Cry Danger

Cry Danger
Cry Danger

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Robert Parrish
Produced by W.R. Frank
Sam Wiesenthal
Written by Story:
Jerome Cady
Screenplay:
William Bowers
Starring Dick Powell
Rhonda Fleming
Cinematography Joseph F. Biroc
Studio RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Release date(s) February 21, 1951 (1951-02-21TUnited States)
Running time 79 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Cry Danger is a 1951 film noir thriller shot in twenty-two days in Los Angeles, including the Bunker Hill section of the city. The film was directed by Robert Parrish, a former child star and later editor in his debut as a director.[1]

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Plot

Rocky Mulloy was sentenced to life in prison for a robbery and murder that he didn't commit. He's released five years later when a witness named Delong appears and provides an alibi. Rocky then sets out to find who framed him, hoping that by uncovering the actual criminals, he'll be able to free his friend Danny Morgan, also accused of the same crime.

Delong is lying about the alibi. What he really wants is a share of the missing robbery loot. Rocky insists he wasn't involved. They go see Morgan's wife, Nancy, a former love of Rocky's, who now lives in a trailer park.

Police Lt. Gus Cobb keeys an eye on Rocky because he's still convinced of his guilt. Rocky believes that bookie Louis Castro is the mastermind. He demands $50,000 at gunpoint. Castro won't agree to that, but gives him $500 to bet on a fixed horse race.

Shots are fired at Delong and girlfriend Darlene near the trailer and she is killed. Nancy believes the intended victims were Rocky and herself. Rocky goes back to Castro and plays Russian roulette until Castro reveals where the robbery money can be found. It turns out Morgan was indeed involved and that Nancy now has his share.

Lt. Cobb gradually comes to believe Rocky's innocence. Nancy says she loves him and invites him to run off together with the loot, but Rocky leaves her for the law.

Cast

Reception

Most reviews for the film are positive. Time Out's review says: "...it's the kind of movie in which, told to expect someone extra for dinner, delicious Fleming smiles 'OK, I'll put more water in the soup'. With excellent support players like a young, thin (for him) William Conrad and Jay Adler, this is a fast, crisp and laconic delight."[2]

The staff at Variety liked the film and said, "All the ingredients for a suspenseful melodrama are contained in Cry Danger...Robert Parrish, erstwhile film editor, makes a strong directorial bow.[3]

Restoration / re-release

A restored version of the film was released in 2011. The film was restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in coöperation with Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros., funded by the Film Noir Foundation.[4]

The new print was made “from two 35mm acetate composite master positives.”[4]

The restoration premiered at the UCLA Festival of Preservation on March 14, 2011[4] and was screened at other North American cities in 2011 including Vancouver.[5]

References

  1. ^ Cry Danger at the Internet Movie Database.
  2. ^ Time Out film review. Last accessed: November 27, 2009.
  3. ^ Variety. Film review, February 21, 1991. Last accessed: November 27, 2009.
  4. ^ a b c Todd Wiener. "UCLA Film & Television Archive: Cry Danger (1951) Kiss tomorrow Goodbye (1950)". http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2011-03-14/cry-danger-1951-kiss-tomorrow-goodbye-1950. Retrieved 2011-11-07. 
  5. ^ "Recent Restorations: Treasures From The UCLA Festival Of Preservation » Cry Danger". http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/recent-restorations-treasures-from-the-ucla-festival-of-preservation/cry-danger. Retrieved 2011-11-07. 

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