To the Public Danger (1948)
September 1, 1948Release Date
To the Public Danger (1948)
September 1, 1948Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Dermot Walsh
Captain Cole
Susan Shaw
Nancy Bedford
Barry Letts
Fred Lane
Sam Kydd
Police Driver
Patricia Hayes
Postmistress
Roy Plomley
Reggie
Betty Ann Davies
Barmaid
Sydney Bromley
Bar patron
John Lorrell
Police Sergeant
Frederick Piper
Labourer
Patience Rentoul
Labourer's Wife
Cliff Weir
Pub Landlord
Arthur Mullard
Man Standing Near Bar (uncredited)
T.J. Morrison
Writer
Barbara Murray
(uncredited)
Philip Saville
Man in pub watching billiards game (uncredited)
Constance Smith
Girl in pub watching billiards game (uncredited)
Terence Fisher
Director
T. J. Morrison
Writer
Arthur Reid
Writer
Philip Horne
Assistant Director
Doreen Carwithen
Original Music Composer
Kenneth Sharp
Production Design
Roy Fogwell
Director of Photography
Media.
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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.