On Dangerous Ground (1951)

NR12/13/1951Drama, Crime1h 22m
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In One Strange Night she met both LOVE... and MURDER!

Overview

A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Ida Lupino

    Mary Malden

  2. Cast 1

    Robert Ryan

    Jim Wilson

  3. Cast 1

    Ward Bond

    Walter Brent

  4. Cast 1

    Charles Kemper

    Pop Daley

  5. Cast 1

    Anthony Ross

    Pete Santos

  6. Cast 1

    Ed Begley

    Capt. Brawley

  7. Cast 1

    Ian Wolfe

    Sheriff Carrey

  8. Sumner Williams

    Danny Malden

  9. Cast 1

    Gus Schilling

    Lucky

Garbage, all we handle is garbage. On Dangerous Ground is directed by Nicholas Ray and stars Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan & Ward Bond. It's loosely adapted by Ray and A. I. Bezzerides from Gerald Butler's novel Mad With Much Heart. Cinematography is by George E. Diskant & the music is provided by Bernard Herrmann & Paul Sawtell. The story concerns Ryan's weary, lonely and psychologically bothered cop, Jim Wilson. Who after finally snapping the patience of his superiors is sent to Westham in the rural north to aid a murder case there. The idea is to get him off the streets he's so bitter about a...