Dial 1119

1950
Approved
1h 15m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

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Virginia Field and Marshall Thompson in Dial 1119 (1950)

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Film Noir Thriller

An escaped psychiatric patient causes havoc.An escaped psychiatric patient causes havoc.An escaped psychiatric patient causes havoc.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Marshall Thompson

Gunther Wyckoff

Virginia Field

Freddy

Andrea King

Helen

Sam Levene

Dr. John Faron

Leon Ames

Earl

Keefe Brasselle

Skip

Richard Rober

Captain Henry Keiver

James Bell

Harrison D. Barnes

William Conrad

Chuckles

Dick Simmons

Television Announcer

Hal Baylor

Lt. 'Whitey' Tallman
(as Hal Fieberling)

Joel Allen

Undetermined Secondary Role
(uncredited)

John Alvin

Television Director
(uncredited)

Walter Bacon

Onlooker in Crowd
(uncredited)

Al Bain

Onlooker in Crowd
(uncredited)

Bill Baldwin

Reporter
(uncredited)

Barbara Billingsley

Dorothy
(uncredited)

Argentina Brunetti

Wyckoff's Bus Seatmate
(uncredited)

Director
- Gerald Mayer
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Trivia
The television station uses the ominous WKYL (kill) as its call letters, and the name of the town is "Terminal City".

Goofs
Perhaps a joke by the set designer, in an early scene, the dashboard of the bus shows an air conditioner control with the settings HEATING, OFF, and "MANUEL" COOLING.

Quotes
Television Announcer: And now for the benefit of the folks who tuned in late, I should like to say that this is the most traumatic spectacle I have ever had the GOOD fortune to witness

Connections
Featured in The Case Against the 20% Federal Admissions Tax on Motion Picture Theatres (1953)

What I liked about "Dial 1119" is that it's basically ignored as an example of film noir yet, for a film made in 1950, this thing was ahead of its time. First off, there's a big-screen TV in the bar, which plays an important part in advancing the plot. The folks who made this picture also foresaw the role that TV news would come to play in taking over a story. Good cast with William ("Cannon") Conrad as Chuckles the bartender, Leon ("Mr. Ed") Ames and Marshall ("Daktari") Thompson as the central character, our friendly neighborhood psycho. Finally, you've got a love a film noir selection that takes place in Terminal City.