World for Ransom (1954)
1h 22m
Running Time
January 31, 1954Release Date
World for Ransom (1954)
1h 22m
Running Time
January 31, 1954Release Date
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Plot.
In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.
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Cast & Crew.
Dan Duryea
Mike Callahan
Gene Lockhart
Alexis Pederas
Patric Knowles
Julian March
Nigel Bruce
Governor Sir Charles Coutts
Reginald Denny
Major Ian Bone
Robert Aldrich
Director
Marian Carr
Frennessey March
Arthur Shields
Sean O'Connor
Lindsay Hardy
Writer
Douglass Dumbrille
Insp. McCollum
Hugo Butler
Writer
Bernard Tabakin
Producer
Carmen D'Antonio
Dancer
Keye Luke
Wong
Frank De Vol
Composer
Clarence Lung
Johnny Chan
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 31, 1954
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 22m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
World for Ransom is a 1954 American film noir drama directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Dan Duryea, Patric Knowles, Gene Lockhart, Reginald Denny, and Nigel Bruce (in his final film role).Many of the actors and sets used in the film were from the Dan Duryea television show China Smith. Aldrich and cinematographer Joseph Biroc also worked on the series.
Aldrich later said the film "first embedded what I wanted to say in films. It was mainly about two men with good and bad points. Both men believed in individual liberty but the belief of one man was weaker than the other because he had no respect for humanity."