Review of Appointment with Danger (1950) by Art S — 15 Aug 2018
Run-of-the-mill noir that sees Alan Ladd as a postal inspector (a.k.a cop) who is brought in to solve a colleague's murder but ends up stumbling onto a gang planning a heist (targeting a mail truck, of course).
Ladd plays a tough guy who no one likes but his dealings with the key witness, a nun (Phyllis Calvert), soften him up a bit. Nevertheless, he's hard as nails when it comes to playing the dirty cop in order to get in thick with the gang led by Paul Stewart.
Jack Webb and Harry Morgan (later of Dragnet) are on hand as a couple of not-so-bright hoodlums. The cinematography by John F. Seitz (who also shot Double Indemnity, Sunset Blvd, and The Lost Weekend) is better-than-average with some stark night shooting.
Certainly not the place to start with film noir, but not bad.
This review of Appointment with Danger (1950) was written by Art S on 15 Aug 2018.
Appointment with Danger has generally received mixed reviews.
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