Directed by:
John ReinhardtScreenplay:
Peter BerneisCinematography:
Robert De GrasseComposer:
Heinz RoemheldCast:
Dan Duryea, Mary Anderson, Gordon Gebert, Marcia Mae Jones, Gene Roth, Gil Perkins, Steve Pendleton, Dick Curtis, Roy Engel, Roy Glenn, Ross Elliott, Lee Miller (more)Plots(1)
Alcoholic Bill Cannon's (Dan Duryea) past sins catch up with him in CHICAGO CALLING. Cannon's daughter Nancy (Melinda Plowman) is seriously injured in an accident while out of town, and his wife Mary (Mary Anderson) has promised to call him back as soon as she learns the result of Nancy's operation. Unfortunately, Cannon's phone service is cut off for nonpayment, forcing him to go begging for the $50 necessary to square his phone bill. Only through the kindness of waitress Peggy (Marsha Jones) and telephone engineer Jim (Ross Elliot) is Cannon able to make the crucial call to his wife. Alas, the operation has proved unsuccessful. Will the impact of this tragedy push Cannon over the brink, or will it inspire him to seek out a new lease on life? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Dan Duryea
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Mary Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Bernadette (1943)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Gordon Gebert
USA
Best movies:
The Narrow Margin (1952)
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
Holiday Affair (1949)
Marcia Mae Jones
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
These Three (1936)
The Way We Were (1973)
Gene Roth
USA
Best movies:
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Westward the Women (1951)
Brute Force (1947)
Gil Perkins
Australia
Best movies:
Raging Bull (1980)
Captains Courageous (1937)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Steve Pendleton
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Dick Curtis
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
King Kong (1933)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Roy Engel
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Spartacus (1960)
Roy Glenn
USA
Best movies:
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Ross Elliott
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Storm Warning (1951)
Lee Miller
UK
Best movies:
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Jack Low
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Double Wedding (1937)
Bernard Gorcey
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Set-Up (1949)
Pickup (1951)
Billy Lechner
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Battleground (1949)
Melinda Casey
USA
Best movies:
Little Women (1949)
Carrie (1952)
Holiday Affair (1949)