I Live on Danger

Name: I Live on Danger
Genre: Thriller
Released: 1942-06-16
Duration: 1 h 13 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Elisabeth Risdon

1942
1h 13m

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6.1/10

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Chester Morris and Jean Parker in I Live on Danger (1942)

Thriller

Eddie Nelson is wrongly accused of murder, and journalist Jeff Morrell and Nelson's sister, Susan Richards, fight to prove his innocence.Eddie Nelson is wrongly accused of murder, and journalist Jeff Morrell and Nelson's sister, Susan Richards, fight to prove his innocence.Eddie Nelson is wrongly accused of murder, and journalist Jeff Morrell and Nelson's sister, Susan Richards, fight to prove his innocence.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

112

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See production info at IMDbPro

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The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.

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3/10

Morris helps Norris

I Live On Danger casts Chester Morris as a radio news reporter who has a rivalry going with fellow reporter Dick Purcell as the two constantly try and top each other with stories. This Pine-Thomas film from Paramount's B picture unit depends considerably on Morris's breezy personality to carry it and it's too great a burden.

Morris's determination for a scoop has him aiding in the capture of fugitive Edward Norris wanted in the murder of a racketeer for whom he took a serious gambling rap and did three years.

Another gambler Douglas Fowley sets Norris up and kills bookie Edwin Maxwell with shots fired through an open window. I mean really if Norris had kept a cool head and stayed and reported the murder they would have seen he had no gun and would have looked in other directions for a solution. Even at that in a montage of clips about the trial he keeps insisting he had no gun. I think a law school freshman could have gotten him off.

Morris gets the scoop but earns the enmity of Norris's sister Jean Parker and even his own mother Elizabeth Risdon. After that he works to free Norris.

Not much suspense here, my three year old grandnephew could figure this one out.

Pine-Thomas came up real short here.