ID

FBW000981      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1942

Original Title

Dangerously They Live

Directed by

Robert Florey

Produced by

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Burbank, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Benjamin Stoloff; Script: Marion Parsonnett; Based on: Marion Parsonnett (based on the story "Remember Tomorrow"); Camera: L.W. O'Connell; Editing: Harold McLernon; Production design: Hugh Reticker

Cast

John Garfield (Dr. Michael Lewis); Nancy Coleman (Jane); Raymond Massey (Dr. Ingersoll); Moroni Olson (Mr. Goodwin); Lee Patrick (Nurse Johnson); John Ridgely (John); Christian Rub (Steiner); Frank Reicher (Jarvis); Ben Welden (Eddie); Cliff Clark (John Dill); Roland Drew (Dr. Murdock); Arthur Aylesworth (Gate Keeper); John Harmon (George, Taxi Driver); Matthew Boulton (Capt. Hunter); Gavin Muir (Capt. Strong); Ilka Grüning (Mrs. Steiner); Frank M. Thomas (Ralph Bryan); James Seay (Carl); Glen Cavender (Tobacconist); Adolph Milar (Storekeeper); Charles Drake (Joe); Joan Winfield (Nurse); Audra Lindley (Nurse); Jack Mower (Mailman); Leah Baird (Telephone Operator); Dick Wessel (Grant); Tod Andrews (Craig); Murray Alper (Miller); Henry Victor (Capt. Horst); Henry Rowland (Telegraph Operator); Leslie Denison (Flt. Lt. Tyler); Sven-Hugo Borg (Under Officer); Spec O'Donnell (Usher); Lon McCallister (Newsboy)

Length

77'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

Jane is an Allied spy who is carrying top-secret information when she is kidnaped by Nazis, led by Mr. Goodwin. She tries to escape and is hurt in a cab crash, then taken to a hospital where Dr. Michael Lewis is interning. He's assigned to watch over her; she takes a liking to him and explains what she's up to. Goodwin arrives at the hospital and pretends to be Jane's father. Lewis allows Goodwin and his "psychiatrist" associate to sign Jane out of the hospital on the pretext that she is suffering from delusions of paranoia. Lewis is beginning to raise an eyebrow at what's happening, so he is invited to join them at the family estate. Once there, he realizes that he and Jane are prisoners. Lewis flies the coop, but is caught and tossed into jail. Jane is removed from the mansion and brought to a Nazi hideout. She has valuable shipping information, and they intend to torture her until they get it. They will then send it via shortwave to Nazi subs that wait offshore. Lewis does his second escape, this time from jail, gets to the hideout, and saves Jane. The German subs' location is radioed to some allied bombers, and the U-boats are bombed to bits.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US)

Bibliography

- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987