Dead Men Are Dangerous (1939)
Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the murder of a maid at a near-by boarding house.
- Date of release
- 1939-02-01
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- Harold French
Casting
- Robert Newton — Aylmer Franklyn
- Betty Lynne — Nina
- John Warwick — Goddard
- Peter Gawthorne — Conray
- Merle Tottenham — Gladys
- John Turnbull — Inspector Roberts
- Aubrey Mallalieu — Coroner
- Kynaston Reeves — James Franklin
- Googie Withers
- Winifred Oughton — Mrs. Blagden - Landlady
- Cyril Chamberlain — George Franklin
- Charles Mortimer — Undetermined Secondary Role
Interesting facts
Dead Men are Dangerous is a 1939 British noir crime film directed by Harold French and starring Robert Newton, Betty Lynne, John Warwick, and Peter Gawthorne. It was written by Victor Kendall, Vernon J. Clancey and Harry Hughes based on the story "Hidden" by H.C. Armstrong, and produced as a quota quickie at Welwyn Studios.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- Nightfall 1956 · ★ 6.9
- Panic 2000 · ★ 6.2
- Underworld U.S.A. 1961 · ★ 7.1
- Plunder Road 1957 · ★ 6.9
- Lady on a Train 1945 · ★ 6.6
- The Naked City 1948 · ★ 7.2
- You Only Live Once 1937 · ★ 7.1
- The Face Behind the Mask 1941 · ★ 6.5
- M 1951 · ★ 6.5
- The Blue Gardenia 1953 · ★ 6.5
- His Kind of Woman 1951 · ★ 6.8
- 5 Against the House 1955 · ★ 5.9