Deadline at Dawn (1946)
The beginning of Deadline at Dawn is pretty creepy. Marvin Miller comes to Lola Lane’s apartment in the middle of the night, and they have a tense argument about him wanting moneys he owes him. Then, Lola is dead, Marvin is nowhere to be found, and Bill Williams has a wad of cash in his pocket he doesn’t remember taking. Bill is a sailor, and his orders give him a dawn deadline before he ships out to find out who killed Lola so he doesn’t get framed for it.
Bill’s character is written to be incredibly stupid and naïve, almost making the audience wonder if there’s something wrong with him. He bumps into Susan Hayward, an older, hardened dance hall girl, and she decides to help him in his search. At first, the movie keeps harping on their age difference and that she sees her kid brother when she looks at him, but with no explanation, the script veers to the right and starts cooking up a romance. Where does Paul Lukas come in, you might wonder, since he got second billing? You’ll have to watch the movie to find out.
This isn’t the best film noir or murder mystery to come out of the 1940s, but it is entertaining if you really like the genre and are looking for a rainy afternoon movie. Her beauty clearly stands out, but it’s hard to believe the very next year, Susan Hayward would receive her first Oscar nomination!
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Bill’s character is written to be incredibly stupid and naïve, almost making the audience wonder if there’s something wrong with him. He bumps into Susan Hayward, an older, hardened dance hall girl, and she decides to help him in his search. At first, the movie keeps harping on their age difference and that she sees her kid brother when she looks at him, but with no explanation, the script veers to the right and starts cooking up a romance. Where does Paul Lukas come in, you might wonder, since he got second billing? You’ll have to watch the movie to find out.
This isn’t the best film noir or murder mystery to come out of the 1940s, but it is entertaining if you really like the genre and are looking for a rainy afternoon movie. Her beauty clearly stands out, but it’s hard to believe the very next year, Susan Hayward would receive her first Oscar nomination!
Want to watch it? Click here to watch it on ok.ru. And thanks "Classic Movies Kristine Rose" for posting!
More Susan Hayward movies here!