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Background to Danger: Directed by Raoul Walsh. With George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre. A German spy ring plans to publicize a false rumor that Russia, who is fighting Germany, plans to invade neutral Turkey in order to ally them with the Nazis.
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- Drama, Thriller, War
- Raoul Walsh
- 1943-07-03
Background to Danger is a 1943 World War II spy thriller film starring George Raft and featuring Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre . Based on the 1937 novel Uncommon Danger by Eric Ambler and set in politically neutral Turkey, the screenplay was credited to W. R. Burnett, although William Faulkner and Daniel Fuchs [2] also ...
A 1943 suspense thriller about an American caught in wartime intrigue in Turkey. Based on a novel by Eric Ambler, directed by Raoul Walsh and starring George Raft, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre.
- Raoul Walsh, Hugh Cummings, Russ Saunders
- George Raft
Background To Danger is a movie that suffers both, from Raft's limited acting skills to his interference in the story. (Raft wanted changes to his character based - not on the betterment of the ...
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- Raoul Walsh
- Mystery & Thriller
- George Raft
World War II. Turkey remains neutral, wedged between Russia and the Nazi-controlled Balkans. While the fate of one nation, and possibly the outcome of the wa...
A film noir starring George Raft as a spy who infiltrates a Nazi spy ring. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers, and other crew members who worked on this classic movie.
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The Russian operative positively portrayed by Brenda Marshall shows an exaggerated degree of cooperation, and the film has a slight pro-Soviet bias akin to Warners' Mission to Moscow from the same year. Walsh called the film "a quickie". Background to Danger is a 1943 World War II spy thriller film starring George Raft and featuring Brenda ...
