Dial 999

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.

Cast

Gene Nelson

as Greg Carradine

Mona Freeman

as Terry Moffat Carradine

John Bentley

as Det. Sgt. Seagrave

Michael Goodliffe

as John Moffat

Michael Golden

as The Chief Inspector

Paula Byrne

as Vera Bellamy

Cyril Chamberlain

as Anderson (murder victim)

Charles Victor

as Tom Smithers

Kay Callard

as Blonde at bar

Sydney Tafler

as Alf Cressett

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