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Background to Danger is a american film of genre Drama directed by Raoul Walsh released in USA on 3 july 1943 with George Raft

Background to Danger (1943)

Background to Danger
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Released in USA 3 july 1943
Length 1h20
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War,    Thriller,    Spy,    Historical,    Crime
Rating63% 3.1992853.1992853.1992853.1992853.199285

Background to Danger is a 1943 World War II spy film starring George Raft and featuring Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre.

Based on the novel of the same title by Eric Ambler and set in politically neutral Turkey (an atmospheric studio version), the screenplay was credited to W.R. Burnett, although William Faulkner also contributed. The movie was directed by Raoul Walsh.

The film was designed to capitalize on the runaway success of Casablanca, which had also featured Lorre and Greenstreet. The Russian operative positively portrayed by Brenda Marshall shows an exaggerated degree of cooperation, and the film has a slight pro-Soviet bias akin to Warners' Mission to Moscow from the same year.

Synopsis

In 1942, Nazi Germany attempts to bring neutral Turkey into the war on its side by staging an assassination attempt on Franz von Papen, its own ambassador to the country. Much to the annoyance of Colonel Robinson (Sydney Greenstreet), von Papen survives and the Russians that his agent provocateur was trying to frame have solid alibis, forcing him to turn to another scheme to inflame Turkey's traditional rivalry with Russia.

Actors

George Raft

(Joe Barton)
Brenda Marshall

(Tamara Zaleshoff)
Sydney Greenstreet

(Colonel Robinson)
Peter Lorre

(Nikolai Zaleshoff)
Osa Massen

(Ana Remzi)
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