To the Public Danger (1948)
September 1, 1948Release Date
To the Public Danger (1948)
September 1, 1948Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Dermot Walsh
Captain Cole
Susan Shaw
Nancy Bedford
Sam Kydd
Police Driver
Barry Letts
Fred Lane
Patricia Hayes
Postmistress
Roy Plomley
Reggie
Terence Fisher
Director
Betty Ann Davies
Barmaid
Patrick Hamilton
Writer
Sydney Bromley
Bar patron
T. J. Morrison
Writer
T.J. Morrison
Writer
Arthur Reid
Writer
John Lorrell
Police Sergeant
John Croydon
Producer
Frederick Piper
Labourer
Doreen Carwithen
Composer
Patience Rentoul
Labourer's Wife
Cliff Weir
Pub Landlord
Arthur Mullard
Man Standing Near Bar (uncredited)
Barbara Murray
(uncredited)
Philip Saville
Man in pub watching billiards game (uncredited)
Constance Smith
Girl in pub watching billiards game (uncredited)
Harry Waxman
Director of Photography
Don Russell
Art Direction
Adrian D. Worker
Production Supervisor
Graeme Hamilton
Editor
Violet Beaumont
Costume Design
Roy Fogwell
Director of Photography
Kenneth Sharp
Production Design
W. Anson Howell
Sound Supervisor
Robert Navarro
Camera Operator
Philip Horne
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
To the Public Danger is a 1948 British drama short film directed by Terence Fisher and produced by John Croydon. It stars Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw, Barry Letts, and Frederick Piper.
The film was made at Highbury Studios as a second feature for release by the Rank Organisation. Like other Highbury productions, it offered acting opportunities for several of Rank's young contract stars. The film's sets were designed by Don Russell, although a number of the scenes were shot on location.
The screenplay, written by T.J. Morrison and Arthur Reid, was based on a 1939 radio play by Patrick Hamilton, who had been encouraged to write the story as part of a government road safety campaign. Hamilton had himself been knocked down by a drunk driver. The story was updated slightly, and represents the post-war malaise with the use of noirish sequences. After making the film Fisher graduated to directing several more expensive productions for Gainsborough Pictures.