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.Mayer p.113
The letter "O" in the title actually represents a zero, since it is supposed to be the number on a phone dial.
Plot
Cast Bill Elliott as Detective Lt. Andy Flynn Helene Stanley as Connie Wyatt Keith Larsen as Ralph Wyatt Paul Picerni as Norman Roper Jack Kruschen as Lloyd Lavalle Elaine Riley as Policewoman Gloria Robert Bice as Sgt. Tony Columbo Rick Vallin as Deputy Clark George Eldredge as Major Sutter John Phillips as Deputy Morgan Regina Gleason as Mrs. Roper Rankin Mansfield as Coroner Mort Mills as Newspaper Photographer William Tannen as Devon—Newspaper Reporter Shorty Rogers as Bandleader
See also Sudden Danger (1955) Calling Homicide (1956) Chain of Evidence (1957) Footsteps in the Night (1957) List of American films of 1955
References
Bibliography Mayer, Geoff. Encyclopedia of American Film Serials. McFarland, 13 2017.
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