Dial 999 (1955) [NR]

Release Date:
December 1, 1955

Original Title:
Dial 999

Alternate Titles:
The Way Out

Genres:
Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
Merton Park Studios

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 86

A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge, but that he is innocent and is being framed for the murder. The wife and her brother hide him and try to find out who the real killer was. The more they investigate, the more holes they begin to find in the husband's story.

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Art Direction:
C. Wilfred Arnold

Assistant Director:
Bill Shore

Camera Operator:
Gilbert Knight

Continuity:
Marjorie Owens

Director:
Montgomery Tully

Director of Photography:
Phil Grindrod

Editor:
Geoffrey Muller

Executive Producer:
Tony Owen

Hairdresser:
Alice Holmes

Makeup Artist:
Jack Craig

Music Director:
Richard Taylor

Novel:
Bruce Graeme

Producer:
Alec C. Snowden

Production Manager:
Jim O'Connolly

Sound Editor:
Derek Holding

Sound Recordist:
Dick Smith
Ronald Abbott

Sound Supervisor:
Dick Smith

Still Photographer:
Charles Trigg

Writer:
Montgomery Tully

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