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World for Ransom. An adventurer (Dan Duryea) joins a plot to kidnap a scientist who knows the secret of the hydrogen bomb. Jan 11, 2011. Aug 9, 2007. A marvelously understated...
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A marvelously understated film noir that parodies all those...
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World for Ransom is a 1954 American film noir drama directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Dan Duryea, Patric Knowles, Gene Lockhart, Reginald Denny, and Nigel Bruce (in his final film role). Many of the actors and sets used in the film were from the Dan Duryea television show China Smith.
A marvelously understated film noir that parodies all those big-budget spy/adventure films. Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Mar 16, 2004. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the...
World for Ransom: Directed by Robert Aldrich. With Dan Duryea, Gene Lockhart, Patric Knowles, Reginald Denny. In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Robert Aldrich
- 1954-01-31
World For Ransom (1954) is an odd item from filmography of Robert Aldrich as it is not as well known as some of his other movies. This is an overlooked movie that would provide a sketch for Kiss Me Deadly (1955). Dan Duryea gives a very good performance as well as Patric Knowles and Marian Carr.
Sep 10, 2012 · The plot concerns a kidnapped nuclear scientist - we're in Cold War country here - and the story's set in a Poverty Row Singapore. 'It was a parody on the usual exotic espionage adventure films...
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In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.
