The Way Out (1956)
Directed by Montgomery Tully
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Crime Thriller |
Release Date - Dec 1, 1955 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 86 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The Way Out was originally released in Great Britain as Dial 999. The eponymous telephone number is the emergency line to Scotland Yard, which in this film is represented by detective John Bentley. Hollywood's Gene Nelson plays a philandering husband who tries to hide the fact that he's killed a man. Nelson's wife Mona Freeman and brother-in-law Michael Goodliffe concoct an elaborate scheme to evade the authorities, but it all proves futile in the film's ironic climax. Assembled by Merton Park productions, the low-budget firm later responsible for Edgar Wallace mysteries, Dial 999 was spun off into a 39-week TV series.
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on-the-run, wife