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On Dangerous Ground

1951 · 82 min

A brooding, snowbound noir that shifts from urban brutality to a quiet, tender study of guilt and redemption.

Tagline
In One Strange Night she met both LOVE... and MURDER!
Overview
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • redemption
  • isolation
  • guilt
  • violence
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Ida Lupino, Nicholas Ray
Written by
A.I. Bezzerides
Starring
Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Anthony Ross, Ed Begley, Ian Wolfe, Sumner Williams
Music
Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography
George E. Diskant
Runtime
82 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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