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 (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
Nikolai Zaleshoff:
[Petulantly] I want some vodka! I WANT SOME VODKA!
'Mac' McNamara: Where are you headed for now?
Joe Barton: A wild ride on a Turkish merry-go-round.
Nikolai Zaleshoff: How did you know the gun wasn't loaded?
Joe Barton: By its weight.
Nikolai Zaleshoff: There might have been one bullet in it.
Joe Barton: That's the chance I had to take.
Nikolai Zaleshoff: YOU had to take?
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'Mac' McNamara: Where are you headed for now?
Joe Barton: A wild ride on a Turkish merry-go-round.
Nikolai Zaleshoff: How did you know the gun wasn't loaded?
Joe Barton: By its weight.
Nikolai Zaleshoff: There might have been one bullet in it.
Joe Barton: That's the chance I had to take.
Nikolai Zaleshoff: YOU had to take?
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Facts about
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).
The three photographs of possible Roumanian secret agents which McNamara shows Joe were those of the Warner Bros. contract players 'Paul Panzer', Glen Cavender and Stuart Holmes. Those three are not actually in the movie. The fourth photograph was that of Leo White who is seen in an early scene whispering in someone's ear.
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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).
The three photographs of possible Roumanian secret agents which McNamara shows Joe were those of the Warner Bros. contract players 'Paul Panzer', Glen Cavender and Stuart Holmes. Those three are not actually in the movie. The fourth photograph was that of Leo White who is seen in an early scene whispering in someone's ear.
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