Highly Dangerous

Name: Highly Dangerous
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Genre: Comedy, Crime/detective, Action, Thriller
Released: 1950
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Dane Clark, Marius Goring, Naunton Wayne, Wilfrid Hyde White

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Comedy
Crime/detective

1950
Roy Ward Baker
84 mins
PG

Summary

Comedy thriller starring Margaret Lockwood and Dane Clark. Strait-laced entomologist Frances Gray is recruited by the secret service for a highly dangerous mission into eastern Europe, where biological weapons are rumoured to be under development.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Eric Ambler's playful script is the main reason for watching this lively espionage adventure, although there's also some wonderful character acting from Wilfrid Hyde White and Michael Hordern. Margaret Lockwood is particularly sprightly as an entomologist caught up in intrigue behind the Iron Curtain by reporter Dane Clark. Director Roy Ward Baker imparts the same jaunty mix of thrills and comedy that he brought to such hit TV shows as The Avengers, but he doesn't always succeed in persuading American actor Clark (making his British screen debut) to drop the Hollywood pizzazz and play down the material.

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6.0/10

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