Cry Danger 1951

     After serving 5 years of a life sentence for armed robbery, Rocky Mulloy is back in town.  He is hoping to clear his friend Danny Morgan who’s still in prison for the same crime.  A witness came forward to say that Rocky wasn’t involved but the witness says Danny is guilty.  Nancy is Danny’s glamorous wife and she lives in a sleazy trailer court.  Gus Cob is a cop and he just wants to stir the waters to see if the missing $100,000 will come to the surface? 

     Rocky is going to give it his all to find out who took 5 years of his life away!!  He also wants to clear Danny but he doesn’t want to jeopardize the parole hearing coming up for him.  Rocky was in love with Nancy but she married Danny.  Rocky gets a tip to bet on a horse that’s sure to win.  When Rocky gets his payout for the win, the money is some of the stolen money?  Gus Cob doesn’t believe anything Rocky says after nothing checks out?  I liked this movie with the attitudes, the double crosses, tough guys, the women and especially the cars!!  These were heavy cars but they didn’t have any safety features!!  4* (I really liked this movie)  

              

79 min, Crime directed by Robert Parrish with Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Erdman, William Conrad, Regis Toomey, Jean Porter, Joan Banks, Jay Adler, Renny McEvoy, Lou Lubin, Benny Burt, Hy Averback, Gloria Saunders.

Note:  Imdb 7.4 out of 10, Rotten Tomatoes 82% audience, Amazon 4 ½* with 130 reviews, Letterboxd 3.75* out of 5*, TCM Leonard Maltin 3* out of 4* average user rating 4.35* out of 5*.

Special Note:  Filmed in the New Grand Hotel, Los Amigos, 644-700 N. Hill Place, Bunker Hill, Union Station, General Service Studios, Republic Studios, Motion Picture Center Studios, Las Angeles, California.  Tom Weaver interviewed Jean Porter and she said Dick Powell directed the film but he wasn’t give director credit.  Powell gave the credit to Parrish.  Richard Erdman’s car is a uni-body two-door 1950 Nash Statesman 600.  It features the one-year-only uniscope instrument pod.  The car belonged to Jean Porter and it was a gift from her husband Edward Dmytryk.  When Robert Parrish first saw the car on the set, he thought it would be perfect for Erdman’s character.  Filming was delayed one week because Rhonda Fleming had to undergo emergency appendectomy surgery.  The $100,000 in 1946 (the time of the theft) is equal to about $1,284,850 in 2018.  $100,000 in 1951 (the time period of the movie) is equal to about $963,640.