The first of the five films where Bill Elliott played a detective lieutenant in the L.A Sheriff's department, Dial Red "O" (the correct title with the number 0 (zero), as on a telephone dial, shown in ") opens with war-torn veteran Ralph Wyatt getting word that his wife is divorcing him, and he flees the psychiatric ward of the veteran's hospital, wanting to talk to her. His escape touches off an all-out manhunt, led by Lieutenant Andy Flynn of the sheriff's department.
Bill Elliott
Helene Stanley
Keith Larsen
Paul Picerni
Jack Kruschen
Elaine Riley
Robert Bice
Rick Vallin
George Eldredge
John Phillips
Regina Gleason
Rankin Mansfield
Mort Mills
William Tannen
Shorty Rogers
Gregg Barton
Larry J. Blake
Doyle Brooks
Cecil Combs
Walter Conrad
John Hart
Lars Hensen
Scott Lee
Forrest Lewis
Sydney Mason
Leighton Noble
Sam Peckinpah
Mike Ragan
Lee Roberts
John Phillips