A Dangerous Profession
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| Directed by | Ted Tetzlaff |
| Produced by | Robert Sparks |
| Written by |
Warren Duff Martin Rackin |
| Starring |
George Raft Ella Raines Pat O'Brien |
| Narrated by | Jim Backus |
| Music by |
Frederick Hollander Roy Webb |
| Cinematography | Robert De Grasse |
| Edited by | Frederic Knudtson |
| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
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79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Dangerous Profession is a 1949 American film noir directed by Ted Tetzlaff, written by Warren Duff and Martin Rackin, and starring George Raft, Ella Raines, and Pat O'Brien. The supporting cast features Jim Backus.
The story begins as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone (Jim Backus) explains what bail bondsmen do and tells the viewers the setting is Los Angeles, California. One such man is Vince Kane (George Raft), a former police detective who worked with Ferrone. When one of his customers, Claude Brackett (Bill Williams), is murdered, Kane decides to investigate. He has two reasons for investigating: the curiosity of a former cop and it seems that he has fallen in love with Brackett's widow Lucy, an old flame.
The film was known as The Bail Bond Story. Jean Wallace played the female lead but was fired after four days.
The film recorded a loss of $280,000.
The New York Times gave the film a mixed review, and wrote, "Laconic and familiarly tough are the words for Raft's performance as the torch-bearing bail bonds-man. Ella Raines is decorative if little else as the object of his affections; Pat O'Brien contributes a standard portrayal as his hard business partner; James Backus is professional as a tenacious detective lieutenant and Bill Williams is adequate in the brief role of the embezzler. A Dangerous Profession, in short, proves that the bail-bond business can be dangerous and that it also can be the basis for an exceedingly ordinary adventure."
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