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Dangerous Mission

- Avalanche of Action!

A policeman tries to protect a young woman against a hit man, when she flees New York after witnessing a mob killing.

Release Date : 1954-03-06

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : RKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Matt Hallett

Original Name : Victor Mature

Gender : Male

Character Name : Louise Graham

Original Name : Piper Laurie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chief Ranger Joe Parker

Original Name : William Bendix

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul Adams

Original Name : Vincent Price

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mary Tiller

Original Name : Betta St. John

Gender : Female

Character Name : Katoonai Tiller

Original Name : Steve Darrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Elster

Original Name : Marlo Dwyer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ranger Dobson

Original Name : Walter Reed

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ranger clerk

Original Name : Dennis Weaver

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Elster

Original Name : Harry Cheshire

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guest at Lodge Party

Original Name : Bess Flowers

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ms. Thorndyke

Original Name : Helen Brown

Gender : Female

Character Name : Charlie Barrett

Original Name : Charles Cane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnny Yonkers

Original Name : Kem Dibbs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hume

Original Name : Roy Engel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hawthorne

Original Name : Fritz Ford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Alvord

Original Name : Grace Hayle

Gender : Female

Character Name : Battaglia

Original Name : Bert Moorhouse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jeremiah Kern

Original Name : Frank Wilcox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Parking Attendant

Original Name : Steve Rowland

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Avalanche of Action! Dangerous Mission is directed by Louis King and written by Charles Bennett, W.R. Burnett, James Edmiston and Horace McCoy. It stars Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, Vincent Price, William Bendix, Betta St. John and Dennis Weaver. Music is by Roy Webb and cinematography by William E. Snyder. Produced by Irwin Allen and filmed in Technicolor 3-D, Dangerous Mission is an absolute riot of a film. A campy classic awash with laughs and corner cutting techniques. Plot for what it’s worth finds Louise Graham (Laurie) hiding out at the Glacier National Park after witnessing a gangland murder. Two men turn up and show great interest in her movements, Matt Hallett (Mature) and Paul Adams (Price), both of whom have different motives in mind. A super cast, super scenery, even some super action scenarios that point where Irwin Allen was heading in the annals of cinema, yet it’s also a pretty laborious story acted out by film stars in zombie mode. King, Allen and the ream of writers (did they all get to put one plot point in each?) insert an action scene wherever possible, but it all feels like cheap gimmicks over story telling worth. In fact some scenes have absolutely no worth to the story what so ever! Technically it’s suspect as well, the editing is awful, as is the back projection work, so to the fake sets and the sight of dummies being flung about the place. On the plus side there’s bullet brassieres and square shoulder padded suits, while Mature – when he breaks off from his pissing contest with Price – gets to dally in heroic machismo by fighting the might of electricity. Wonderful! It’s a fun movie for all the wrong reasons, but still fun none the less. 5/10