World for Ransom (1954)

Sceneggiatore:

Lindsay Hardy (written by)
(ancora)

Data di uscita:

31 gennaio 1954 (USA)

Genere:

Drama | Film-Noir

Plot:

Made by the same production set-up on the same lot that was producing the 1953-54 "China Smith/Captain...

Recensioni degli utenti:

Rather enjoyable Atomic Age thriller

Cast

Dan Duryea	...	Mike Callahan aka Corrigan
Gene Lockhart	...	Alexis Pederas
Patric Knowles	...	Julian March
Reginald Denny	...	Major Ian Bone
Nigel Bruce	...	Governor Sir Charles Coutts
Marian Carr	...	Frennessey March
Arthur Shields	...	Sean O'Connor
Douglass Dumbrille	...	Insp. McCollum
Carmen D'Antonio	...	Dancer
Keye Luke	...	Wong
Clarence Lung	...	Johnny Chan
Lou Nova	...	Guzik
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Patrick Allen	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Strother Martin	...	Corporal (uncredited)
Beal Wong	...	Wu, Bartender (uncredited)

Regia di
Robert Aldrich		(uncredited)

Scritto da (in ordine alfabetico)
Hugo Butler		uncredited
Lindsay Hardy		written by

Prodotto da
Robert Aldrich	....	producer
Bernard Tabakin	....	producer

Musiche originali di
Frank De Vol

Fotografia di
Joseph F. Biroc		(photographed by) (as Joseph Biroc)

Montaggio di
Michael Luciano

Architetto-scenografo
William Glasgow		(as William Glascow)

Arredatore
Ted Offenbecker		(as Ted Offenbacker)

Direttore di produzione
Jack R. Berne	....	production manager

Aiuto regista
Nate D. Slott	....	assistant director (as Nate Slott)

Sonoro
Jack Solomon	....	sound recordist

Effetti speciali
David Commons	....	optical effects (as D. Commons)
Jack Rabin	....	optical effects (as J. Rabin)

Music Department
Frank De Vol	....	conductor
Walter G. Samuels	....	composer: song "Too Soon" (as Walter Samuels)

Altro personale
Buck Houghton	....	associate to the producers (as A.E. Houghton Jr.)
William E. Orr	....	set continuity (as William Orr)
Harold Yoh	....	technical supervisor (as Harold L. Yoh)

Production Companies

• Allied Artists Productions (presents)
• Plaza Productions (uncredited)

Distributors

• Allied Artists Pictures (1954) (USA) (theatrical)
• Phönix-Filmverleih GmbH (1955) (West Germany) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Ryder Sound Services  sound

Alias:

Singapore intrigo internazionale (Italy) [it]

Durata:

82 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Bianco e nero

Sonoro:

Mono

Divieti:

USA:Approved (PCA #16556) | West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:K-16

Luoghi delle riprese:

Motion Picture Center Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Allied Artists Productions

Curiosità:

Final film of Nigel Bruce.

Rather enjoyable Atomic Age thriller

I taped World For Ransom when BBC2 screened it during the early hours recently. This is the time when they usually show these sort of movies and I found this one quite good.

Set in Singapore, a group of people plot to kidnap a nuclear scientist who is one of only three people in the whole world who knows how to detonate the H-Bomb. We get to see plenty of people being killed, especially during the final scenes. There is also blackmail, double crossing and punch-ups.

The cast includes Dan Duryea, Patric Knowles (How Green Was My Valley, The Wolf Man), Gene Lockhart (Lost In Space star June's dad) and Nigel Bruce (Dr Watson from the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies) in his last movie.

World For Ransom is quite good and is worth checking out.

Rating: 3 stars out of 5.