Noir Alley: Eddie Muller on Cry Danger (1951)

Cry Danger - (Re-release Trailer)

Innocent ex-con Dick Powell sets out to find the real criminals in Cry Danger (1951).

Cry Danger (1951) -- (Movie Clip) I Want To See The Man

Sprung from prison and working to free his also-framed buddy, Rocky (Dick Powell) meets a cigarette girl (Gloria Saunders), and pays a second visit to bookie Castro (William Conrad), who gave him a race tip instead of the loot he denies ever having had, in Cry Danger, 1951.

Cry Danger (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Better Grab Me Quick

Settling in at an LA trailer park, newly cleared convict Rocky (Dick Powell) with his landlord (Jay Adler) when we discover why he's there, Nancy (Rhonda Fleming), the wife of his still-jailed also-innocent friend, arriving, early in Cry Danger, 1951.

Cry Danger (1951) -- (Movie Clip) All The Big Shots

From opening credits revealing nothing but trains, star Dick Powell emerges, we soon learn, from a stretch in prison, greeted by cop Gus (Regis Toomey) and alibi DeLong (Richard Erdman), in Cry Danger, 1951, directed by Robert Parrish, also starring Rhonda Fleming.