Cry Danger (1951) Untouched DVD5 - Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming [

Cry Danger (1951) Untouched DVD5 - Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming [DDR]

Cry Danger is a 1951 film noir thriller shot in twenty-two days in Los Angeles. The film was directed by Robert Parrish, a former child star and later editor in his debut as a director.

CAST:-
Dick Powell as Rocky Mulloy
Rhonda Fleming as Nancy Morgan
Richard Erdman as Delong
William Conrad as Louie Castro
Regis Toomey as Detective Lt. Gus Cobb
Jean Porter as Darlene LaVonne
Jay Adler as Williams, Trailer Park Manager
Joan Banks as Alice Fletcher
Hy Averback as Harry, Bookie

Directed by Robert Parrish
Produced by W.R. Frank
Music by Paul Dunlap
Running time 79 minutes


MOVIE PLOT:- Cry Danger (1951)
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 keeps 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.


PRODUCTION NOTES:-
The film was shot in the Bunker Hill section of the city (the "Crosley" Hotel, built as the Nugent, and stood at 3rd and Grand. Los Amigos bar was at 3rd and Olive. Clover Trailer Park, wasn't on Bunker Hill, but was at 650-700 N Hill Place in Chinatown.

When the film was first released the staff at Variety magazine 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.

More contemporary, Time Out's on-line magazine 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."

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:-
Video Codec: MPEG-2
Video Bitrate: 6325 kbps
Video Resolution: 720x480
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1
Frames Per Second: 29.970
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 1
Audio Languages: English
RunTime 79 mins
Subtitles: None
Ripped by: Trinidad [DDR]