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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.
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- Film-Noir, Thriller
- Gerald Mayer
- 1950-11-03
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 ...
- Gerald Mayer, Sid Sidman
- Marshall Thompson
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
- Gerald Mayer
- David Nusair
- Marshall Thompson
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- 75 min
- 1941
- radioannouncer
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.