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House of Danger (1934)

1934 · Feature film · 65 min · dir. Charles Hutchison

A MYSTERY STORY OF THRILLS AND ROMANCE!

  • Thriller
  • Drama

Synopsis

To protect a young woman's life, a man pretends to be her injured friend so he can investigate a murder and capture the killers.

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Details

Director
Charles Hutchison
Writer
Jack Natteford
Studio
Peerless Pictures
Released
1934-11-10
Running time
65 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · Pretty good. Take dramamine first… · ReelFan · 2024-01-16

Like many old romantic, drama-type, movies the plot was far-fetched. But still an engaging story. Camera work left a lot to be desired. Some scenes actually made me dizzy and nauseous. But if you are prepared for dancing background from time to time, and sudden action jumps, it will be enjoyable.

★★★ · Strange Plot at The House of Danger · Poohbah70 · 2019-08-21

Two friends, Onslow Stevens (Don Phillips) and James Bush (Ralph Nelson) are returning from a long stay in the South Pacific when the ship they're on blows up. As we soon find out, when back in the U.S., Stevens was injured and asks Bush to impersonate him because Stevens fears for the future of a girl, Janet Chandler (Sylvia Evans), he has been scheduled to marry since he left home. He fears that his cousin John Andrews (Martin) has some scheme to wed her and take over the sizeable estate his uncle left. So, Bush goes to the house to carry out the plan. If you can buy into this hard to…

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