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Appointment with Danger (1951)

Appointment with Danger poster
Directed by
Lewis Allen
Genre
drama film, film noir, heist film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A postal inspector investigates a murder and goes undercover to track down a gang of criminals planning a heist. He works with a nun to catch the killers.

suspensefulgrittynoirishdarktenseinvestigativemoody

What happens

Appointment with Danger is a 1950 Paramount Pictures American crime film noir directed by Lewis Allen, written by Richard L. Breen and Warren Duff and starring Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Stewart, Jan Sterling and Jack Webb. Filming began on the U.S. production in June 1949, the picture was released in Great Britain in April 1950, but did not debut in the USA until May 1951. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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