Dial Red O 1955
Dial Red O
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 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.
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All 0 Videos & 7 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew... Andy Flynn / Andy Doyle
... Connie Wyatt
... Ralph Wyatt
... Norman Roper
... Lloyd Lavalle
... Policewoman Gloria
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See All 1 Reviews11 Jun 2022 by CinemaSerf
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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Release Date:
Mar 13, 1955 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 3`
MMPA Rating:
NR
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released

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Dial Red O
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.
Cast & Crew of
Dial Red O
Directors & Credit Writers
DBU
Daniel B. Ullman... Director
Cast
... Andy Flynn / Andy Doyle
... Connie Wyatt
... Ralph Wyatt
... Norman Roper
... Lloyd Lavalle
... Policewoman Gloria
... Sgt. Tony Columbo
... Deputy Clark
... Major Sutter
... Deputy Morgan
... Mrs. Roper
... Coroner
... Newspaper Photographer
... Devon
... Bandleader
... Attendant (uncredited)
... Wayne - Waiter (uncredited)
DB
Doyle Brooks... VA Patient (uncredited)
CC
Cecil Combs... Sidewalk Passerby (uncredited)
... Second Patrolman (uncredited)
Produced By
... Producer