
Rating: 6 stars
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Seen on: 07/06/2011
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Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who’ve allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.
Rated NR | Length 89 minutes
Art Gilmore | Harry Morgan | Ernö Verebes | Kathleen Freeman | Jack Webb | Paul Stewart | Fritz Feld | Murray Alper | Jan Sterling | Alan Ladd | Frank Hagney | Sid Tomack | Dan Riss | Phyllis Calvert | David Bauer | Stacy Harris | Harry Antrim | Harry Tyler | Geraldine Wall | Byron Barr | Paul Lees | Ralph Sanford | George J. Lewis | Herb Vigran | Bruce Wong | William Meader | Sheldon Jett | Billy Engle | Symona Boniface | Patsy O'Byrne | Jerry James | Ann Tyrrell | Hal Rand | Whitey Haupt | Pat Lane | Frances Sandford
Appointment With Danger is a 1951 noir vehicle for Alan Ladd, set in Gary and La Porte, Indiana, which is one of the things that drew me to it.
It was a lot of fun watching Harry Morgan and Jack Webb, who teamed up as cops for the classic Dragnet TV series, working as two criminals here. Morgan’s very convincing stammer is excellent and Webb is pure evil delight.
Ladd does an ok but not-quite-convincing job as the tough, hard-hearted postal inspector investigating the murder of a fellow inspector.
For as much time and effort that is spent on the heist plan that figures as a central part of the plot, the actual heist itself is laughably minor and easy to pull off. Two kids with slingshots and a whim could’ve done it.
I do love watching shootouts in older movies. Invariably the participants jerk the gun around when they pull off a shot, like that’s supposed to somehow make it more accurate. Maybe directors back then didn’t think holding a gun relatively still and actually aiming it conveyed enough action. Doesn’t matter to me, it’s fun to watch!
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