Calling Homicide (1956)
A racket that preys on beauty---and pays off with MURDER!
Cop Andy Doyle investigates a car-bombing murder and the killing of a sleazy modeling agency owner. Are they connected?
- Date of release
- 1956-09-30
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery
- Director
- Edward Bernds
- Collection
- Detective Andy Doyle Collection
Casting
- Bill Elliott — Andy Doyle
- Don Haggerty — Det. Sgt. Mike Duncan
- Kathleen Case — Donna Graham
- Myron Healey — Jim Haddix
- Jeanne Cooper — Darlene Adams
- Thomas Browne Henry — Allen Gilmore
- Lyle Talbot — Tony Fuller
- Almira Sessions — Mrs. Ida Dunsetter
- Herb Vigran — Ray Engel
- James Best — Det. Arnie Arnhoff
- John Dennis — Benny Bendowski
- Robert Bice — Det. Johnny Phipps (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Calling Homicide is a 1956 American crime drama film directed by Edward Bernds and starring Bill Elliott, Don Haggerty and Kathleen Case. The picture was the third of five films in the Lt. Andy Doyle series, all starring Elliott.
Production
The working title of the film was House on Lookout Mountain. Production began in the first week of April 1956, and was completed before the end of the month. In July, the release date was announced as September 30, 1956. The National Legion of Decency gave the film a Class A Section II rating, indicating that it was morally unobjectionable but for adults only.
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