On Dangerous Ground
Dec 13 1951
•1h 22m
•Drama, Crime
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.
Cast
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Ida Lupino
Mary Malden
Robert Ryan
Jim Wilson
Ward Bond
Walter Brent
Charles Kemper
Pop Daley
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