Where Danger Lives (1950)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

John Farrow

Writers:

Charles Bennett (screenplay)
Leo Rosen (story)

Release Date:

14 July 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Film-Noir | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

She's tempting to look at - dangerous to know!

Plot:

A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman, becomes involved in the death of her husband, and has to flee with her to the Mexican border.

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Border | Mexican Border | Nurse | Mexico

Cast

Robert Mitchum	...	Dr. Jeff Cameron
Faith Domergue	...	Margo Lannington
Claude Rains	...	Frederick Lannington
Maureen O'Sullivan	...	Julie Dorn
Charles Kemper	...	Postville Police Chief
Ralph Dumke	...	Klauber
Billy House	...	Bogardus, Postville J.P.
Harry Shannon	...	Dr. Maynard
Philip Van Zandt	...	Milo DeLong
Jack Kelly	...	Dr. James Mullenbach
Lillian West	...	Mrs. Bogardus
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dorothy Abbott	...	Nurse Clerk (uncredited)
Philip Ahlm	...	Customs Officer (uncredited)
Carlos Albert	...	Customs Officer (uncredited)
Marie Allison	...	Girl (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews	...	Dr. Matthews (uncredited)
Tol Avery	...	Honest Hal, Used Cars (uncredited)
William Bailey	...	Man (uncredited)
Gene Barnes	...	Tipsy Youth (uncredited)
Phil Boutelje	...	Pianist (uncredited)
Hazel Boyne	...	Woman (uncredited)
Clifford Brooke	...	Lanningtons' Butler (uncredited)
Helen Brown	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Gordon Clark	...	Attendant (uncredited)
Bob Coleman	...	Airport Official (uncredited)
Amilda Cuddy	...	Hawaiian (uncredited)
Herschel Daugherty	...	Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Lester Dorr	...	Postville Deputy (uncredited)
Jimmie Dundee	...	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Art Dupuis	...	Intern (uncredited)
Julia Faye	...	Nurse Seymour (uncredited)
Gerry Ganzer	...	Stewardess (uncredited)
Maxine Gates	...	Girl in Act (uncredited)
William E. Green	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Florence Hamblin	...	Hawaiian (uncredited)
Betty Hannon	...	Girl (uncredited)
Len Hendry	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins	...	Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes	...	Man (uncredited)
Don House	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Sherry Jackson	...	Girl in Iron Lung (uncredited)
Jerry James	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Marvin Jones	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Geraldine Jordan	...	Woman (uncredited)
Jack Kruschen	...	Cosey - Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw	...	Postville Cowboy (uncredited)
Mike Lally	...	Customs Officer (uncredited)
Linda Leighton	...	Airport Announcer (uncredited)
Ruth Lewis	...	Nurse Collins (uncredited)
Frank Leyva	...	Mexican (uncredited)
Grace MacNaughton	...	Girl (uncredited)
Allen Mathews	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Tina Menard	...	Cashier (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton	...	Policeman at Roadblock (uncredited)
Joey Ray	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Elaine Riley	...	Nurse Bates (uncredited)
Julian Rivero	...	Pablo (uncredited)
Carl Saxe	...	Policeman (uncredited)
John Sheehan	...	Quartz Miner (uncredited)
George Sherwood	...	Quartz Miner (uncredited)
Carl Sklover	...	Man (uncredited)
Angela Stevens	...	Woman (uncredited)
Robert Stevenson	...	Assistant Clerk (uncredited)
David Stollery	...	Dickie, boy patient (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan	...	Customs Officer (uncredited)
Ray Teal	...	Sheriff Joe Borden (uncredited)
Marie Thomas	...	Stewardess (uncredited)
Ernö Verebes	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Geraldine Wall	...	Annie, Nurse (uncredited)
Duke York	...	Postville cowboy (uncredited)

Directed by
John Farrow

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Charles Bennett		screenplay
Leo Rosen		story

Produced by
Irwin Allen	....	associate producer
Irving Cummings Jr.	....	producer

Original Music by
Roy Webb

Cinematography by
Nicholas Musuraca		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Eda Warren

Art Direction by
Ralph Berger
Albert S. D'Agostino

Set Decoration by
Darrell Silvera
John Sturtevant

Costume Design by
Michael Woulfe		(gowns)

Makeup Department
Mel Berns	....	makeup artist
Larry Germain	....	hair stylist
Layne Britton	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Gale McGarry	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Edward Donahue	....	production manager (uncredited)

Sound Department
Clem Portman	....	sound
John E. Tribby	....	sound (as John Tribby)

Camera and Electrical Department
Charles Beckett	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Charles Burke	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Tom Clement	....	grip (uncredited)

Music Department
C. Bakaleinikoff	....	musical director

Other crew
Irwin Allen	....	presenter
Irving Cummings Jr.	....	presenter
Irving Cooper	....	script supervisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• RKO Radio Pictures

Distributors

• RKO Radio Pictures (1950) (USA) (theatrical)
• C&C Television Corporation (1955) (USA) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

White Rose for Julie (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Iceland:12 | USA:Approved (PCA #14337)

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivia:

The name of Maureen O'Sullivan's character is "Julie Dorn". "Dorn" was the original stage name of leading lady Faith Domergue.

Quotes:

Postville Police Chief: If you ask me, that guy was none too anxious to get hitched.
Bogardus, Postville J.P.: How many of them are?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie (2007) (V)

Another great performance from Robert Mitchum

I taped Where Danger Lives when BBC 2 screened it in the early hours recently.

A doctor and patient fall in love with each other, the doctor not aware of her being a mad woman. After he thinks he kills her husband by accident, they go on the run and head for Mexico but face plenty of obstacles on their way including a car crash and getting caught up in a small town's carnival of some sort. It's here where they get married and eventually, we learn what really happened to the woman's husband...

Shot well in black and white, this movie is fast paced and very atmospheric throughout, helped by the music score.

Joining the great Robert Mitchum (Night of the Hunter, Cape Fear) in the cast are Faith Domergue (This Island Earth, It Came From Beneath the Sea), Claude Rains (The Wolf Man, The Invisible Man) and Maureen O'Sullivan (Jane from some of the Weismuller Tarzan movies).

See this if you get the chance. Brilliant.

Rating: 4 stars out of 5.