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Dangerous Mission (1954)

Director: Louis King

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From Time Out Film Guide

A thriller which opens resonantly with a man being gunned down as he sits at the piano in a dark, deserted nightclub. But despite good performances, the presence of Horace McCoy, WR Burnett and Charles Bennett among the credited writers, and a potentially workable story - detective Mature sets out in pursuit of a girl who witnessed the murder, ostensibly to protect her from the Mob - this never really takes off. Mature is so nudgingly pointed up as the killer that it's painfully obvious he isn't, and the supposedly nail-biting climax among the treacherous mountain crevasses (shot in the Glacier National Park, Montana, with excessive attention to scenic grandeur) is absurdly hamfisted.

Author: TM 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Cast & crew

Director: Louis King

Producer: Irwin Allen

Cast: Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, Vincent Price, William Bendix, Betta St John, Dennis Weaver full cast

Genre(s): Film Noir

Duration: 75 mins


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