On Dangerous Ground (1952) | |
| Director(s) | Nicholas Ray, Ida Lupino (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | John Houseman, Sid Rogell (executive) |
| Top Genres | Crime, Drama, Film Adaptation, Film Noir |
| Top Topics | Book-Based |
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On Dangerous Ground (1952) was a Film Noir - Crime Film directed by Nicholas Ray and Ida Lupino and produced by John Houseman and Sid Rogell.
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Silver Screen Standards: On Dangerous Ground (1951)
By Jennifer Garlen on Jan 9, 2025 From Classic Movie Hub BlogSilver Screen Standards: On Dangerous Ground (1951) Deep frost permeates Nicholas Ray?s 1951 noir classic, On Dangerous Ground, freezing both the soul of its protagonist and the stark winter landscape that dominates the second half of the film. Both constitute the ?dangerous ground? of the title,... Read full article
On Dangerous Ground (1951) (3)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 26, 2017 From 4 Star FilmsFather hear my prayer. Forgive him as you have forgiven all your children who have sinned. Don’t turn your face from him. Bring him, at last, to rest in your peace which he could never have found here. ~ Ida Lupino as Mary Malden On Dangerous Ground is essentially a throwaway plot about nothin... Read full article
On Dangerous Ground (1951) (4)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 26, 2017 From 4 Star FilmsFather hear my prayer. Forgive him as you have forgiven all your children who have sinned. Don’t turn your face from him. Bring him, at last, to rest in your peace which he could never have found here. ~ Ida Lupino as Mary Malden On Dangerous Ground is essentially a throwaway plot about nothin... Read full article
Warner Archive: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan and Thrills in On Dangerous Ground (1951)
By KC on Nov 3, 2016 From Classic MoviesThe romantic noir thriller On Dangerous Ground (1952) transcends an uninspired story thanks to the special talents of its cast and crew. Directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Robert Ryan and Ida Lupino and scored by Bernard Herrmann, the economical production makes a surprising emotional connection. No... Read full article
On Dangerous Ground (1951) (1)
By Beatrice on Aug 14, 2015 From Flickers in TimeOn Dangerous Ground Directed by Nicholas Ray Written by A.I. Bezzerides and Nicholas Ray from the novel “Mad With Much Heart” by Gerald Butler 1951/USA RKO Radio Pictures Repeat viewing/Film Noir Classic Collection Volume 3 Nicholas Ray combines gritty noir with tender romance and i... Read full article
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[with much leering]
Woman in bar: How's about buying me a drink?
[With continued leering, and now, tongue lolling]
Woman in bar: I'm all dry.
Jim Wilson: [Sternly] How old are you?
Woman in bar: [Continuing to leer] Old enough.
Jim Wilson: [yelling] So I get thrown off the force! What kind of job is this, anyway? Garbage, that's all we handle: garbage!
Pop Daly: Don't you know? That's the kind of job it is.
Jim Wilson: You've been doing it for sixteen years; you ought to know. How do you do it? How do you live with yourself?
Pop Daly: I don't! I live with other people. When I go home I don't take this stuff with me, I leave it outside. But you! The way you carry it around with you, you must like it!
Jim Wilson: Serve drinks to juveniles, you get into trouble. How many times do I have to tell you that?
Bartender: Whatta ya want me to do...? Every dame comes in here, look at her teeth...?
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Nicholas Ray had wanted a more downbeat ending in which Wilson tries to reconcile with Mary, but she spurns him, asking him, "What difference does it make?". Wilson then returns to his job but with a newfound sense of calm. However, RKO made Ray film a new ending which is in the film.
After being completed, the film was shelved for two years, which was not uncommon in RKO under the control of Howard Hughes. Upon Hughes insistence, 10 minutes was cut out of the film, and a scene which originally was just before the ending, the assassination of Myrna, was moved to the ending of the first part of the film.
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