Chicago Deadline

1949 · 86 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 513 VOTES · DIR. Lewis Allen

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Overview

On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Ames comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,305 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 Subtitles: Luís Filipe Bernardes
00:05:20 Somebody has to.
00:08:22 I borrowed it.
00:11:14 Are you a friend of Hazel's or of George's? Er, George, good old George.
00:14:03 Hi-ho!
00:17:48 Who threw her to the wolves, Solly?
00:21:09 Se we forget that when you mention the name Rosita Jean D'Ur people run and hide, check out of hotels...
00:24:33 In Frisco? Yeah.
00:27:26 She said she wanted an impressive ceremony.
00:30:47 But I'm sure it was Rosita.
00:35:41 Where do you want to go? I was going home to bed.
00:38:53 She was a dame, a saint, a gangster's girl.
00:42:23 No, thanks. Okay.
00:46:26 And who's idea of fun was to find something he wanted and then start a campaign to get it.
00:50:30 Mr. Temple! See you Sunday.
00:53:53 All right! Now look, Jack...
00:57:12 Ed! Ed!
01:01:05 You promised. I know, but she wasn't news then.
01:04:03 Do you mind if I know where we're going?
01:07:45 You don't.
01:11:35 Pig, sit there. Don't let anyone in. Lock the doors, stay by the phone.
01:15:12 Fine until he goes down to the morgue and sees her lying there.
01:19:17 She was gonna walk out on him.
01:25:44 Subtitles: Luís Filipe Bernardes

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,305
Dialogue density15.2 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:25:44

Production Record

DirectorLewis Allen
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes513