man, is diagnosed with a harmless eye condition and soon after his life spirals out of control. He second-guesses his plans to propose to his longtime girlfriend, Devon, after his beautiful coworker, Kelsey, confesses that she has a crush on him. After a conversation with his best friend, Jameson, he clumsily tries to explain his doubts to Devon, but his possible proposal turns into a break-up. When Devon flees to Paris, he follows her in a last-ditch effort to win back "the one."

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