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Dial 1119

Year:1950
Country:  USA
Language:English
Genre:Film-Noir, Thriller
IMDB:IMDB Page
Rating:6.0  Rate
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DirectorGerald Mayer
Selected CastMarshall Thompson as Gunther Wyckoff
 Virginia Field as Freddy
 Andrea King as Helen
 Sam Levene as Dr. John D. Faron
 Leon Ames as Earl
 Keefe Brasselle as Skip
 William Conrad as Chuckles


On DVD & Blu-ray World

DVD

Dial 1119 - Warner Home Video - France (2013)
DVD

Film Noir Classic Collection Vol. 5 - Warner Home Video - USA (2010)


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Comments and Reviews
 
Twistin
15th Sep 2015
 Rated 6/10
Unusual entry in the film noir galaxy featuring a young Marshall Thompson (Fiend Without a Face, Daktari) as a cold psychopath with a gun and a bad attitude. After escaping from a mental institution, spared the death penalty by the efforts of an idealistic police shrink, he holes up in a bar with a motley crew of hostages, including a slutty barfly, a newspaper man, a nice girl having a tryst with an older married creep, and a man awaiting a call from the hospital where his wife is having a baby.

Other oddities include a bartender named Chuckles, a deployed news team from TV station WKYL (kill?), and possibly the first appearance of a flat-panel big screen TV -- all taking place in Terminal City! Also look for bit-parts from Barbara (Leave It to Beaver) Billingsly and Charles Lane. Oddly enough, André Previn's score is rarely used for dramatic effect, with most scenes left to carry the suspense weight on their own. Also notable is the subplot in which the aforementioned police doctor and the police captain on the scene argue over handling our villain by either brute force or by social means.

It's a unique, violent thriller that takes its time getting started, but eventually hooks you in.

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