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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.
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- Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
- Harold Clurman, William Cameron Menzies
- 1946-03-18
If there’s such thing as a quaint film noir, Harold Clurman’s Deadline at Dawn just might be it. Based on a novel by Cornell Woolrich and taking place over the course of a few nocturnal (and surreal) hours in the Big Apple, the film combines an unmistakable fatalism (the first line of dialogue is “Aren’t you dead yet?”) with an ...
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.
An aspiring actress risks her life to clear a sailor charged with murder.
- Harold Clurman, William Dorfman
- Susan Hayward
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.
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A cabby (Paul Lukas) helps a New York dance-hall girl (Susan Hayward) look for clues to clear a sailor (Bill Williams) framed for murder.
- Mystery & Thriller