On Dangerous Ground
“In One Strange Night she met both LOVE... and MURDER!”
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.
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Cast
29 people
Ida Lupino
Mary Malden
Known for
High Sierra
The Bigamist
Robert Ryan
Jim Wilson
Known for
The Wild Bunch
Bad Day at Black Rock
Ward Bond
Walter Brent
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
The Searchers
Charles Kemper
Pop Daley
Known for
Scarlet Street
Wagon Master
Anthony Ross
Pete Santos
Known for
The Gunfighter
The Country Girl
Ed Begley
Capt. Brawley
Known for
12 Angry Men
Hang 'em High
Ian Wolfe
Sheriff Carrey
Known for
THX 1138
Witness for the Prosecution
Sumner Williams
Danny Malden
Known for
Bitter Victory
Gus Schilling
Lucky
Known for
Citizen Kane
The Lady from Shanghai
Frank Ferguson
Willows
Known for
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Johnny Guitar
Cleo Moore
Myrna Bowers
Also in
Bait
One Girl's Confession
Olive Carey
Mrs. Brent
Known for
The Searchers
Two Rode Together
Nicholas Ray Director · Ida Lupino Director A.I. Bezzerides Screenplay
United States release December 13, 1951 · Produced in United States · Production RKO
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 12, 1951
Premiere · Cincinnati, Ohio
United States · December 13, 1951
Theatrical
United States
December 17, 1951 · Theatrical · Boston, Massachusetts
Canada
December 13, 1951 · Theatrical
France
June 20, 1952 · Theatrical
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