Daring Danger (1932 film)

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Daring Danger
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Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Written byMichael Trevellian
William Colt MacDonald
Starring Tim McCoy
Alberta Vaughn
Wallace MacDonald
Cinematography Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by Otto Meyer
Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • July 27, 1932 (1932-07-27)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Daring Danger is a 1932 American pre-Code Western directed by D. Ross Lederman. [1]

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Plot

Tim Madigan (Tim McCoy), a cowboy coming to the aid of Gerry Norris (Alberta Vaughn), whose father (Murdock MacQuarrie) is in trouble with a gang of cattle rustlers. The leaders of the rustlers, Hugo Distang (Robert Ellis) and Bull Bagley (Richard Alexander), prove to be the very same villains Madigan was trailing. [2]

Cast

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References

  1. Hans J. Wollstein (2014). "Daring Danger". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  2. "Daring Danger (1932) - David Ross Lederman - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie" . Retrieved June 13, 2016.