A Dangerous Age

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A Dangerous Age
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Directed by Sidney J. Furie
Written bySidney J. Furie
Starring Ben Piazza
Anne Pearson
Kate Reid
Austin Willis
Barbara Hamilton
Cinematography Herbert Alpert
Edited byDavid Nicholson
Music by Phil Nimmons
Release dates
  • September 9, 1957 (1957-09-09)(Toronto, Canada)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

A Dangerous Age is a 1957 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] film directed by Sidney J. Furie.

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Plot summary

Sidney J. Furie's [6] [7] low-budget tale about young lovers (Ben Piazza and Anne Pearson) on the run from an uncaring adult world – they just want to get married but are thwarted at every turn – remains something of landmark in English-Canadian feature production.

Reception

A Dangerous Age [8] [9] began as an hour-long drama for CBC-TV, where the 24-year-old Furie worked as a writer, and received critical praise when it was released in the UK where Furie was recognized as a fresh talent; however, it was ignored in Canada.

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  9. Retrieved October 14, 2015