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Dial 1119 is a 1950 film noir directed by Gerald Mayer, nephew of Louis B. Mayer. The film stars Marshall Thompson as a deranged escaped killer holding the customers of a bar hostage. The telephone number "1119" is the police emergency number used in the film.
Dial 1119: Directed by Gerald Mayer. With Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field, Andrea King, Sam Levene. An escaped psychiatric patient causes havoc.
Synopsis. At the Oasis Bar in Terminal City, newspaper reporter Harrison "Harry" D. Barnes and other patrons pay little notice to a police bulletin advising residents that a dangerous criminal is on the loose. At the same time, on a bus headed for Terminal City, Gunther Wykoff, a mentally disturbed fugitive from the State Hospital for the ...
Directed by Gerald Mayer. Genres - Drama, Crime | Sub-Genres - Crime Thriller | Release Date - Nov 3, 1950 (USA - Unknown) | Run Time - 74 min. |. Dial 1119 (1950) is a psychopath hostage telephonic film noir with Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field, Sam Levene and noir favourite William Conrad.
Dial 1119. Delusional patient Gunther Wyckoff (Marshall Thompson) escapes from a mental institution intent on locating and killing Dr. John Faron (Sam Levene), whose testimony sent him to the...
- Crime, Drama
Dial 1119. Summaries. An escaped psychiatric patient causes havoc. Young mentally-ill killer Gunther Wyckoff escapes from a psychiatric clinic, murders a bus driver, then takes six hostages in a bar. The gun in Wyckoff's hand kills without emotion or pity, wielded by a man bare of emotion.
Dial 1119! Overview. A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution, intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, holds the patrons of a bar hostage. Gerald Mayer. Director. John Monks Jr. Screenplay. Don McGuire. Story. Hugh King. Story.
