Dial 999

Dec 1, 1955

1h 26m

★ 4.7

Overview

A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge, but that he is innocent and is being framed for the murder. The wife and her brother hide him and try to find out who the real killer was. The more they investigate, the more holes they begin to find in the husband's story.

Genres

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

Merton Park Studios

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Cast

Greg Carradine

Gene Nelson

Terry Moffat Carradine

Mona Freeman

Det. Sgt. Seagrave

John Bentley

John Moffat

Michael Goodliffe

The Chief Inspector

Michael Golden

Vera Bellamy

Paula Byrne

Anderson (murder victim)

Cyril Chamberlain

Tom Smithers

Charles Victor

Blonde at bar

Kay Callard

Alf Cressett

Sydney Tafler

Mr. Harding (publisher)

Charles Mortimer

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