Danger Signal

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Danger Signal

1945

1h 18m

Crime

Drama

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After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason (Zachary Scott) relocates to Los Angeles. Under a new identity and claiming to be a writer, Ronnie finds lodging at the home of Hilda Fenchurch (Faye Emerson) and her mother. He woos Hilda, knowing she has money, but when he discovers that Hilda's sister, Anne (Mona Freeman), has just inherited $25,000, he switches his attentions to her.

Josephine O'Neill

Daily Telegraph (Australia)

As an encore for Mildred Pierce, Warners make Zachary Scott again a vicious philanderer - in a darkly inferior melodrama.

Apr 2, 2019

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

It's a febrile attempt to study a psychopath.

Rated: C

May 2, 2003

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Deke P

1945!! ZACHARY SCOTT!!, x-Olympian BRUCE BENNETT !, & a Stenographer! Interesting. Film noir. Giving it RT 3 1/2 stars, 'Good, I rec!' Saw last part again, on The Movie Channel. 1-26-23. Note to self: It's been so long since I saw it, I need to watch it all again.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

A good film noir about treachery and broken hearts. Zachery Smith is great as a sinister psychopath. His character is a mix of an Uncle Charley from Shadow of A Doubt and the character he played in Mildred Pierce, Monte Beragon. This was the first Faye Emerson film I'd ever seen and I've loved her ever since. Excellently shot by the great James Wong Howe, the film's only blemish is the hasty ending that's untrue, and unfitting, to the source material.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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In this minor noir ole Zachary's up to his usual no good but it's efficiently made and competently acted.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

a hollywood study of a psychopath

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Now when I visualize my father as a young man, I see Zachary Scott.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Actually a quite remarkable little Hitchcockian melodrama. A smart, terse script expertly directed by Robert Florey and featuring strong, earnest performances, including Zachary Scott at his sneering best. An underrated, unjustly forgotten classic.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Robert Florey

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Faye Emerson

Hilda Fenchurch

Zachary Scott

Ronnie Mason

Mona Freeman

Anne Fenchurch

Richard Erdman

Bunkie Taylor

Rosemary DeCamp

Dr. Jane Silla

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Synopsis

After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason (Zachary Scott) relocates to Los Angeles. Under a new identity and claiming to be a writer, Ronnie finds lodging at the home of Hilda Fenchurch (Faye Emerson) and her mother. He woos Hilda, knowing she has money, but when he discovers that Hilda's sister, Anne (Mona Freeman), has just inherited $25,000, he switches his attentions to her.

Director: Robert Florey
Producer: William Jacobs
Screenwriter: Adele Commandini, Graham Baker
Production Co: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 18m