A Dangerous Profession

A Dangerous Profession

Infobox Film
name = A Dangerous Profession



image_size = 250
caption = Lobby Card
director = Ted Tetzlaff
producer = Robert Sparks
writer = Warren Duff Martin Rackin
narrator = Jim Backus
starring = George Raft Ella Raines Pat O'Brien
music = Frederick Hollander Roy Webb
cinematography = Robert De Grasse
editing = Frederic Knudtson
distributor = RKO Pictures
released = December 10, 1949
runtime = 79 minutes
country = United States
language = English
budget =
gross =
website =
amg_id = 1:88621
imdb_id = 0041278

"A Dangerous Profession" (1949) is a American crime "film noir" directed by Ted Tetzlaff and written by Warren Duff and Martin Rackin. The drama features George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O'Brien, among others. [imdb title|id=0041278|title=A Dangerous Profession.]

Plot

The story begins as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone (Jim Backus) explains what bail bonds-men do and tells the viewers the setting is Los Angeles, California. One such men is Vince Kane (Raft), a former cop. When one of his customers, Brackett (Bill Williams, is murdered, Kane decides to investigate.

He has two reasons for investigating: the curiosity of a former cop and it seems he's fallen in love with Brackett's widow Lucy (Ella Raines), a woman h used to date.

Cast

* George Raft as Vince Kane
* Ella Raines as Lucy Brackett
* Pat O'Brien as Joe Farley
* Bill Williams as Claude Brackett
* Jim Backus as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone
* Roland Winters as Jerry McKay
* Betty Underwood as Elaine Storm
* Robert Gist as Roy Collins, aka Max Gibney
* David Wolfe as Matthew Dawson

Critical reception

"The New York Times" gave the film a mixed eview, and wrote, "Laconic and familiarly tough are the words for Raft's performance as the torch-bearing bail bonds-man. Ella Raines is decorative if little else as the object of his affections; Pat O'Brien contributes a standard portrayal as his hard business partner; James Backus is professional as a tenacious detective lieutenant and Bill Williams is adequate in the brief role of the embezzler. "A Dangerous Profession," in short, proves that the bail-bond business can be dangerous and that it also can be the basis for an exceedingly ordinary adventure." [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9901E2D71E3DE03ABC4A52DFB4678382659EDE "The New York times"] . Film review, "A Dangerous Profession," With George Raft Playing a Bail Bondsman," December 12, 1949. Last accessed: January 18, 2008.]

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