Dangerous Partners (1945)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Edward L. Cahn

Writers:

Edmund L. Hartmann (adaptation)
Marion Parsonnet (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

7 June 1945 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Mystery

Plot:

After surviving a plane crash, a couple tries to find out why one of the passengers was carrying four wills for a million dollars, with each one naming him as the beneficiary.

Plot Keywords:

Airplane | Nazi | Airplane Accident | Nazi Financial Backers

Cast

James Craig	...	Jeff Caighn
Signe Hasso	...	Carola Ballister
Edmund Gwenn	...	Albert Richard Kingby
Audrey Totter	...	Lili Roegan
Mabel Paige	...	Marie Drumman
John Warburton	...	Clyde Ballister
Henry O'Neill	...	Police Lt. Duffy
Grant Withers	...	Jonathan Drumman
Felix Bressart	...	Prof. Roland Budlow
Warner Anderson	...	Miles Kempen
Stephen McNally	...	Co-pilot (as Horace McNally)
John Eldredge	...	Farrel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Karin Booth	...	Miss Day, Caighn's receptionist (voice) (uncredited)
John Carlyle	...	Drumman Son (uncredited)
Wally Cassell	...	Drumman son (uncredited)
Chester Clute	...	The Diner (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper	...	Ben Albee (uncredited)
George Davis	...	Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Tom Dillon	...	Police Captain at Finale (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn	...	Lunch Counter Operator (uncredited)
Sam Finn	...	Second Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Edward Gargan	...	Police Sgt. at Kempen's Apartment (uncredited)
Harry Hayden	...	The Coroner (uncredited)
Teddy Infuhr	...	Boy In Budlow's Waiting Room (uncredited)
Thomas Louden	...	Charles, Kempen's Butler (uncredited)
Jack Luden	...	First Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Douglas Madore	...	Boy Playing Violin (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm	...	Police Detective at Finale (uncredited)
George Reed	...	Porter (uncredited)
Sandra Rogers	...	Woman (uncredited)
Harry Seymour	...	Diner Proprietor (uncredited)
John Valentine	...	Police Doctor at Finale (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim	...	Little Man at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
Matt Willis	...	Ezra Drumman (uncredited)

Directed by
Edward L. Cahn

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Edmund L. Hartmann		adaptation
Marion Parsonnet		writer
Eleanor Perry		story "Paper Chase" (as Oliver Weld Perry)

Produced by
Arthur Field	....	producer (as Arthur L. Field)

Original Music by
David Snell

Cinematography by
Karl Freund

Film Editing by
Ferris Webster

Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons
Hubert Hobson

Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Julian Silberstein	....	assistant director

Art Department
McLean Nisbet	....	associate set decorator

Sound Department
Douglas Shearer	....	recording director

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kay Carter	....	associate costume designer
Irene	....	supervising costume designer

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
• Loew's

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1945) (USA) (theatrical) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved | Sweden:15

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Ah, Signe

This was a tight, neat little thriller, better than most of its kind at the time. I guess you would call it a true noir, which the House on 92nd Street was not quite. It wasn't totally plausible, but it was close enough for what it was. The supporting cast was all good with what they had to do, especially lovable Edmund Gwenn in an against-type villainous role. I would like to comment on Signe Hasso. I fell in love with her in The House on 92nd Street, and saw this movie not long after that. She was a good actress, very unappreciated I felt, and never looked more gorgeous than she did in this film. I find even now that most people have never heard of her and am glad to find from various postings about her movies on this website that she had other fans. The last minute change of heart for her character in the movie, who had been well portrayed as a rather cold, scheming adventuress was a bit unrealistic, but that's Hollywood of old. All in all I liked the flick. James Craig was a hunk, sort of Clark Gable, but not quite.