Danger Ahead (1935 film)

Danger Ahead is a 1935 American crime drama film directed by Albert Herman, produced and released by Victory Pictures Corporation.

Danger Ahead
Fred Kelsey in the film
Directed by	Albert Herman
Screenplay by	Al Martin
Story by	Peter B. Kyne
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Cinematography	William Hyer
Edited by	Dan Milner
Production company	Victory Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Victory Pictures Corporation
Release date	July 19, 1935 (1935-07-19) (premiere)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Captain Matthews is paid $40,000 for a silk shipment from China. The Green Eagle Café owner has the captain called away for a phone call but is robbed of the money. Local reporter sees the robbery and after a fist fight gets the money back. He runs into the local delicatessen and hides the money. The reporter gets a headline story and gets to meet the captain's daughter. Conrad and his henchman pose as the captain to get the cash returned.

Cast

• Lawrence Gray as Jerry Mason, reporter
• Sheila Bromley as Lorraine Matthews, Captain's daughter
• J. Farrell MacDonald as Harry Cromwell, the city editor
• Fuzzy Knight as Fred Klein - butcher
• Bryant Washburn as Nick Conrad - gangster
• Fred Kelsey as Detective O'Brien
• John Elliott as Captain Matthews
• Eddie Phillips as Eddie, henchman
• Arthur Loft as Pete, balding henchman
• Herschel Mayall as Steve, henchman
• Gordon Griffith as Chuck, henchman
• Earl Dwire as Detective Sergeant
• Richard Cramer as Detective Hogan
• George Chesebro as First Mate Taylor

Production

This was Katzman's first film for his company Victory Pictures. Filming started on 24 June 1935.^[1]