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Appointment with Danger
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Lewis Allen
Produced by
Robert Fellows
Written by
Richard L. Breen
Warren Duff
Starring
Alan Ladd
Phyllis Calvert
Music by
Victor Young
Cinematography
John F. Seitz
Editing by
LeRoy Stone
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
May 9, 1951
Running time
89 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Appointment with Danger (1951) is an American crime film noir directed by Lewis Allen and written by Richard L. Breen and Warren Duff. The drama features Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Stewart, among others.[1]
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Background
4 Critical reception
5 References
6 External links
[edit] Plot
The film tells of Al Goddard (Alan Ladd), a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service. He's assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.
Goddard must locate the witness to the murder, an attractive young nun named Sister Augustine (Phyllis Calvert). He poses as a crook, and gains the confidence of the killers' honcho Boettiger (Paul Stewart), who has worked out a plan to steal one million bucks from the post office.
Once they discover the deception, the villains take Goddard and witness Sister Augustine prisoner. This leads to a fight in an industrial district.
[edit] Cast
Alan Ladd as Al Goddard
Phyllis Calvert as Sister Augustine
Paul Stewart as Earl Boettiger
Jan Sterling as Dodie
Jack Webb as Joe Regas
Stacy Harris as Paul Ferrar
Harry Morgan as George Soderquist
David Wolfe as David Goodman
Dan Riss as Maury Ahearn
Geraldine Wall as Mother Ambrose
George J. Lewis as Leo Cronin
Paul Lees as Gene Gunner
Sid Tomack as Trainman
Murray Alper as Driver
[edit] Background
The film features both Jack Webb and Harry Morgan as villains. Both would later work on the Dragnet television show as fictional police detectives for the Los Angeles Police Department.
[edit] Critical reception
Bosley Crowther, film critic for The New York Times, liked the film, especially the screenplay which Alan Ladd took full advantage of. He wrote, "[I]t's fairly obvious that it's all familiar stuff to our hero, for he evinces as much emotion over these muscular goings-on as a postal clerk counting air mail stamps. But he is fortunate in having a vehicle, which is basically a cops-and-robbers tale, tautly written by scenarists Richard Breen and Warren Duff, who also have injected humor in the modern idiom into their dialogue. And he is fortunate too in having the support of principals who handle these lines and roles as to the manner born. As a result, Appointment With Danger lives up to its title as Ladd, checking on the murder of another postal inspector in Gary, Ind., finds a visiting nun who saw the criminals."[2]
The staff at Variety magazine gave the film a positive review, writing, "Ladd is right at home as the tightlipped, tough inspector assigned to the case. There is a neat contrasting byplay in the nun character done by Phyllis Calvert as co-star, which adds an offbeat note to the meller plot.[3]
[edit] References
^ Appointment with Danger at the Internet Movie Database.
^ Crowther, Bosley. The New York Times, film review, May 10, 1951. Last accessed: December 28, 2007.
^ Variety. Film review, May 10, 1951. Last accessed: December 28, 2007.
[edit] External links
Appointment with Danger at the Internet Movie Database
Appointment with Danger at the TCM Movie Database
Appointment with Danger film clip at Veoh
Appointment with Danger film clip at You Tube (Jack Webb & Harry Morgan)
Appointment with Danger DVD review
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1950s crime films
American films
Black-and-white films
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Films directed by Lewis Allen
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