Appointment with Danger
Appointment with Danger is a 1950 American crime film noir starring Alan Ladd and Phyllis Calvert, supported by Paul Stewart, Jan Sterling, and Jack Webb. Produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the drama was directed by Lewis Allen and written by Richard L. Breen and Warren Duff.
Plot
At the Hotel Compton in Gary, Indiana, U.S. postal inspector Harry Gruber is murdered by two men, Joe Regas and George Soderquist. They dump the body in La Porte during a rainstorm, but just then a nun, Sister Augustine, passes near them. Soderquist tries to distract her by helping unfurl her umbrella and pretending Gruber is drunk, but she reports the incident.
More details
| author | Richard L. Breen |
|---|---|
| director | Lewis Allen |
| editor | LeRoy Stone |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | fatal accident gang member gary indiana help hotel employee hotel suite inside man martin luther mug book murder plan police station postal inspector u.s. postal inspector united states postal inspection service warn |
| musicBy | Victor Young |
| producer | Robert Fellows |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | film noir heist noir |