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Danger Zone

  • 19511951
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 56m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
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Hugh Beaumont, Pamela Blake, and Virginia Dale in Danger Zone (1951)
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Mystery
Claire Underwood hires San Francisco private-detective Dennis O'Brien to purchase a saxophone case at an auction, and O'Brien is promptly slugged and the case is stolen by Larry Dunlap. O'Br... Read allClaire Underwood hires San Francisco private-detective Dennis O'Brien to purchase a saxophone case at an auction, and O'Brien is promptly slugged and the case is stolen by Larry Dunlap. O'Brien snoops around and learns that Claire and Dunlap are rivals in a smuggling racket, and ... Read allClaire Underwood hires San Francisco private-detective Dennis O'Brien to purchase a saxophone case at an auction, and O'Brien is promptly slugged and the case is stolen by Larry Dunlap. O'Brien snoops around and learns that Claire and Dunlap are rivals in a smuggling racket, and he seizes Claire just as she is about to leave the country with the case and its stolen je... Read all
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
90
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  • Director
    • William Berke
  • Writers
    • Herb Margolis(story)
    • Lou Morheim(story)
    • Julian Harmon(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Hugh Beaumont
    • Edward Brophy
    • Richard Travis
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  • Director
    • William Berke
  • Writers
    • Herb Margolis(story)
    • Lou Morheim(story)
    • Julian Harmon(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Hugh Beaumont
    • Edward Brophy
    • Richard Travis
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    • 5User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Hugh Beaumont and Pamela Blake in Danger Zone (1951)
    Hugh Beaumont and Edward Brophy in Danger Zone (1951)
    Hugh Beaumont, Pamela Blake, Edward Brophy, Virginia Dale, Paula Drew, Tom Neal, and Richard Travis in Danger Zone (1951)
    Hugh Beaumont, Pamela Blake, Paula Drew, and Richard Travis in Danger Zone (1951)
    Hugh Beaumont, Pamela Blake, Edward Brophy, Virginia Dale, Paula Drew, Tom Neal, and Richard Travis in Danger Zone (1951)

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    Hugh Beaumont
    Hugh Beaumont
    • Dennis O'Brienas Dennis O'Brien
    Edward Brophy
    Edward Brophy
    • Prof. Frederick Simpson Schickeras Prof. Frederick Simpson Schicker
    Richard Travis
    Richard Travis
    • Police Lt. Brugeras Police Lt. Bruger
    Tom Neal
    Tom Neal
    • Edgar Spadely (2nd Episode)as Edgar Spadely (2nd Episode)
    Pamela Blake
    Pamela Blake
    • Vicki Jason (2nd Episode)as Vicki Jason (2nd Episode)
    Virginia Dale
    Virginia Dale
    • Claire Underwood (1st Episode)as Claire Underwood (1st Episode)
    Ralph Sanford
    Ralph Sanford
    • Larry Dunlap (1st Episode)as Larry Dunlap (1st Episode)
    Paula Drew
    • Sheila Jason (2nd Episode)as Sheila Jason (2nd Episode)
    Jack Reitzen
    Jack Reitzen
    • Cole - the Auctioneer (1st Episode)as Cole - the Auctioneer (1st Episode)
    Edward Clark
    Edward Clark
    • Elderly Man at Auction (1st Episode)as Elderly Man at Auction (1st Episode)
    Richard Monahan
    Richard Monahan
    • Henry - the Bartender (1st Episode)as Henry - the Bartender (1st Episode)
    Don Garner
    Don Garner
    • Bud Becker (1st Episode)as Bud Becker (1st Episode)
    Tiny Jones
    Tiny Jones
    • Woman at Auction (1st Episode)as Woman at Auction (1st Episode)
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    • Director
      • William Berke
    • Writers
      • Herb Margolis(story)
      • Lou Morheim(story)
      • Julian Harmon(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Edited down to each of its two segments, each of them re-titled, this was sold to television in the early 1950s as two parts of a syndicated half-hour mystery show.
    • Connections
      Followed by Roaring City (1951)

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    5/10
    Philip Marlowe Lite
    Hugh Beaumont makes his contribution to the Gumshoe Genre as wise cracking Charter Boat Operator / Private Investigator Dennis O'Brien. When the Charter Boat business is a little slow, O'brien likes to pick up a few extra bucks as a PI. Showing a greater penchant for witty repartee than character judgment and well grounded decision making, O'Brien finds himself at odds with an assortment of characters he meets during the course of the day.

    Danger Zone is filmed as two separate stories combined into a feature length film. In Part One O'Brien is duped by a mysterious woman (Virginia Dale) into bidding on her behalf at auction for a suitcase. As it turns out she isn't the only one interested in the suitcase and it's contents. O'Brien is soon up to the lapels of his overcoat in larceny and murder. Part Two finds O'Brien, apparently none the wiser from his previous experience in Part One, bamboozled by a fellow detective (Tom Neal) into escorting a rich socialite to a party. O'Brien is offered a quick fifty bucks to play tag-along to a rich society dame for the evening. So what could go wrong here you ask? As it turns out plenty.The situation goes sideways when O'Brien is accused of murder by the obligatory hard-nosed police Lieutenant (Richard Travis). Fortunately there to assist O'Brien in his travails is his sidekick Prof. Frederick Simpson Schicker (Edward Brophy). Schicker a Runyonesque type character, given to drink and sesquipedalian lingo, keeps an ear out for the word on the street.

    Released by Lippert Pictures, this was the first part of a three picture package, each filmed as two separate stories. Lippert was a creative organization, more so financially than artistically, that was able to assimilate name talent that had been cut from their contracts at major studios. Here Lippert filmed two stories that were to be later released as stand alone television episodes. However nothing beyond the original three movies were ever made and as fate would have it, Beaumont never became one of television's legendary detectives.

    Danger Zone is a low budget double bill programmer and an oddly constructed one at that. As such it's easy to say "keep moving, nothing to see here" but despite the fact that it lacks the gravitas to be a feature film, it might have made a decent television series given the chance.
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    • Release date
      • April 20, 1951 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Pier of Peril
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Sigmund Neufeld Productions
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    • Runtime
      56 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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