Background to Danger (1943) | |
| Director(s) | Raoul Walsh |
| Producer(s) | Jerry Wald, Jack L. Warner (executive) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Thriller/Suspense, War |
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Background to Danger Overview:
Background to Danger (1943) was a Drama - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Jack L. Warner and Jerry Wald.
SYNOPSIS
Nazis, Soviets, and American agent Raft are all after a cache of secret documents in the mysterious back alleys of WWII Turkey. A great, fast-moving spy tale handled expertly by Walsh. Based on Eric Ambler's Uncommon Danger.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
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Quotes from
Mailler:
[Pointing a gun] Keep moving. Understand?
Joe Barton: [Reacting to the gun] That's on language I do understand.
Joe Barton: There's a couple of numbers that won't do you any good. They're in Brooklyn.
Colonel Robinson: Curious touch of the grotesque: A dead man on the floor; a condemned man sitting before me; and a Strauss waltz as a funeral march. What could be more entertaining?
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Joe Barton: [Reacting to the gun] That's on language I do understand.
Joe Barton: There's a couple of numbers that won't do you any good. They're in Brooklyn.
Colonel Robinson: Curious touch of the grotesque: A dead man on the floor; a condemned man sitting before me; and a Strauss waltz as a funeral march. What could be more entertaining?
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Facts about
Sydney Greenstreet filmed a special trailer where he talks directly to the camera.
Actor Steven Geray mispronounces the capital of Turkey as ANN-KAHRA.
This film is mentioned in Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" as the second in a double feature seen by Sal and Dean in a Detroit theater (chapter 11 of part three).
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Actor Steven Geray mispronounces the capital of Turkey as ANN-KAHRA.
This film is mentioned in Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" as the second in a double feature seen by Sal and Dean in a Detroit theater (chapter 11 of part three).
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