Background to Danger (1943)
- Starring:
- George Raft, Brenda Marshall, (more)
- Director(s):
- Raoul Walsh
Synopsis of Background to Danger
Eric Ambler's intriguing novel Uncommon Danger is brought down to a Republic serial level in Warner Bros.' Background to Danger. George Raft, who always seems miscast, plays an American undercover intelligence agent operating in Turkey. Sultry Osa Massen passes on some valuable secret papers to Raft just before she is killed. Our Hero then finds himself at the mercy of enemy agent Sidney Greenstreet, who knows that the papers contain Nazi plans to invade Turkey. Despite several brutal beatings, Raft and his cohorts Peter Lorre (a good guy for a change) and Brenda Marshall turn the tables on Greenstreet. Background to Danger was the first of many Warner Bros. follow-ups to the studio's megahit Casablanca; it's also the film wherein the prankish Peter Lorre stole George Raft's hat between takes--an affront that rankled the touchy Raft to his dying day. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Background to Danger
- George Raft - Joe Barton
- Sydney Greenstreet - Col. Robinson
- Osa Massen - Ana Remzi
- Daniel Ocko - Rashenko
- Pedro de Cordoba - Old Turk
- Turhan Bey - Hassan
- Steven Geray - Raider
- Kurt Kreuger
- Raoul Walsh
- William Von Brincken
- Georges Renavent
- Frank Reicher - Rudick
- Nestor Paiva
- Demetrius Emanuel
- Charles La Torre
- David Kashner
- Curt Furberg - Von Popen
- Brenda Marshall - Tamara
- Peter Lorre - Zaleshoff
- Kurt Katch - Mailler
- Frank Puglia - Syrian Vendor
- Willard Robertson - McNamara
- William Edmunds
- Charles Irwin
- Michael Mark
- William Yetter, Jr.
- Irene Seidner
- Otto Reichow
- Paul Porcasi
- Lou Marcelle
- Ray Miller
- Manart Kippen
- Lisa Golm
- Jean de Briac
- Director(s):
- Raoul Walsh
- Writer(s):
- W.R. Burnett
- Producer(s):
- Jerry Wald
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