Danger Patrol (1937)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Lew Landers

Writers:

Helen Vreeland Smith (story) &
Hilda Vincent (story) ...

Release Date:

3 December 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Oilman | Explosive | Fog | Beekeeper | Nitroglycerine

Cast

Sally Eilers	...	Cathy Street
John Beal	...	Dan Loring
Harry Carey	...	Sam 'Easy' Street
Frank M. Thomas	...	Rocky Sanders
Crawford Weaver	...	Eric 'Moneybags' Trumble
Lee Patrick	...	Nancy Donovan
Edward Gargan	...	John 'Gabby' Donovan
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Tim
Solly Ward	...	Stale Joke Julius
Ann Hovey	...	Mrs. Ada Sanders
Richard Lane	...	Bill
Walter Miller	...	Smoky Nelson
George Shelley	...	Tommy Hayes
Vinton Hayworth	...	Ed (as Jack Arnold)
Bruce Bennett	...	Joe - Nitro Handler (as Herman Brix)

Also Known As:

Highway to Hell (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

59 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #3730)

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Soundtrack:

Sweeter All The Time

My brief review of the film

An insightful and relatively interesting look at a dangerous job, enlivened by the inclusion of a few colourful supporting characters. The film is nevertheless weighed down by a predictable, typical romance, the lack of solid story to go with the insight it provides, and in addition, the acting and the technical aspects are not any better than ordinary. However, at least the film manages to be engaging for the whole of its duration, because at approximately one hour in length, it hardly has the chance to overstay its welcome. It is worth checking out if it comes to television, even if it is not the type of thing that is worth seeing more than once.