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Dangerous Intruder

  • 19451945
  • 1h 5m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Charles Arnt, Veda Ann Borg, and Eddie Rocco in Dangerous Intruder (1945)
CrimeDramaFilm-Noir
An actress, Jenny (Veda Ann Borg), is hitchhiking across the country when she is accidently struck by a car. The driver, Max Ducone (Charles Arnt), offers to take her into his home until she... Read allAn actress, Jenny (Veda Ann Borg), is hitchhiking across the country when she is accidently struck by a car. The driver, Max Ducone (Charles Arnt), offers to take her into his home until she can resume traveling. Later Ducone's wife is murdered and Jenny determines to find the ki... Read allAn actress, Jenny (Veda Ann Borg), is hitchhiking across the country when she is accidently struck by a car. The driver, Max Ducone (Charles Arnt), offers to take her into his home until she can resume traveling. Later Ducone's wife is murdered and Jenny determines to find the killer. With the aid of detective Curtis (Tom Keene as Richard Powers), she discovers that D... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
62
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
284,990
22,597
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    • Director
      • Vernon Keays
    • Writers
      • Martin Goldsmith(screenplay)
      • F. Ruth Howard(story)
      • Philip MacDonald(story)
    • Stars
      • Charles Arnt
      • Veda Ann Borg
      • Tom Keene
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    • Director
      • Vernon Keays
    • Writers
      • Martin Goldsmith(screenplay)
      • F. Ruth Howard(story)
      • Philip MacDonald(story)
    • Stars
      • Charles Arnt
      • Veda Ann Borg
      • Tom Keene
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    Charles Arnt
    Charles Arnt
    • Max Ducone
    Veda Ann Borg
    Veda Ann Borg
    • Jenny
    Tom Keene
    Tom Keene
    • Curtis
    • (as Richard Powers)
    Fay Helm
    Fay Helm
    • Millicent
    John Rogers
    • Foster
    Jo Ann Marlowe
    Jo Ann Marlowe
    • Jackie
    Helena Phillips Evans
    Helena Phillips Evans
    • Mrs. Stevens
    • (as Helene P. Evans)
    Roberta Smith
    • Freckles
    Forrest Taylor
    Forrest Taylor
    • Dr. Bascom
    Eddie Rocco
    • Chauffeur
    George Sorel
    • Holt
    Lloyd Ingraham
    Lloyd Ingraham
    • Attorney Lloyd S. Clark
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Vernon Keays
    • Writers
      • Martin Goldsmith(screenplay)
      • F. Ruth Howard(story)
      • Philip MacDonald(story)
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    • Trivia
      Barely two years after its theatrical release, and in no small way as the result of the demise of PRC, this film received its initial television broadcasts in Washington DC Wednesday 8 October 1947 on WTTG (Channel 5) and in Los Angeles Sunday 12 October 1947 on KTLA (Channel 5).
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      Referenced in Why Women Kill: Dangerous Intruder (2021)

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    6/10
    A woman recovering from injury encounters a family mystery
    Confession time. I don't know how many times I have seen Veda Ann Borg in a film - many - and I always thought she was married to the head of a poverty row studio and had been an ice skater. I never took her seriously. Turns out I had her mixed up with Vera Hruba Ralston.

    Borg stars here in "Dangerous Intruder" from 1945, a B movie. She plays Jenny, an actress who, stranded when a show closes, has to hitchhike. A driver knocks her over taking a hairpin turn, and she is injured. The driver, Curtis (Tom Keene) takes her back to his family home to recover.

    It turns out that he recognizes her from a show, and at the time, sent her flowers and asked her out. Jenny meets the other members of the family - a child, Jackie (Jo Ann Marlowe), the frail woman of the house (Fay Helm) and her husbandMax (Charles Arndt).

    Jenny recuperates at the house for two weeks, and for the most part, they are a warm and welcoming family. She learns some background - they have money now, but that's only because an aunt died a few years earlier from a fall down the stairs.

    One night, Max takes Jenny into a room to see his valuable collection of antiques. She notices he's a little too passionate about them, to the point of making her uncomfortable. Then, when he's accidentally knocked out in her presence, he starts hallucinating. It's then she becomes really worried. He's threatening somebody and talking about a flight of stairs.

    Her fears are only exacerbated when Max's wife, Millicent, dies. Jenny is sure Max had something to do with it, but she can't convince Curtis to believe her.

    This film runs about an hour and is actually pretty good. It's a mystery, but it almost comes off like a haunted house story. Veda Ann Borg is believable, and JoAnn Marlowe, who played Kay in Mildred Pierce, is very good. Charles Arnt, who played Max, does a fine job of balancing calmness and passion.
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    • Release date
      • August 21, 1945 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mansión del horror
    • Production company
      • Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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