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6 March 1954 (USA) morePlot:
Witness to a mob killing and afraid to testify, young Louise Graham flees to Montana where she hopes... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Underrated Noir Thriller About a Man Who Is Something Special moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Victor Mature | ... | Matt Hallett | |
| Piper Laurie | ... | Louise Graham | |
| William Bendix | ... | Chief Ranger Joe Parker | |
| Vincent Price | ... | Paul Adams | |
| Betta St. John | ... | Mary Tiller | |
| Harry Cheshire | ... | Mr. Elster | |
| Steve Darrell | ... | Katoonai Tiller | |
| Walter Reed | ... | Ranger Dobson | |
| Marlo Dwyer | ... | Mrs. Elster | |
| Dennis Weaver | ... | Ranger clerk |
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1.75 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #16641, General Audience) | Sweden:15Filming Locations:
Glacier National Park, Montana, USAFAQ
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When "Dangerous Mission" was made as a another "B" color feature in 1954, it was probably considered by its producers to be a a routine action script. The film did have lovely young Piper Laurie, Betta St. John, Harry Cheshire. plus Vincent Price, William Bendix and as star handsome Victor Mature. But I assert that it had some hidden assets as well: very intelligent direction, unusually lovely Glacier National Park scenery, a logical storyline and first-rate production values from Roy Webb's music to costumes by Michael Wulfe and sets to art direction and second-unit work by Asst. Director James Lane. Also, the script was what I term a "sense-of-life film", of the same sort as "Bend of the River", "Smoke Signal" and "The Miracle Worker". We as viewers in other words only learn about a charismatic but suspect hero gradually, by experiencing his actions which are set against his negative reputation. Price steals the film as a complex character out of place among straightforward personalities; Mature lacks the speech for a senior detective but Bendix, St. John and Laurie and Cheshire are all very good in their roles. Make no mistake; this is an inexpensive film, with the outdoor actions using rear- projection to include most of the Glacier Park locales. But the film looks colorful and very spacious for a "B". It presents a square dance interrupted by an avalanche, a battle with a live-wire, a first-rate forest fire, a stirring chase and climactic battle on the glacier, plus intelligent dialogue and character-revelation scenes. The makers have put together I suggest a first-rate romance, an interesting mystery noir, and a very entertaining adventure. I never miss this one, having discovered it fifty years ago and championed its values for years. With a Keith Andes as its star, it might have become famous.