Joe Beck is about to leave Central America in order to journey to Texas so that he can collect a large inheritance from his late grandfather. But after leaving his lawyer's office, he is attacked by a stranger. Surviving the attack & a little shaken up, Beck decides to forgo the first-class trip he had already booked & books passage on a run-down cargo ship that will be heading the same way. But what he doesn't know is that he had picked the wrong ship to travel on – a ship that will prove to be quite dangerous. And he is not the only person out to claim the inheritance.
Another day, another cheap film noir from the 1940s (it seems that the decade had Hollywood churn out this kind of thing with reckless abandon). Dangerous Passage is pretty much a standard feature of the era. The film has a reasonable concept but is quickly sunk by the poor script-work allocated to the production. Daniel Mainwaring proves to be a mediocre scribe, judging by the fact that not much in the film makes any real sense. Why is Robert Lowery's character being attacked all the time? Why are his lawyer & an imposter so determined to get the inheritance? And can someone please tell me why the steward is murdered & why the ship is being forced to hit the rocks? Aside from that, the acting is passable, although the poor script leaves the actors high & dry with a slew of one-dimensional characterisations.
Another day, another cheap film noir from the 1940s (it seems that the decade had Hollywood churn out this kind of thing with reckless abandon). Dangerous Passage is pretty much a standard feature of the era. The film has a reasonable concept but is quickly sunk by the poor script-work allocated to the production. Daniel Mainwaring proves to be a mediocre scribe, judging by the fact that not much in the film makes any real sense. Why is Robert Lowery's character being attacked all the time? Why are his lawyer & an imposter so determined to get the inheritance? And can someone please tell me why the steward is murdered & why the ship is being forced to hit the rocks? Aside from that, the acting is passable, although the poor script leaves the actors high & dry with a slew of one-dimensional characterisations.