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Blondes for Danger

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Blondes for Danger
Original trade ad Kinematograph Weekly
Directed byJack Raymond
Written byGerald Elliott
Based onthe novel Red for Danger by Evadne Price
Produced byHerbert Wilcox
StarringGordon Harker
Enid Stamp-Taylor
CinematographyGeorge Stretton
Edited byPeggy Hennessey
Music byJohn Blore Borelli
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Lion
Release date
  • 1938 (1938)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Blondes for Danger is a 1938 British thriller film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Gordon Harker and Enid Stamp-Taylor.[1] It was made at Beaconsfield Studios for release by British Lion.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Norman G. Arnold.[3]

Premise

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London cabbie Alf Huggins finds himself caught up in the world of espionage and assassination. When a British executive's monopoly of the oil industry is threatened, Alf is set up as the patsy for his attempt on a Middle-Eastern Prince's life.

Cast

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Critical reception

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TV Guide wrote, "nicely done suspense tale of international intrigue sparked with generous doses of comedy from the witty Harker";[4] and Sky Movies noted, "Comedy-thrillers with droop-lipped cockney character star Gordon Harker were pure gold at the box-office in Britain of the late Thirties," and went on to call the film "a robust romp."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Blondes for Danger (1938)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016.
  2. ^ Wood p.94
  3. ^ "Norman Arnold". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Blondes For Danger". TVGuide.com.
  5. ^ "Blondes For Danger". Find and Watch.

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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