Danger Lights (1930)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

George B. Seitz

Writer:

James Ashmore Creelman (story)

Release Date:

21 August 1930 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

World's Greatest Railroad Talk Thriller

Plot:

The tough boss of a railroad yard befriends a young hobo, and unwittingly places in jeopardy his relationship with the woman he loves.

Plot Keywords:

Hobo | Landslide | Railway Accident | Father Daughter Relationship | Tug Of War

Cast

Louis Wolheim	...	Dan Thorn
Robert Armstrong	...	Larry Doyle
Jean Arthur	...	Mary Ryan
Hugh Herbert	...	Professor, the Hobo
Frank Sheridan	...	Ed Ryan
Robert Edeson	...	Engineer Tom Johnson
Alan Roscoe	...	Jim, General Manager
William P. Burt	...	Chief Dispatcher
Jim Farley	...	Joe Geraghty (as James Farley)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone System)

Certification:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivia:

In the 15 December 1930 New York Times review of the film, critic Mordaunt Hall wrote that Danger Lights was "pictured" in the Spoor-Berggren process, adding that the film filled the screen from side to side of the Mayfair Theatre in New York City. Hall included a paragraph giving technical information about the wide-screen process.

Best railroad film!

This is the very best movie for shots of the railroad scene circa 1930. Reportedly contains the only existing film of a dynamometer. Wonderful shots of steam engines. Amazing tug of war between steam locomotives at the Old Timers Picnic. Exciting 100 MPH race to Chicago. This is a must for railroad fans. The old-fashioned acting is quite different than that of effete modern Hollywood. Louis Wolheim is quite the antidote for your basic 20-year-old hermaphroditic hero!