On Dangerous Ground
1951 · Movie · NR · 82 min · ★ 6.6 · 84% critics
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his bosses decide his temper makes him ineffective. Sent to help with a murder investigation, he joins a manhunt and searches through a harsh winter landscape for the suspected killer.
Based on Mad with Much Heart
Also known as Dark Highway
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Details
- Years
- 1951
- Release date
- 1951-12-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (159 votes)
About
If you like tough, lonely noir mood and character change, On Dangerous Ground should land well; Not for you if you need a consistent tone throughout, dislike romance subplots, or prefer faster, more straightforward mysteries like Cry of the City or The Big Combo.
Pros: gritty noir atmosphere; strong lead performance; haunting musical score | Cons: uneven pacing shift; romance feels off; divisive ending feel
Themes
- small town
- police brutality
- based on novel or book
- redemption
- film noir
- snow
- bad cop
- blindness
- woman director
Cast & crew
Ida Lupino
as Mary Malden
Robert Ryan
as Jim Wilson
Ward Bond
as Walter Brent
Charles Kemper
as Pop Daley
Anthony Ross
as Pete Santos
Ed Begley
as Capt. Brawley
Ian Wolfe
as Sheriff Carrey
- SW
Sumner Williams
as Danny Malden
Gus Schilling
as Lucky
Frank Ferguson
as Willows
Directed by Ida Lupino, Nicholas Ray