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Critic Jeff Stafford liked the film, writing: "A taut and suspenseful B-movie, Dial 1119 is distinguished by the crisp black-and-white cinematography of Paul C. Vogel (He worked on such film noir favorites as Lady in the Lake, 1947) and the excellent ensemble cast which includes Virginia Field, Andrea King, Leon Ames, Keith Brasselle, and William Conrad (star of TV's detective series, Cannon ...
Dial 1119: Directed by Gerald Mayer. With Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field, Andrea King, Sam Levene. An escaped psychiatric patient causes havoc.
- (1.6K)
- Film-Noir, Thriller
- Gerald Mayer
- 1950-11-03
A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution, intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, holds the patrons of a bar hostage. Gerald Mayer. Director. John Monks Jr.
Dial 1119 is approximately half of a great film, offering a chilling central performance by Marshall Thompson as a mentally ill man who escapes from a hospital and holds a bar's patrons hostage, the drama also contemplating some potentially compelling ideas about the role of mass media (in this case, early television) to exploit tragedies, but the material is handled inconsistently by director ...
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- Marshall Thompson
- Gerald Mayer
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Dial 1119 is a 1950 film noir directed by Gerald Mayer, nephew of Louis B. Mayer. the film stars Marshall Thompson as a deranged escaped killer holding the customers of a bar hostage. The telephone number "1119" is the police emergency number in the film.
