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ActionCrime

Danger Ahead

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Captain Matthews is paid 40,000 dollars in cash by Nick Conrad for his shipment of silk from China. About 15 seconds after he gets the cash, he's lured away on a false pretence and robbed by Conrad's henchmen. Newspaper reporter Jerry Mason witnesses the robbery and steals the cash from Conrad.

Release Date : 1935-08-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Victory Pictures Corporation

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Lawrence Gray

Character Name : Jerry Mason

Original Name : Lawrence Gray

Gender : Male

Sheila Bromley

Character Name : Lorraine Matthews

Original Name : Sheila Bromley

Gender : Female

J. Farrell MacDonald

Character Name : Harry Cromwell

Original Name : J. Farrell MacDonald

Gender : Male

Fuzzy Knight

Character Name : Fred Klein

Original Name : Fuzzy Knight

Gender : Male

Bryant Washburn

Character Name : Nick Conrad

Original Name : Bryant Washburn

Gender : Male

Fred Kelsey

Character Name : Detective O'Brien

Original Name : Fred Kelsey

Gender : Male

John Elliott

Character Name : Captain Matthews

Original Name : John Elliott

Gender : Male

Eddie Phillips

Character Name : Eddie

Original Name : Eddie Phillips

Gender : Male

Arthur Loft

Character Name : Pete

Original Name : Arthur Loft

Gender : Male

George Chesebro

Character Name : Taylor - First Mate

Original Name : George Chesebro

Gender : Male

Wally West

Character Name : Sailor (uncredited)

Original Name : Wally West

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2025-03-27

Yikes, but this is contrived. It could all have been over in five minutes! It’s all about “Capt. Matthews” (John Elliott) who turns up at a night club run by “Conrad” (Bryant Washburn) who owes him $40,000 for a cargo he has just delivered. The seedy gent has no intentions of paying him, though, and a contretemps now ensues that ends up seeing a nearby journalist “Mason” (Lawrence Gray), who watched the whole fracas, obtain the cash and use it to help sell his newspapers. Instead of just returning the cash to it’s rightful owner - the identity of whom we all know - they run a full spread headline essentially inviting interested parties to come and collect. Of course, this is all part of a cunning plan to expose the dodgy “Bryant” and that task falls to an hapless Irish policeman “O’Brien” (Fred Kelsey) who must trace and face a gang of criminals who, luckily, couldn’t hit a cow on the tit with a tin cup. Indeed, it’s really the “thwack” and “pow” style of stage thuggery that’s most memorable here as the fight scenes almost suggest the intended victim of a blow has a cross drawn on his chin, or his stomach. It’s entertaining in a join-the-dots way and the denouement is more soapy than menacing. There is nothing at all here you will remember, but it’s no worse than the standard hour long B-features that passed a Saturday afternoon in 1935.