Dial 999 (1955)

4.9/10 86 min Thriller Mystery

Overview

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.

Cast

Gene Nelson

Greg Carradine

Mona Freeman

Terry Moffat Carradine

John Bentley

Det. Sgt. Seagrave

Michael Goodliffe

John Moffat

Cyril Chamberlain

Anderson (murder victim)

Charles Victor

Tom Smithers

Kay Callard

Blonde at bar

Sydney Tafler

Alf Cressett

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