Dial 999 (1955)
A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge, but that he is innocent and is being framed for the murder. The wife and her brother hide him and try to find out who the real killer was. The more they investigate, the more holes they begin to find in the husband's story.
- Date of release
- 1955-12-01
- TMDB
- 4.9 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Thriller, Mystery
- Director
- Montgomery Tully
Casting
- Gene Nelson — Greg Carradine
- Mona Freeman — Terry Moffat Carradine
- John Bentley — Det. Sgt. Seagrave
- Michael Goodliffe — John Moffat
- Michael Golden — The Chief Inspector
- Paula Byrne — Vera Bellamy
- Cyril Chamberlain — Anderson (murder victim)
- Charles Victor — Tom Smithers
- Kay Callard — Blonde at bar
- Sydney Tafler — Alf Cressett
- Charles Mortimer — Mr. Harding (publisher)
Interesting facts
Dial 999 is a 1955 British B movie crime drama film directed and written by Montgomery Tully and starring Gene Nelson, Mona Freeman and John Bentley. It was based on the novel of the same name by Bruce Graeme. Produced by Todon Productions, it was shot at the Merton Park Studios in London. RKO Radio Pictures purchased the rights to distribute it in the United States, where it was released in cut form on 11 April 1956.
Production
The film was a production of Todon, the company of Donna Reed and her husband Tony Owen.
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