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A Dangerous Game

  • 19411941
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 2m
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4.7/10
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Richard Arlen, Jean Brooks, Edward Brophy, Andy Devine, and Marc Lawrence in A Dangerous Game (1941)
AdventureComedyCrime
Detectives Dick Williams and Andy McAllister find themselves trying to solve several crimes at an isolated mentally-ill hospital, where the patients range from slightly daffy to criminally i... Read allDetectives Dick Williams and Andy McAllister find themselves trying to solve several crimes at an isolated mentally-ill hospital, where the patients range from slightly daffy to criminally insane, and they don't know which is which. A gang is out to steal a fortune inherited by o... Read allDetectives Dick Williams and Andy McAllister find themselves trying to solve several crimes at an isolated mentally-ill hospital, where the patients range from slightly daffy to criminally insane, and they don't know which is which. A gang is out to steal a fortune inherited by one of the patients and, before Dick and Andy solve the case, several patients are transfer... Read all
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56
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    • John Rawlins
    • Larry Rhine(original story)
    • Ben Chapman(original story)
    • Maxwell Shane(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Richard Arlen
    • Andy Devine
    • Jean Brooks
    • John Rawlins
    • Larry Rhine(original story)
    • Ben Chapman(original story)
    • Maxwell Shane(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Richard Arlen
    • Andy Devine
    • Jean Brooks
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    • 5User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Richard Arlen
    Richard Arlen
    • Dick Williams
    Andy Devine
    Andy Devine
    • Andy McAllister
    Jean Brooks
    Jean Brooks
    • Anne Bennett
    • (as Jeanne Kelly)
    Edward Brophy
    Edward Brophy
    • Bugsy (misspelled Bugs in on-screen credits)
    Marc Lawrence
    Marc Lawrence
    • Joe
    Rudolph Anders
    Rudolph Anders
    • Dr. Fleming
    • (as Robert O. Davis)
    Richard Carle
    Richard Carle
    • Agatha - alias Mooseface Hogarty
    Andrew Tombes
    Andrew Tombes
    • Silas Biggsby
    • (as Andrew Toombes)
    Tom Dugan
    Tom Dugan
    • Clem
    Vince Barnett
    Vince Barnett
    • Ephriam
    Mira McKinney
    Mira McKinney
    • Mrs. Hubbard
    Richard Kean
    • Mr. Whipple
    Irving Mitchell
    • Dr. Robin
    George Pembroke
    • Olaf Anderson
      • John Rawlins
      • Larry Rhine(original story) (screenplay)
      • Ben Chapman(original story) (screenplay)
      • Maxwell Shane(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Shot September 1940, released March 3, 1941.
    • Quotes

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    2/10
    A non horror title in Universal's SHOCK! television package
    1941's "A Dangerous Game" actually belies its title, as the atmospheric beginning (a shadowy figure frightening a young nurse) quickly degenerates into a nonstop parade of foolish behavior from the entire 14 player cast. Various inept crooks drop in at an isolated sanitarium to steal the hidden fortune of Silas Biggsby (Andrew Tombes), before Dick Williams (Richard Arlen) reveals himself to be a private investigator, holding everyone at bay in the same living room until the tedious 61 minute running time has exhausted the audience's patience as well. Once the opening credits unspool to the familiar cues from 1939's "Son of Frankenstein," what had the makings of a promising mystery whodunit is sabotaged by a witless script that ranks with Hollywood's poverty row worst. Director John Rawlins certainly had a miserable track record (1938's "The Missing Guest"), but there were 1942's "Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror," and 1947's "Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome" as two definite highlights. The excellent, hard working cast is not at fault for their moronic material (Richard Arlen and Andy Devine a popular team at the time), but when even dependable veteran baddie Marc Lawrence is required to engage in such lowjinks, it's truly a hopeless case. Among the handful of non genre titles included in Universal's SHOCK! package of classic horror films issued to television in the late 50's, "A Dangerous Game" may perhaps be the very worst of them all, quite deserving of its total obscurity.
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      • August 22, 1941 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
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      • Universal Pictures
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    • 1 hour 2 minutes
      • Black and White

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