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Dangerous Moonlight Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst Produced by William Sistrom Written by Terence Young (original story and screenplay)
Rodney Ackland and
Brian Desmond Hurst (contributing writers, uncredited)Starring Anton Walbrook
Sally Gray
John Laurie
Guy Middleton
Cecil Parker
Alan Keith
Derrick De MarneyMusic by Richard Addinsell
Arranger, Roy Douglas
Direction, Muir Mathieson
Pianist, Louis KentnerCinematography Georges Périnal Editing by Alan Jaggs Distributed by RKO Radio British Productions Release date(s) 26 June 1941 (UK) Running time 94 min Country United Kingdom Language English - For the unrelated 1985 novel by Kay Thorpe, see Dangerous Moonlight (novel).
Dangerous Moonlight (known as Suicide Squadron in the USA) is a 1941 British film, starring Anton Walbrook, best known for its score written by Richard Addinsell with orchestrations by Roy Douglas, which includes the Warsaw Concerto. Among the costumes, the gowns were designed by Cecil Beaton.
The film's love-story plot revolves around the fictional composer of the Warsaw Concerto, a piano virtuoso and "shell-shocked" combat pilot, who meets an American war correspondent in Warsaw, and later goes back from America to join the RAF in England to continue to fight against the Nazis and their occupation of Poland.
Walbrook was an accomplished amateur pianist, so his hands are seen playing in the film, however the music on the soundtrack is played by the professional pianist Louis Kentner. Kentner's involvement was initially uncredited, as he thought that being seen to be playing film music would not help his career. He changed his mind on seeing the film's success.[1]
The film is mentioned in the British television series Dad's Army episode "Is There Honey Still for Tea?", an in-joke as John Laurie had featured in the film.
Cast
- Anton Walbrook - Stefan 'Steve' Radetzky
- Sally Gray - Carol Peters Radetzky
- Derrick De Marney - Michael 'Mike' Carroll, Radetzky's manager
- Cecil Parker - Specialist
- Percy Parsons - Bill Peters
- Kenneth Kent - Andre De Guise, the impresario
- J. H. Roberts - Residing physician
- Guy Middleton - Shorty
- John Laurie - British commander
- Frederick Valk - Polish bomber commander
- O. B. Clarence - Waiter with tray of wine
- Marian Spencer - Miss Gratton, De Guise's secretary
- Philip Friend - Pete, RAF pilot
References
External links
- Dangerous Moonlight at the Internet Movie Database
- Dangerous Moonlight at AllRovi
- www.briandesmondhurst.org- official legacy website of the director including Filmography with Dangerous Moonlight
The films of Terence Young 1940s 1950s They Were Not Divided • Valley of Eagles • The Tall Headlines • The Red Beret • That Lady • Storm Over the Nile (with Zoltan Korda) • Safari • Zarak • Action of the Tiger • No Time to Die • Serious Charge1960s Black Tights • Too Hot to Handle • Duel of Champions • Dr. No • From Russia with Love • The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders • The Dirty Game (with Christian-Jacque, Werner Klingler, and Carlo Lizzani) • Thunderball • The Poppy Is Also a Flower • Triple Cross • The Rover • Wait Until Dark • Mayerling • The Christmas Tree1970s Cold Sweat • Red Sun • The Valachi Papers • The Amazons • The Klansman • Foxbat (with Po-Chih Leong) • Bloodline1980s Screen-
playsOn the Night of the Fire (with Brian Desmond Hurst and Patrick Kirwan) (1939) • Dangerous Moonlight (1941) • Secret Mission (with Basil Bartlett and Anatole de Grunwald) (1942) • On Approval (with Clive Brook) (1944) • Hungry Hill (with Daphne Du Maurier) (1947) • The Bad Lord Byron (with Paul Holt, Laurence Kitchin, Peter Quennell and Anthony Thorne) (1949) • Atout coeur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 (with Pierre Foucaud) (1966)Films directed by Brian Desmond Hurst 1930s The Tell-Tale Heart (1934) · Irish Hearts (1934) · Ourselves Alone (1936) · The Tenth Man (1936) · Sensation (1936) · Glamorous Night (1937) · Prison Without Bars (1938) · On the Night of the Fire (1939) · The Lion Has Wings (1939)1940s Dangerous Moonlight (1941) · Alibi (1942) · The Hundred Pound Window (1944) · Hungry Hill (1947) · The Mark of Cain (1947) · Trottie True (1949)1950s Scrooge (1951) · Malta Story (1953) · Simba (1955) · The Black Tent (1956) · Dangerous Exile (1957) · Behind the Mask (1958)1960s His and Hers (1951) · Playboy of the Western World (1963)Categories:- British films
- English-language films
- 1941 films
- Aviation films
- Battle of Britain films
- Black-and-white films
- Films about classical music and musicians
- Films directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
- RKO Pictures films
- 1940s British film stubs
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