Sudden Danger

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Sudden Danger
Sudden Danger film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Hubert Cornfield
Written by Daniel B. Ullman
Elwood Ullman
Story byDaniel B. Ullman
Produced by Ben Schwalb
Starring Bill Elliott
Tom Drake
Cinematography Ellsworth Fredericks
Edited by William Austin
Music by Marlin Skiles
Distributed by Allied Artists Pictures
Release date
  • December 18, 1955 (1955-12-18)(United States)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Sudden Danger is a 1955 American film noir crime drama directed by Hubert Cornfield and starring Bill Elliott, Beverly Garland, and Tom Drake. [1]

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Plot

Police detective Doyle (Elliott) is investigating the alleged suicide of a woman who heads a clothing manufacturing company. He suspects that the victim was murdered, and that the perpetrator was her son, Curtis (Drake), who was blinded by her in an accident several years before. Hoping to clear himself, Curtis begins searching for clues on his own. By fadeout time he and Doyle have cornered the actual killer.

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