Insurance agents plot to identify and bring down a crime kingpin.Insurance agents plot to identify and bring down a crime kingpin.Insurance agents plot to identify and bring down a crime kingpin.
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Henry B. Longhurst
- Inspector Hurley
- (as Henry Longhurst)
Dennis Hoey
- Levitt gang member in custody
- (uncredited)
Harry Hutchinson
- Levitt Gang Member
- (uncredited)
Ben Williams
- Levitt Gang Member
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis film's earliest documented telecasts took place in Los Angeles Sunday 17 April 1949 on KFI (Channel 9), in Detroit Sunday 29 May 1949 on WWJ (Channel 4), in Chicago Tuesday 31 May 1949 on WNBQ (Channel 5), and in New York City Tuesday 24 January 1950 on WPIX (Channel 11). Since it had never previously been commercially shown on this side of the Atlantic, these airings also constituted its USA premiere.
- Quotes
Mark Lyndon: Why don't you call the police?
Philip Tarry: Put it down to professional pride.
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Uninteresting time waster offers nothing we've not seen before
DANGEROUS GROUND is a particularly uninspiring British crime film of the 1930s. I note the term 'quota quickie' is brought out fairly quickly on this site as a term of insult but that's definitely what this movie feels like as it has no material that stands out or indeed hasn't been seen elsewhere. The most interesting part of the production are the opening scenes which make this look like an American gangster film but things soon move to the more typical country pile settings with a rich aristocratic family making up the cast of characters.
Basically, somebody in the house is a master criminal hiding out from the law, and an insurance man is on the case. There's a lot of talk in this one and not much action, and to make things worse it's a very static film in term of camera movement and shots; there's little in the way of variety to break up what quickly becomes tedious. David Lean worked on this film as editor but you wouldn't know it, while main star Malcolm Keen was the father of Geoffrey. DANGEROUS GROUND is a time waster whichever way you look at it.
Basically, somebody in the house is a master criminal hiding out from the law, and an insurance man is on the case. There's a lot of talk in this one and not much action, and to make things worse it's a very static film in term of camera movement and shots; there's little in the way of variety to break up what quickly becomes tedious. David Lean worked on this film as editor but you wouldn't know it, while main star Malcolm Keen was the father of Geoffrey. DANGEROUS GROUND is a time waster whichever way you look at it.
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- Jul 9, 2016
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Filming locations
- British and Dominions Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK(studio: produced at British & Dominions Studios Boreham Wood England)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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