On Dangerous Ground Comments

  • Mabelle 2022-11-30 12:44:08

    Male tear jerking? black? Further analysis after reading the...

  • Lilla 2022-10-23 20:57:11

    【BAMPFA】2018.2.24.8:30pm The opening scene is that three police officers leave the family space, creating a tense and lustful atmosphere when on duty in the city. But after the film noir scene is rendered, the film turns to the icy world outside the city, the fire of the fireplace (repressed desire), the blind mistress (the death of her brother as her eyes, the eyes as the organ of desire), the lust of the tough guy and the beauty Complement each other and unite under the name of the...

  • Brenda 2022-10-23 20:50:24

    3.5 The characters are written with heart. Ida Lupino's blind girl is a good character, her tenderness is out of tune with the temperament of the film, but it brings about the ultimate change. Ryan's police corner was in a hurry and no longer cared about his own loss, and it was as cold as every piece of snow that fell. Until the blind girl reached out to reach each other, mutual assistance and influence, the dust...

  • Krystal 2022-10-23 17:04:11

    In addition to the various sins he faces every day, there is loneliness entangled in the protagonist's heart, so his temperament becomes violent and numb. Until he met a blind girl, which touched his heart. There is too much foreshadowing in front of the film, and it does not play a role in establishing the image of the characters, making the overall plot not...

  • Tyrese 2022-10-23 14:30:31

    "To get anything out of this life you've got to put something in it—from the...

  • Hipolito 2022-10-23 13:56:38

    Always an interesting story in Nicky Ray movies but I believe it was Ida Lupino who gave this noir such a wild vibe. Because it is loose, it leaves enough room for...

Extended Reading
  • Hailee 2022-10-23 12:51:12

    [Film Review] On Dangerous Ground (1951) and Pickup on South Street (1953)

    Nicholas Ray and Samuel Fuller, two American moviemakers extraordinaire, were born one year part, both lauded for their distinctive styles, here they offer two '50s film-noir features, both concern themselves with a hardboiled male protagonist, whose dismal world-view is softened by a good-hearted...

  • Stefan 2022-10-23 13:19:27

    A policeman's transformation from evil to good----"Dangerous Edge"

    I knew that Nicholas Ray wouldn't be an honest cop movie, and sure enough, Jeopardy turned out to be a morality movie.

    Police - Due to the nature of the profession, it is easy to suffer from occupational diseases. For example, like violence, suspicious of others, and eccentric personality. The...

On Dangerous Ground quotes

  • Mary Malden: Tell me, how is it to be a cop?

    Jim Wilson: You get so you don't trust anybody.

    Mary Malden: [who is blind] You're lucky. You don't have to trust anyone. I do. I have to trust everybody.

  • Jim Wilson: [yelling] So I get thrown off the force! What kind of job is this, anyway? Garbage, that's all we handle: garbage!

    Pop Daly: Don't you know? That's the kind of job it is.

    Jim Wilson: You've been doing it for sixteen years; you ought to know. How do you do it? How do you live with yourself?

    Pop Daly: I don't! I live with other people. When I go home I don't take this stuff with me, I leave it outside. But you! The way you carry it around with you, you must like it!

On Dangerous Ground

Director: Nicholas Ray, Ida Lupino

Language: English Release date: February 12, 1952