Dial Red O (1955)
1h 3m
Running Time
March 13, 1955Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Bill Elliott
Detective Lt. Andy Flynn
Helene Stanley
Connie Wyatt
Keith Larsen
Ralph Wyatt
Paul Picerni
Norman Roper
Jack Kruschen
Lloyd Lavalle
Daniel B. Ullman
Director
Elaine Riley
Policewoman Gloria
Vincent M. Fennelly
Producer
Robert Bice
Sgt. Tony Columbo
Rick Vallin
Deputy Clark
Marlin Skiles
Composer
Ellsworth Fredericks
Cinematographer
George Eldredge
Major Sutter
John Phillips
Deputy Morgan
William Austin
Editor
Regina Gleason
Mrs. Roper
Rankin Mansfield
Coroner
Mort Mills
Newspaper Photographer
William Tannen
Devon
Shorty Rogers
Bandleader
Gregg Barton
Attendant (uncredited)
Larry J. Blake
Wayne - Waiter (uncredited)
Doyle Brooks
VA Patient (uncredited)
Cecil Combs
Sidewalk Passerby (uncredited)
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Dial Red O is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Daniel B. Ullman and starring Bill Elliott, Helene Stanley and Keith Larsen. It was the first in a series of five Los Angeles-set police thrillers that Elliott made for Allied Artists at the end of his career.The letter "O" in the title actually represents a zero, since it is supposed to be the number on a phone dial.