Noir Movie Trivia of The Day! - On Dangerous Grounds (1951) Staring Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan & Ward Bond. Directed by Nicholas Ray. Ida Lupino (uncredited) -m She took over for Ray several times during Rays many abscenses from the set. It is as much her movie as his, and she stared in to as well. The plot -Hard, withdrawn city cop Jim Wilson roughs up one too many suspects and is sent upstate to help investigate the murder of a young girl in the winter countryside. There he meets Mary Malden, whom he finds attractive and independent. However, Marys brother is chief suspect in the killing. And Mary herself is blind. A hand-held camera was used in many scenes action scenes to give a live action feel to those sequences. This was extremely rare in feature films of the time. After being completed, the film was shelved for two years, which was not uncommon in RKO under the control of Howard Hughes. Upon Hughes insistence, 10 minutes was cut out of the film, and a scene which originally was just before the ending, the assassination of Myrna, was moved to the ending of the first part of the film. Lee J. Cobb, Albert Dekker and Howard Da Silva were all considered for the role eventually played by Ward Bond, an underrated noir player. Toward the end of the film when Ward Bond is sleeping in the chair, Robert Ryan removes the shells from his shotgun. However, minutes later Bond fires his shotgun. Nicholas Ray had wanted a more downbeat ending in which Wilson tries to reconcile with Mary, but she spurns him, asking him, What difference does it make?. Wilson then returns to his job but with a newfound sense of calm. However, RKO made Ray film a new ending which is in the film. Good noir viewing fair!
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:41:12 +0000
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