I LIVE ON DANGER (1942) Chester Morris, Jean Parker & Elisabeth Risdon | Thriller | B&W | Cinema Gem

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I Live on Danger is a 1942 film noir thriller film directed by Sam White and starring Chester Morris and Jean Parker.

Synopsis

Jeff Morrell is an ambitious radio reporter. The news of the day is the prison release of gambler Eddie Nelson, who was the fallguy for a criminal named Joey Farr.

While exclusively covering a ship's fire, Jeff falls for Susan Richards, and knows her to be Eddie's companion. It turns out she's Eddie's sister, not his girl, and Susan resents it when Jeff's reporting gets Eddie arrested and convicted on a new charge.

District Attorney Lamber is in cahoots with the crooks. Farr tries to flee, and is tracked to a Pennsylvania coal mine. Jeff gets there first and manages to broadcast Farr's confession, then barely gets away when Farr sets off a blast of TNT. Susan loves Jeff for heroically rescuing her brother.

Cast & Crew

Chester Morris as Jeff Morrell
Jean Parker as Susan Richards
Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Morrell
Edward Norris as Eddie Nelson
Dick Purcell as Norm Thompson
Roger Pryor as Bert Jannings
Douglas Fowley as Joey Farr
Ralph Sanford as Angie Moss
Edwin Maxwell as Wingy Keefe
Patsy Nash as Dilly
Joe Cunningham as Inspector Conlon
Bernadene Hayes as Jonesy
Billy Nelson as George "Longshot" Harrison
Vickie Lester as Keefe's secretary
William Bakewell as Mac
Charlotte Henry as Nurse
Anna Q. Nilsson as Mrs. Sherman