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Bookmark this pageDangerous 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
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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