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On Dangerous Ground

Year:

1952

Duration:

82 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Romance | Thriller

IMDB rate:

7.4

Director:

Nicholas Ray

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1952-06-20

Filming Locations: Granby, Colorado, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Cleo Moore

Ida Lupino

Mary Malden

Robert Ryan

Jim Wilson

Ward Bond

Walter Brent

Charles Kemper

Pop Daly

Anthony Ross

Pete Santos

Ed Begley

Capt. Brawley

Ian Wolfe

Sheriff Carrey

Sumner Williams

Danny Malden

Gus Schilling

Lucky

Frank Ferguson

Willows

Olive Carey

Mrs. Brent

Richard Irving

Bernie Tucker

Patricia Prest

Julie Brent (as Pat Prest)

Roy Alexander

Town Resident (uncredited)

Frank Arnold

Man (uncredited)

Vince Barnett

George (uncredited)

Leslie Bennett

Sgt. Wendell (uncredited)

A.I. Bezzerides

Gatos (uncredited)

Ted Birdsill

Town Resident (uncredited)

Vernon Birdsill

Town Resident (uncredited)

Eddie Borden

Man (uncredited)

William Challee

Thug (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin

Doc Hyman (uncredited)

Joe Devlin

Bartender (uncredited)

Homer Dickenson

Man (uncredited)

Don Dillaway

Man (uncredited)

Jim Drum

Stretcher-Bearer (uncredited)

Art Dupuis

Man (uncredited)

Mary Dyger

Possé Member (uncredited)

Budd Fine

Man (uncredited)

Dee Garner

Boy (uncredited)

Ronnie Garner

Boy (uncredited)

Tommy Gosser

Boy (uncredited)

Billy Hammond

Fred (uncredited)

Clint Hardenbrook

Possé Member (uncredited)

Al Hodgson

Man Walking on Snowy Hill (uncredited)

Francis Jenkins

Town Resident (uncredited)

Jay Jenkins

Boy (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Man (uncredited)

Kate Drain Lawson

Woman (uncredited)

Ruth Lee

Helen (uncredited)

Eddie Linke

Possé Member (uncredited)

Al Murphy

Man (uncredited)

William J. O'Brien

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Nestor Paiva

Bagganierri (uncredited)

Eugene Persson

Boy (uncredited)

Stephen Roberts

Charlie (uncredited)

Tracey Roberts

Peggy Santos (uncredited)

Vera Stokes

Mother (uncredited)

Nita Talbot

Woman in Bar (uncredited)

Joan Taylor

Hazel (uncredited)

Ken Terrell

Crook (uncredited)

Bill Thompson

Man Walking on Snowy Hill (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Andy Vaughan

Town Resident (uncredited)

Harry Joel Weiss

Boy (uncredited)

Don Yager

Town Resident (uncredited)

Esther Zeitlin

Woman (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

A hand-held camera was used in many scenes to give a "live action" feel to those sequences. This was extremely rare in feature films of the time.

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Ida Lupino directed the film for several days when Nicholas Ray fell ill.

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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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Goofs

After Ward Bond knocks the lamp over, starting a fire, Ida Lupino brings a lantern from the kitchen and places it on the end table where the lamp had been. A few minutes later however, when she brings the tea tray, the table is on its side and Robert Ryan hurries to right it before she trips on it.

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When Jim Wilson delivers Tucker to the police station and then walks away, shadows of people are cast on him (among them, someone wearing a hat), although in the next shot the street is totally empty.

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Toward the end of the film when Ward Bond is sleeping in the chair, Robert Ryan removes the shells from his shotgun. However, minutes later Bond fires his shotgun.

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Quotes

Jim Wilson: Why do you make me do it? You know you're gonna talk! I'm gonna make you talk! I always make you punks talk! Why do you do it? Why?

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Woman in bar: Hello Junior.

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Myrna Bowers: I like to stink myself up.

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