Movies:
Appointment with Danger
- Rating:
- Genre: Crime
- Movie Type: Detective Film, Crime Drama
- Themes: Going Undercover
- Director: Lewis Allen
- Main Cast: Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Stewart, Jan Sterling, Jack Webb
- Release Year: 1951
- Country: US
- Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
Al Goddard, (Alan Ladd) special investigator for the U.S. post office, is assigned to collar two criminals who've murdered a postal detective. Goddard must first locate the only witness to the crime, attractive young nun, Sister Augustine (Phyllis Calvert). Posing as a crook, Goddard gains the confidence of the murderers' boss Earl Boettiger (Paul Stewart), who has worked out a scheme to defraud the post office of one million dollars. Once they've tumbled to the deception, the crooks take Goddard and the nun prisoner, leading to a fight to the finish in a lonely industrial district. Appointment with Danger tends to draw chuckles rather than shivers nowadays, thanks to the casting of future Dragnet co-stars Jack Webb and Harry Morgan as the murderers -- and as icing to the cake, viewers are treated to a scene in which Webb bumps off Morgan! As a whole, the film, the last of Alan Ladd's series of film noir, is uneven and generally unsuccessful. However, it contains some crisp, tough dialogue and some terrific action sequences which make it worthwhile. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie GuideCast
- Alan Ladd - Al Goddard
- Phyllis Calvert - Sister Augustine
- Paul Stewart - Earl Boettiger
- Jan Sterling - Dodie
- Jack Webb - Joe Regas
Stacy Harris - Paul Ferrar; Henry Morgan - George Soderquist; David Wolfe - David Goodman; Dan Riss - Maury Ahearn; Harry Antrim - Taylor, Postmaster; Geraldine Wall - Mother Ambrose; George Lewis - Leo Cronin; Paul Lees - Gene Gunner; Murray Alper - Driver; Billy Engle - Man; Fritz Feld - Window Dresser; Kathleen Freeman - Nun; Frank S. Hagney - Motorcycle Cop; Sheldon Jett - Fat Man; Pat Lane - Policeman; Patsy O'Byrne - Woman; Ralph Sanford - Wilder Bartender; Russell Saunders - Gary Policeman; Sid Tomack - Trainman; Harry Tyler - Brakeman; Ann Tyrrell - Secretary; Erno Verebes - Window Dresser; Herb Vigran - Policeman; Bruce Wong - Chop Suey Restaurant Proprietor; John Whitney - Postal Inspectors; James Cornell - Gruber; Jerry James - Policeman; Bill Meader - Sharkey; Symona Boniface - Woman; Byron Barr - Policeman
