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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.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.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.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Ernie Adams
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
- Beefy Nightclub Guest
- (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
- Commuter
- (uncredited)
John Barton
- One-Legged Man
- (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Harold Clurman
- William Cameron Menzies(uncredited)
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- TriviaJoe Sawyer's character of washed-up baseball player Babe Dooley was based on Chicago Cubs hitting great Hack Wilson whose alcoholism led to his steep professional and personal decline.
- GoofsAt the end, the main characters exit the 8th Police Precinct. It is night, and the streets are deserted. Yet when June and Alex drive away in the police car, it can be seen through the back window of the vehicle that the streets bustling with activity, cars, and people, and it's bright and sunny.
- Quotes
June Goffe: You see, son, it's all right to live in a cocoon like this if you expect to be a butterfly someday. Otherwise...
- ConnectionsFeatured in Noir Alley: Deadline at Dawn (2017)
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Get Me to the Killer on Time
This modest film noir is flat-out crazy and a tremendous amount of fun.
Bill Williams plays a sailor on leave who follows a floozy back to her room, passes out and then finds upon waking that the floozy is dead and can't remember what if anything he had to do with it. He's got to catch a boat (or is it train?) at dawn, and is afraid he'll be implicated in the murder if he doesn't find the true killer before then. He teams up with a dance hall hostess (Susan Hayward) and, before the evening's out, a cab driver (Paul Lukas) and sets out into the New York midnight to solve the crime.
The screenplay doesn't make a lick of sense, and my wife and I found ourselves actually laughing at the preposterous developments and turns in the story. It's hilarious how committed these three people are to solving this crime despite the fact that there's absolutely nothing attaching the sailor to it, and how easy a time they have following up on clues in as huge a city as NY despite the fact that the clues are things like "he was wearing a tuxedo" and "she had blonde hair." A plot twist at the movie's end, when the real killer is revealed, is right up there with the best of them. Oscar winner Paul Lukas brings much more acting ability to his performance than his role requires, and Susan Hayward is absolutely riveting. This was my first and so far only exposure to this acclaimed actress, and I look forward to many more.
What a blast this movie is!
Grade: A-
Bill Williams plays a sailor on leave who follows a floozy back to her room, passes out and then finds upon waking that the floozy is dead and can't remember what if anything he had to do with it. He's got to catch a boat (or is it train?) at dawn, and is afraid he'll be implicated in the murder if he doesn't find the true killer before then. He teams up with a dance hall hostess (Susan Hayward) and, before the evening's out, a cab driver (Paul Lukas) and sets out into the New York midnight to solve the crime.
The screenplay doesn't make a lick of sense, and my wife and I found ourselves actually laughing at the preposterous developments and turns in the story. It's hilarious how committed these three people are to solving this crime despite the fact that there's absolutely nothing attaching the sailor to it, and how easy a time they have following up on clues in as huge a city as NY despite the fact that the clues are things like "he was wearing a tuxedo" and "she had blonde hair." A plot twist at the movie's end, when the real killer is revealed, is right up there with the best of them. Oscar winner Paul Lukas brings much more acting ability to his performance than his role requires, and Susan Hayward is absolutely riveting. This was my first and so far only exposure to this acclaimed actress, and I look forward to many more.
What a blast this movie is!
Grade: A-
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- En el nombre del amor
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- Backlot, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA(New York night street scenes)
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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