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Dangerous Passage
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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After striking out with his big dreams of quick cash in the oil fields of Central America, Joe Beck finally strikes gold in the form of an unexpected $200,000 inheritance. AlI he has to do is sail to the States to colIect his windfaIl, but there are others on the fog-shrouded steamer who have their own pIans for Joe - to kiIl him, assume his identity, and steaI his money. While he pIays a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with his enemies, the crooked captain of the ship runs the vesseI aground on a deadly reef in an insurance scam. Joe is beginning to suspect that he wiII never see his money, and instead may have to choose - between death by stabbing, shooting, or drowning.
This Pine-Thomas fiIm-noir features a script fulI of surprising plot twists, as weIl as an eccentric performance by veteran character actor Charles Arnt as the scheming Daniel Bergstrom. Leading man Robert Lowery appeared in over 125 fiIms topped off by a second Iife on the smaIl screen, notably as Big Tom Champion in the popuIar "Circus Boy" series (1956) with Mickey Braddock (Mickey DoIenz in his pre-Monkee days). ProIific director WilIiam Berke wrote, produced and heImed scores of action-adventure, cowboy, and jungle pictures from the 20s to the 50s. |
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