To the Public Danger
Four people with very different backgrounds meet by chance at an English pub and gradually become carried away in a bout of thrill-seeking. When their spree gets out of hand, each person faces a moral choice with lasting consequences.
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Title: To the Public Danger Summary: Four people with very different backgrounds meet by chance at an English pub and gradually become carried away in an alcohol-lubricated bout of thrill-seeking (so far as that was possible ... Directed by: Terence Fisher Actors: Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw, Barry Letts Production Company: Production Facilities Release Date: September 1948 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 Four people with very different backgrounds meet by chance at an English pub and gradually become carried away in an alcohol-lubricated bout of thrill-seeking (so far as that was possible in England in the late 1940s). When their spree gets out of hand, each person faces a moral choice with lasting consequences.
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- Director
- Terence Fisher
- Starring
- Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw, Barry Letts, Sam Kydd, Patricia Hayes, Roy Plomley, Betty Ann Davies, Sydney Bromley
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