Chicago Calling

Synopsis

Bill Cannon (Dan Duryea) loses everything to alcohol: his job, his family, his self-respect. Soon after his wife and daughter leave him, he receives word his little girl has been injured in a car accident outside Chicago. His wife will call later with news, but Bill’s short the $53 he needs to keep his phone from being disconnected. Filled with anguish, he heads out onto the Los Angeles streets to find some way to come up with the cash. As his character encounters expected cruelty and unexpected kindness, Duryea takes what might have been mere melodrama and turns it into a perceptive examination of one shattered soul. The other fine star of this race-against-the-clock programmer is an unglamorous, lunch-bucket L.A. rarely captured on film.

Main Cast

Dan Duryea

Bill Cannon

Age : 61 | Popularity : 60%

Mary Anderson

Mary Cannon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 21%

Gordon Gebert

Bobby

Age : N/A | Popularity : 23%

Ross Elliott

Jim

Age : 82 | Popularity : 43%

Melinda Casey

Nancy Cannon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 14%

Judy Brubaker

Babs Kimball

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Marcia Mae Jones

Peggy (as Marsha Jones)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 22%

Marsha Jones

Peggy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	John Reinhardt
Writing	Writer	John Reinhardt Peter Berneis
Production	Producer	Peter Berneis
Sound	Original Music Composer	Heinz Roemheld
Camera	Director of Photography	Robert De Grasse
Editing	Editor	Arthur H. Nadel
Department	Role	Name

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