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Wings of Danger (1952)

01/04/1952 (GB)Crime, Drama, Thriller1h 13m
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COUNTERFEIT CARGO! ...a fortune in loot...a fabulous woman...a sinister fugitive!

Overview

A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up with a web of smugglers. While searching for his missing buddy, he unwittingly becomes entangled in a morass of suspicion.

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    1. Zachary Scott

      Zachary Scott

      Richard Van Ness

    2. Robert Beatty

      Robert Beatty

      Nick Talbot

    3. Naomi Chance

      Naomi Chance

      Avril Talbot

    4. Kay Kendall

      Kay Kendall

      Alexia LaRoche

    5. Colin Tapley

      Colin Tapley

      Inspector Maxwell

    6. Arthur Lane

      Boyd Spencer

    7. Harold Lang

      Harold Lang

      Snell, the blackmailer

    8. Diane Cilento

      Diane Cilento

      Jeannette

    9. Ian Fleming

      Ian Fleming

      Mr. Talbot (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    5.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sep 8, 2022

    After a bit of counter-play with "Van Ness" (Zachary Scott) - the brother of his girlfriend, "Nick" (Robert Beatty) sets off on a routine flight in horrid weather near the Channel Islands. The plane crashes and the ensuing police investigation starts to uncover evidence of a network of criminal activities and it falls to "Van Ness" to schmooze "Alexia" (Kay Kendall) and try to find out just who is pulling whose strings. It's all rather pedestrian, this. Scott and Kendall deliver well enough with the rather clunky script but Beatty is as wooden as his aircraft and the sense of menace that we ge...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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    Keywords

    • blackout
    • pilot
    • film noir