Dial Red O

1955

CrimeDramaMystery

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.

"THE WAY SHE LOVED ONE MAN...Became a murder rap for another!"

Rating

5.214
7 votes

Popularity

0.3767

Origin & Countries

US | en | United States of America

Production

Allied Artists Pictures

Runtime

63 min.

Status

Released

Release: 3/13/1955

Credits

Dial Red O

Daniel B. UllmanDirector

Dial Red O

Bill ElliottAndy Flynn / Andy Doyle

Dial Red O

Helene StanleyConnie Wyatt

Dial Red O

Keith LarsenRalph Wyatt

Dial Red O

Paul PicerniNorman Roper

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

6/11/2022

6 / 10

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 a distinct lack of imagination from director Daniel Ullman didn't help either. From a production perspective, there is nothing special about any of this - indeed, Stanley is pretty terrible - but the story has plenty of twists and turns before an ending that does this cheap and cheerful B-feature just enough justice to make it worth a gander.

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