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Deadline At Dawn

1946, Movie, NR, 83 mins

Deadline At Dawn: Review

Take a hard-edged Cornell Woolrich story about the people who prowl by night, give it a screenplay by Clifford Odets, one of America's most literate authors, add the direction of a Broadway rather than a Hollywood director and what do you have? A mish-mash, that's what. Bill Williams is a sailor in NYC, away from his home base in Norfolk. He winds up playing poker in a rigged game with Calleia at his cafe. Lane, Calleia's sister, slips him some knockout potion. Upon awakenin... read more leave a comment