Assigned to Danger
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Assigned to Danger is an American crime
Crime
Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...

 film noir
Film noir
Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s...

 directed by Budd Boetticher
Budd Boetticher
Oscar "Budd" Boetticher, Jr. was a film director during the classical period in Hollywood most famous for the series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph Scott.Known for their sparse style, dramatic rocky locations near Lone Pine, California, and recurring stories of...

. The drama features Gene Raymond
Gene Raymond
Gene Raymond was an American film, television, and stage actor of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to acting, Raymond was also a composer, writer, director, producer, and decorated military pilot.-Stage and movie career:...

, Noreen Nash and Robert Bice
Robert Bice
Robert Bice , was an American television and film actor. Bice was born in Dallas, Texas, United States.-Career:Bice appeared in 199 films and television programs between 1943 and 1967...

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Plot

A group of former prisoners pull off a heist. An insurance investigator is working the case.

Cast

  • Gene Raymond
    Gene Raymond
    Gene Raymond was an American film, television, and stage actor of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to acting, Raymond was also a composer, writer, director, producer, and decorated military pilot.-Stage and movie career:...

     as Dan Sullivan
  • Noreen Nash as Bonnie Powers
  • Robert Bice
    Robert Bice
    Robert Bice , was an American television and film actor. Bice was born in Dallas, Texas, United States.-Career:Bice appeared in 199 films and television programs between 1943 and 1967...

     as Frankie Mantell
  • Martin Kosleck
    Martin Kosleck
    Martin Kosleck was a German film actor. Like many other German actors, he fled when the Nazis came to power. Inspired by his deep hatred of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, Kosleck would make a career in Hollywood playing villainous Nazis in films. While in the United States, he would appear in more...

     as Louie Volkes
  • Mary Meade
    Mary Meade
    Mary Meade was an American film actress who rose to fame in the latter 1940s.Born in Louisiana, her first role was in Wonder Man , as a Goldwyn Girl...

     as Evie
  • Ralf Harolde
    Ralf Harolde
    Ralf Harolde was an American character actor. Between 1920 and 1963, he appeared in 99 films, including Jimmy the Gent, Night Nurse, Baby Take a Bow, A Tale of Two Cities, Our Relations, and Murder, My Sweet.Harolde was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died in Santa Monica,...

     as Matty Farmer
  • Jack Overman as Biggie Kritz
  • Gene Evans
    Gene Evans
    Gene Evans was an American actor.He was born in Holbrook, Arizona, but reared in Colton, California. His acting career began while he was serving in World War II. He performed with a theatrical troupe of GIs in Europe. Evans made his film debut in 1947 and appeared in dozens of movies and...

    as Joey

Reception

recently, film critic Hal Erickson praised the film, writing, "An early effort from director Oscar 'Budd' Boetticher, Assigned to Danger was a worthwhile showcase for Gene Raymond, who'd been absent from the screen for several years..Director Boetticher is at his best in the closing reels, slowly and methodically building tension upon tension as Sullivan seeks an avenue of escape."
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