Laddie and the Ladies - APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER (Excerpts)
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2011
- Here's an excerpt from APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER, a crime film from 1951. Alan Ladd plays a tough detective for the US mail, who goes undercover to stop a robbery. The bad guys are played by Paul Stewart, and ironically, soon-to-be DRAGNET team Jack Webb and Harry Morgan.
There's even less romance than usual for a Ladd-movie. The girl in the scene, played by Jan Sterling, is Stewart's moll, but she only has a small role. Phyllis Calvert has a somewhat larger one as an innocent bystander who becomes a principal witness by coincidence. But she's also already spoken for: She's a nun!
The scene works up to a single joke, which is quite risqué for its time. Perhaps the censors thought that Ladd was referring to his elevator shoes? (I know I may get mail from Ladd-fans for that one. :-))
I love the slow jazz piece (the film's score is by Victor Young).
Some more dialogue from the film:
First man (about Ladd): I bet that guy doesn't even like his own mother.
Second man: I'm not sure he had one.
Maury Ahearn [Dan Riss]: You've been chasing hoodlums for so long you don't know how to treat ordinary people. Warm up, will you!
Al Goddard [Alan Ladd]: Sure, I'll fall in love for you.
Maury Ahearn [Dan Riss]: I don't think you could, because you don't know what a love affair is.
Al Goddard [Alan Ladd]: It's what goes on between a man and a .45 pistol that won't jam.
No copyright abuse intended, but if the owners mind, the video will be deleted, of course. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
i am.. erm.. digging that crazy jazz on Slow Bus To Memphis!
Holly Cow! How did the censors miss that one?!
Girl: - Can I give you a lift?"
AL: - You already have..." :D
Edwin Bos I thought the same thing. I believe that B-movies, which I would classify this as, sometimes got away with a bit more.
Oh, I don't know about the "B" movie rap: there is quite a following for this one among the noir enthusiasts and it has many really great lines. It is written better than number of other AL movies and, but for the opening nauseating pitch for USPS (?!), it holds together as both good yarn and entertaining study of a whole slew of characters (including, here represented, gangster's moll). Thanks for posting this!
Edwin Bos B movie is a contemporary definition independent of what someone thinks of it today.