Appointment with Danger (1950)
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- Synopsis:
- Relentless postal inspector Al Goddard (Alan Ladd) is set to Gary, Indiana, when another officer is murdered. He must find the nun who witnessed the murder, then infiltrate the gang by convincing them he is a postal inspector gone bad.
- Actors:
- Herb Vigran, Jan Sterling, Lewis Allen, Terry Goodman, Dan Riss, Pat Lane, Robert M. Fellows, Bill Meader, George Lewis, Paul Stewart, Alan Ladd, Sheldon Jett, Jack Webb, John Whitney, Frank Hagney, Ralph Sanford, Symona Boniface, Maxie Thrower, Russell Saunders, Harry Tyler
- Directors:
- Lewis Allen
- Producers:
- Robert Fellows
- Writers:
- Richard L. Breen, Warren Duff
- Aka:
- United States Mail / Postal Inspector / Dead Letter
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Not released
- Run Time:
- 92 minutes
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Reviews (1) of Appointment with Danger
Signed, Sealed… Slightly Sinister - Appointment with Danger review by griggs
This one’s basically cops and robbers meet the Post Office. It opens like a recruitment reel for heroic mailmen, then turns into a tidy little noir about a heist gone wrong.
Alan Ladd plays the inspector with his usual stone-faced charm, chasing crooks who’d probably fear paperwork more than prison. Phyllis Calvert shines as the nun who witnesses too much, Jan Sterling adds grit and glamour, and Lewis Allen keeps it taut while John F. Seitz fills the frame with rain and cigarette smoke — all the noir essentials.
It’s half recruitment ad, half thriller, but surprisingly it works. A clean, oddly wholesome noir that still finds time for guns, guilt, and old-fashioned moral duty. Think of it as first-class crime: sealed, stamped, and unexpectedly fun.