Too Dangerous to Live

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Too Dangerous to Live
Directed byAnthony Hankey
Leslie Norman
Screenplay by Leslie Arliss
Connery Chappell
Paul Gangelin
David Hume (novel)
Produced by Jerome Jackson
Starring Sebastian Shaw
Anna Konstam
Reginald Tate
Cinematography Basil Emmott
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Brothers-First National
Release date
  • 21 August 1939 (1939-08-21)(UK)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Too Dangerous to Live is a 1939 British crime film directed by Anthony Hankey and Leslie Norman and starring Sebastian Shaw, Anna Konstam and Reginald Tate. [1] It was based on the novel Crime Unlimited by David Hume.

Contents

Premise

A private detective goes undercover by joining a gang of burglars.

Cast

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References

  1. BFI.org