Highly Dangerous
... to have ... hold or HATE!
1950 | 90m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Roy Ward Baker |
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| Writer: | Eric Ambler |
| Staring: |
| A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 06, 1950 |
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| Director: | Roy Ward Baker |
| Writer: | Eric Ambler |
| Genres: | Action, Thriller |
| Keywords | newspaper man |
| Production Companies | Two Cities Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Margaret Lockwood | Frances Gray |
| Dane Clark | Bill Casey |
| Marius Goring | Commandant Anton Razinski |
| Naunton Wayne | Mr. Hedgerley |
| Wilfrid Hyde-White | Mr. Luke |
| Eugene Deckers | Alf |
| Olaf Pooley | Detective-Interrogator |
| Gladys Henson | Attendant |
| Paul Hardtmuth | Priest |
| Michael Hordern | Lab Director Owens |
| George Benson | Sandwich Stand Customer |
| Eric Pohlmann | Joe - the bartender |
| John Horsley | Customs Officer |
| Patric Doonan | Customs Man |
| Joan Haythorne | Judy |
| Jill Balcon | Wardress (uncredited) |
| Hyma Beckley | Café Mimosa Patron (uncredited) |
| John Boxer | Police Sergeant at Customs Café (uncredited) |
| Ernest Butcher | Tom - Lab Assistant (uncredited) |
| Daniel Brown | Train Passenger (uncredited) |
| Robert Cawdron | Soldier at Station Checkpoint (uncredited) |
| Anton Diffring | Officer at Station (uncredited) |
| Toni Frost | Stewardess (uncredited) |
| John Gabriel | Night Field Telephone Officer (uncredited) |
| Charles Hammon | Train Passenger in Platform Line-up (uncredited) |
| Philo Hauser | Waiter (uncredited) |
| John G. Heller | Soldier at Station Check Point (uncredited) |
| Noel Johnson | Frank Conway (uncredited) |
| Sam Kydd | Customs Man (uncredited) |
| Richard Marner | Soldier on Train (uncredited) |
| Louis Matto | Café Mimosa Waiter (uncredited) |
| Anthony Newley | Operator (uncredited) |
| Michael Ritterman | The ‘Tail’ (uncredited) |
| Lance Secretan | Alan (uncredited) |
| Dinah Sheridan | Train Passenger at Checkpoint (uncredited) |
| Ewen Solon | Enemy Scientist (uncredited) |
| Emile Stemmler | Soldier at Station Checkpoint (uncredited) |
| Robert Vossler | Day Sentry at First Checkpoint (uncredited) |
| John Wilder | Customs Officer (uncredited) |
| Billy Wilmot | Café Mimosa Customer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Eric Ambler | Writer |
| Roy Ward Baker | Director |
| Richard Addinsell | Original Music Composer |
| Reginald H. Wyer | Director of Photography |
| Alfred Roome | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Earl St. John | Executive Producer |
| Antony Darnborough | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Trending Position
Margaret Lockwood is a scientist ("Frances Gray") who is asked by the British government to travel to the Balkans to discovers whether the communists there are trying to weaponise the humble fruit fly! Initially nervous, she takes courage from a radio serial that she listens to for her young nephew, ... and is soon embroiled in some espionage shenanigans with American journalist "Casey" (Dane Clark) as they try to get hold of one of these critters to return to the UK for evaluation. Local commandant "Razinski" (Marius Goring) cottons on quite quickly that something is afoot, but can the two complete their mission before he puts them up against a wall? Clark is a bit weak, here - but Lockwood and Goring work well together to make for quite an enthralling cat and mouse adventure that is peppered with some humour and a gentle swipe at red tape at the end. A few characterful contributions from Naunton Wayne and Wilfred Hyde-White help it along too. The production is a bit cheap and cheerful, and it plays a little to cold war politics, but I still quite enjoyed it.