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- Based on a novel by Cornell Woolrich and taking place over the course of a few nocturnal (and surreal) hours in the Big Apple, the film combines an unmistakable fatalism (the first line of dialogue is “Aren’t you dead yet?”) with an endearing innocence best symbolized in the character of Alex Winkley (Bill Williams), a young, generous, kindhearted sailor visiting New York who stumbles onto a murder, but also in the protective crush on Alex developed by the tough-skinned taxi dancer June Goffe...
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Deadline at Dawn is a 1946 American film noir, the only film directed by stage director Harold Clurman. It was written by Clifford Odets and based on a novel of the same name by Cornell Woolrich (as William Irish).
Based on a novel by Cornell Woolrich and taking place over the course of a few nocturnal (and surreal) hours in the Big Apple, the film combines an unmistakable fatalism (the first line of dialogue is “Aren’t you dead yet?”) with an endearing innocence best symbolized in the character of Alex Winkley (Bill Williams), a young, generous ...
Deadline at Dawn: Directed by Harold Clurman, William Cameron Menzies. With Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams, Joseph Calleia. After a woman he meets is murdered, a soon-to-ship-out sailor has until dawn to find the killer, aided by a weary dance hall girl.
- (2.2K)
- Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
- Harold Clurman, William Cameron Menzies
- 1946-03-18
Such is the description of the city in Woolrich’s 1944 novel, Deadline at Dawn, published under the pseudonym William Irish, which takes place in a single night: a young man has one night to solve a murder and clear his name.
Deadline at Dawn is a 1946 American film noir, the only film directed by stage director Harold Clurman. It was written by Clifford Odets and based on a novel of the same name by Cornell Woolrich (as William Irish).
Deadline at Dawn is a 1946 film noir, the only film directed by stage director Harold Clurman. It was written by Clifford Odets and based on a novella by Cornell Woolrich (as William Irish).
After a woman he meets is murdered, a soon-to-ship-out sailor has until dawn to find the killer, aided by a weary dance hall girl.
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