''Dial 999'' is a 1955 British crime drama film directed and written by

Montgomery Tully Montgomery Tully (6 May 190410 October 1988) was an Irish film director and writer. Film career Born in Dublin, Tully studied at the University of London, and originally entered the film industry as a director of documentaries. Later, Tully wo ...

based on the novel of the same name by Bruce Graeme.''Dial 999''
at the BFI Database Produced by the British company, Todon Productions, it was shot at the

Merton Park Studios Merton Park Studios, opened in 1929, was a British film production studio located at Long Lodge, 269 Kingston Road in Merton Park, South London. In the 1940s, it was owned by Piprodia Entertainment, Nikhanj Films and Film Producers Guild. Peter Morl ...

in London. RKO Radio Pictures purchased the rights to distribute it in the United States, where it was released in a cut form as ''The Way Out'' on 11 April 1956. The film stars

Gene Nelson Gene Nelson (born Leander Eugene Berg; March 24, 1920 – September 16, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, screenwriter, and director. Biography Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, he and his family moved to Seattle when he wa ...

as Greg Carradine, Mona Freeman as Terry Moffat Carradine, and John Bentley as Detective Sergeant Seagrave.

Cast

as Greg Carradine * Mona Freeman as Terry Carradine * John Bentley as Det. Sgt. Seagrave *

Michael Goodliffe Lawrence Michael Andrew Goodliffe (1 October 1914 – 20 March 1976) was an English actor known for playing suave roles such as doctors, lawyers and army officers. He was also sometimes cast in working-class parts. Biography Goodliffe was ...

as John Moffat * Sydney Tafler as Cressett * Charles Victor as Tom Smithers * Paula Byrne as Vera Bellamy * Michael Golden as Inspector Keyes * Arthur Lovegrove as George * Charles Mortimer as Harding *

Cyril Chamberlain Cyril Chamberlain (8 March 1909 – 5 December 1974) was an English film and television actor. He appeared in a number of the early ''Carry On'', ''Doctor'' and ''St. Trinian's'' films. Chamberlain was born on 8 March 1909 in London and died ...

as Anderson *

Tony Sympson Tony Sympson (10 July 1906 – 30 March 1983) was a British actor. Selected filmography * ''The Indiscretions of Eve'' (1932) - Pip * ''Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle'' (1935) - Tinker * '' Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor'' (1935) - ...

as Harry Briggs *

Jack McNaughton Jack McNaughton (22 December 190522 February 1990) was a British stage and film actor. As a character actor he mostly played supporting roles, but occasionally featured in major roles such as playing the male lead in the 1951 comedy ''Cheer the ...

as Plainclothes Officer * Michael Duffield as Fingerprint Man *

Patrick Newell Patrick David Newell (27 March 1932 – 22 July 1988) was a British actor, known for his large size. Early life and education The second son of Eric Llewellyn Newell, of High Lodge, Hadleigh, Suffolk, an Oxford-educated physician who served ...

as 1st Brewers Man * Kay Callard as Blonde *

Peter Welch Peter Francis Welch (born May 2, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician who is a United States senator-elect from Vermont, and the current U.S. representative for since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been a major figure in ...

as Plainclothes Officer * Margaret Harrison as Policewoman Larkins * Kenneth Midwood as Radio Operator * Clifford Buckton as Alf * Frank Forsythe as 1st Police Constable * Frank Hawkins as 2nd Police Constable * Walter Gotell as Policeman * Harry Lane as Bob * Barbara Roscoe as Model

References

External links

* * 1955 films 1955 crime drama films British black-and-white films British crime drama films Films directed by Montgomery Tully 1950s English-language films 1950s British films {{1950s-UK-film-stub