Too Dangerous to Live
| Too Dangerous to Live | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Anthony Hankey Leslie Norman |
| Screenplay by | Leslie Arliss Connery Chappell Paul Gangelin David Hume (novel) |
| Produced by | Jerome Jackson |
| Starring | Sebastian Shaw Anna Konstam Reginald Tate |
| Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers-First National |
Release date |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Too Dangerous to Live is a 1939 British crime film directed by Anthony Hankey and Leslie Norman and starring Sebastian Shaw, Anna Konstam and Reginald Tate.[1][2] The screenplay was by Leslie Arliss, Connery Chappell and Paul Gangelin based on the novel Crime Unlimited by David Hume.
Premise
[edit]A private detective goes undercover by joining a gang of burglars.
Cast
[edit]- Sebastian Shaw as Jacques Leclerc
- Anna Konstam as Lou
- Reginald Tate as Collins
- Greta Gynt as Marjorie
- Ronald Adam as Murbridge / Wills
- Edward Lexy as Inspector Cardby
- Ian McLean as Saunders
- Henry Caine as Selford
- George Relph as Manners
- Toni Edgar-Bruce as Mrs. Herbert
- Torin Thatcher as Burton
- William Hartnell as minor role
Reception
[edit]Kine Weekly wrote: "The direction is as competent as the acting, no grass is allowed to grow under the story; it works smoothly and excitingly to its spectacular climax. Secret passages mysterious radio stations, aeroplanes, sinister hideouts, death by electrocution, and attempt at a death by arson are but the most easily remembered paraphernalia and phases of the eventful and hair-raising entertainment."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Too Dangerous to Live". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ "Too Dangerous to Live". Kine Weekly. 265 (1667): 20. 30 March 1939 – via ProQuest.
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