fiction.wikisort.org - Movie

This Woman Is Dangerous is a 1952 American film noir crime drama by Warner Bros. starring Joan Crawford, David Brian, and Dennis Morgan in a story about a gun moll's romances with two different men. The screenplay by Geoffrey Homes and George Worthing Yates was based on a story by Bernard Girard. The film was directed by Felix E. Feist and produced by Robert Sisk.

This Woman Is Dangerous
Original theatrical poster
Directed by	Felix E. Feist
Written by	Story: Bernard Girard Screenplay: Geoffrey Homes George Worthing Yates
Produced by	Robert Sisk
Starring	Joan Crawford Dennis Morgan David Brian
Cinematography	Ted McCord
Edited by	James C. Moore
Music by	David Buttolph
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	February 28, 1952 (1952-02-28) (U.S.)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast

• Joan Crawford as Elizabeth 'Beth' Austin[1]
• Dennis Morgan as Dr. Ben Halleck[1]
• David Brian as Matt Jackson[1]
• Mari Aldon as Ann Jackson[1]
• Richard Webb as Franklin[1]
• Philip Carey as Will Jackson[1]
• Ian MacDonald as Joe Grossland[1]
• Katherine Warren[1] as Admitting Nurse
• George Chandler as Dr. Ryan[1]
• Sherry Jackson as Susan Halleck[1]

Production

Because the script of a gangster who saw the light had become trite by the 1950s, some sources suggest that studio head Jack L. Warner offered Crawford the role hoping the expensive star would turn it down so he could put her on suspension. That could also be the reason he offered the eye surgeon's role to Dennis Morgan, whose box-office appeal had diminished since World War II. To Warner's surprise, both stars accepted the film. Crawford later instructed her agents to negotiate an end to her contract at Warner Bros., and she went on to make the independently produced hit Sudden Fear which earned Joan Crawford her third Academy Award nomination.[2]

Reception

Bosley Crowther in The New York Times called the film "junk", and Otis Guernsey Jr. of the New York Herald Tribune described it as "a long, windy, tiresome story."[3]

DVD release

This Woman Is Dangerous was released on Region 1 DVD on March 23, 2009 (Crawford's birthday) from the online Warner Bros. Archive Collection.

Radio adaptation

This Woman Is Dangerous was presented on Lux Radio Theatre on March 16, 1953. The one-hour adaptation starred Virginia Mayo, with Morgan reprising his role from the film.[4]

References

External links

• This Woman Is Dangerous at the TCM Movie Database
• This Woman Is Dangerous at AllMovie
• This Woman Is Dangerous at IMDb
• This Woman Is Dangerous at the American Film Institute Catalog

---