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- The film has a pretty decent audience approval of 82 percent on rottentomatoes.com. On February 22, 1951, New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther said of the film: Looking for excitement and suspense? And perhaps a few laughs, too? Then accept this recommendation to a very tidy package of fictional extravagance called “Cry Danger.”
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Cry Danger is a 1951 film noir thriller film, starring Dick Powell and Rhonda Fleming. The film was directed by Robert Parrish, a former child star and later editor in his debut as a director.
Cry Danger: Directed by Robert Parrish, Dick Powell. With Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Erdman, William Conrad. Ex-con Rocky Mulloy seeks the real culprit in the crime for which he was framed in a night world of deceptive dames and double crosses.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Robert Parrish, Dick Powell
- 1951-02-22
Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, Regis Toomey, Richard Erdman, and Jean Porter star in "Cry Danger," a 1951 film directed by Robert Parrish. Powell plays Rocky Mulloy, an ex-con, recently released from prison after an alibi appears that clears him of a robbery/murder.
Unjustly incarcerated for robbery, ex-convict Rocky Mulloy (Dick Powell) returns from a five-year stretch in prison to find the criminal who set him up. Helped by Delong (Richard Erdman), a ...
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- Dennis Schwartz
- Mystery & Thriller
- Robert Parrish
Aug 29, 2017 · Today on the Classic Movie Reviews Podcast, we are taking on Cry Danger (1951). This Film-Noir has a 7.3 rating on iMDB.com [1] . The film has a pretty decent audience approval of 82 percent on rottentomatoes.com [2] .
“Life could be beautiful with money.” There’s a stash of cash missing in Robert Parrish’s Cry Danger, so Dick Powell wisecracks his way to finding it. Powell plays Rocky Mulloy, just released early from prison thanks to a one-legged former Marine named Delong (Richard Erdman) who appeared out of the blue to provide Mulloy with a fake alibi.
Behold! The iconic asshole that is noir-mode Dick Powell, in all his resplendent and grumpy glory. Now around a full decade into his career pivot from male ingenue to sloshy PI, Powell appears to reach apotheosis in “Cry Danger,” as an ex-con searching for the man who set him up to serve time.
