Danger Zone (1951 film)

Danger Zone is a 1951 American film noir directed by William Berke and starring Hugh Beaumont, Tom Neal and Edward Brophy. A lower-budget second feature, it was distributed by the independent Lippert Pictures.

Danger Zone
Directed byWilliam Berke
Screenplay byJulian Harmon
Story by
  • Herbert Margolis
  • Louis Morheim
Produced by
StarringHugh Beaumont
Tom Neal
Edward Brophy
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh
Edited by
Music byBert Shefter
Production
company
Spartan Productions
Distributed byLippert Pictures
Release date
  • April 20, 1951 (1951-04-20)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Claire Underwood hires San Francisco private eye Dennis O'Brien to purchase a saxophone case at a yacht party auction,[1] but O'Brien is slugged and the case is stolen by Larry Dunlap. O'Brien snoops around and learns that Claire and Dunlap are rivals in a smuggling racket, and he seizes Claire just as she is about to leave the country with the case and its stolen jewels. He then gets involved with the murder of Vicki Jason's husband and gets slugged again and framed. With the aid of "Professor" Schickler, he proves his innocence when Vicki kills her coconspirator lover Edgar Spadely, another private detective, and Vicki admits her own guilt in the murder of her husband.[2]

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Production

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The film was originally known as Roaring.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Danger Zone (1951)". www.cinematerial.com. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  2. ^ Adams, Les (2020). "Danger Zone". IMDb. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Schallert, E. (Dec 22, 1950). "Top singer jack smith joins 'moonlight bay;' new loos-sale deal set". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166166919.
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