Dangerous Intrigue (1936) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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Anthony Halliday (Ralph Bellamy), brillant young surgeon, is forced to resign as chief of staff at a New York hospital when he is compelled to delay an appendectomy on the daughter of John Mitchell(Stanley Andrews), wealthy supporter of the hospital, because of an emergency operation he has to perform. The appendectomy is successful, but later complications cause the girl's death. Carol Andrews (Joan Perry), his fiancee, regards him as a failure and leaves him. Halliday, suffering from amnesia brought on by the shocks, drifts to Scranton, Pa.,where he gets work in the steel mill. He only remembers who he is when he finds himself bandaging some injured workers. The mill doctor, Miller (Edward LeSaint), asks him to become his assistant. Halliday remains at the mill under the name of John Davis. Because of many accidents at the mill, the smelter boss, Joe Kosovic (Fredrik Vogeding) is demoted. He becomes friendly with Halliday and invites him home for dinner, where he becomes attracted to Gerta (Gloria Shea), Joe school-teacher daughter. Accidents increase at the mill, and the mill's safety and personnel man, Brant (Fred Kohler), is ordered to investigate. Brant is actually in the pay of a rival firm trying to shut the mill. In school, Gerta hears Danny Brant (Georgie Billings) talking about a game called "Steel-Mill" that has a point of dropping bricks on people's heads. He sullenly refuses to tell Gerta that his father's conversations with his conspirators inspired it. Gerta inform Halliday about it, and he begins to investigate Brant's activities.

Cast & Crew

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David Selman

Ralph Bellamy

[Dr.] Tony [Halliday, also known as John Davis]

Gloria Shea

Greta [Kosovic]

Joan Perry

Fred Kohler Sr.

Fredrik Vogeding

Film Details

Also Known As

Doctor Steele

Genre

Drama

Release Date

Jan 4, 1936

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Columbia Pictures Corp.

Distribution Company

Columbia Pictures Corp.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Duration

59m

Sound

Mono

Color

Black and White

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Film Length

6 reels

Synopsis

At New York's Mitchell Memorial Hospital, Dr. Tony Halliday is near collapse from nervous exhaustion. While he is treating a poor Italian child, the hospital's patron, John Mitchell, brings in his daughter. Tony angers Mitchell by operating on his daughter after the Italian, and when the girl later dies of thrombosis, Mitchell accuses Tony of negligence, which causes him to quit. Then Tony's fiancée Carol Elder tells him that she does not want to be engaged to a doctor who works at a clinic. Tony leaves in shock and contracts amnesia. After wandering aimlessly, Tony, using the name John Davis, finds employment at the Crocker Steel Works in Scranton, PA. One day an accident occurs at the steel works and Tony enters the company's hospital and instinctively takes over. Later, Tony meets mill school teacher Greta, who is daughter of Joe Kosovic, a steel worker. When Greta sees some children playing the "steel game," dropping bricks on people, Joe guesses that the recent spate of accidents were caused by a rival who wants to take over the plant. Brant, who has been paid by a rival mill for sabotage, blames the accidents on Tony. Brant's son, Danny, is injured when he follows his father to the mill and must be immediately operated on by Tony. When Brant learns this, he sacrifices his life to prevent the detonation of the works. Tony's old friends see his picture in the newspaper and recognize him, but he refuses to return to New York, preferring to remain with Greta.

Director

David Selman

Cast

Ralph Bellamy

[Dr.] Tony [Halliday, also known as John Davis]

Gloria Shea

Greta [Kosovic]

Joan Perry

Fred Kohler Sr.

Fredrik Vogeding

Edward Le Saint

Georgie Billings

Boyd Irwin Sr.

Gene Morgan

Stanley Andrews

Mr. [John] Mitchell

Robert Middlemass

Arthur Rankin

Nick Baskovitch

John Northpole

Fred Walton

George Lloyd

Nellie V. Nichols

Sarah Edwards

Superintendent of nurses

Brandon Evans

Superintendent of hospital

John Picorri

Doctor with pince nez

Tina Marshall

Beatrice Blinn

Jack Carlyle

Broderick O'farrell

Ann Doran

Walden Boyle

Eva Novak

Francis Morris

Betty May

Lillian Rich

Cecil Weston

Edward Mortimer

Carlton E. Griffin

Phillips Smalley

Edward Peil Sr.

Pat Somerset

Arthur Stuart Hull

William Worthington

Brandon Beach

Charles Meakin

George Ducount

Earl Bunn

Richard Botiller

John Tyrrell

Harry Vahar

Charles Delamont

Crew

Edward Bernds

Cliff Broughton

Assistant Director

Al Clark

Harry Cohn

Harry L. Decker

Associate Producer

George Meehan

Grace Neville

Robert North

Harold Shumate

Film Details

Also Known As

Doctor Steele

Genre

Drama

Release Date

Jan 4, 1936

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Columbia Pictures Corp.

Distribution Company

Columbia Pictures Corp.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Duration

59m

Sound

Mono

Color

Black and White

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Film Length

6 reels

Quotes

Trivia

Notes

The working title of this film was Doctor Steele.

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