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13/03/1955 Crime, Drama, Mystery 1h 3m
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THE WAY SHE LOVED ONE MAN...Became a murder rap for another!

Overview

The first of the five films where Bill Elliott played a detective lieutenant in the L.A Sheriff's department, Dial Red "O" (the correct title with the number 0 (zero), as on a telephone dial, shown in ") opens with war-torn veteran Ralph Wyatt getting word that his wife is divorcing him, and he flees the psychiatric ward of the veteran's hospital, wanting to talk to her. His escape touches off an all-out manhunt, led by Lieutenant Andy Flynn of the sheriff's department.

  1. Daniel B. Ullman

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Bill Elliott

    Andy Flynn / Andy Doyle

  2. Helene Stanley

    Connie Wyatt

  3. Keith Larsen

    Ralph Wyatt

  4. Paul Picerni

    Norman Roper

  5. Jack Kruschen

    Lloyd Lavalle

  6. Elaine Riley

    Policewoman Gloria

  7. Robert Bice

    Sgt. Tony Columbo

  8. Rick Vallin

    Deputy Clark

  9. George Eldredge

    Major Sutter

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-11
Bill Elliott ("Det. Flynn") works quite well in this quickly-paced, more cerebral, hour long detective mystery. He must investigate the murder of "Connie" (Helene Stanley) who was having an affair with "Roper" (Paul Picerni). The finger for the crime is initially pointed at her somewhat shell-shocked husband "Wyatt" (Keith Larsen) but we know the truth (we've known all along) and so now we get to follow as both "Flynn" and "Wyatt" try to fathom out the truth. At times the photography goes too obviously out of it's way not to show us anything of the violent themes here. The code? Sure, but also...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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