Dangerous Afternoon

Dangerous Afternoon (1961)

5.7/10 6 votes 0h 59m HD

Overview

The manager of a halfway house for female ex-cons takes action when a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret.

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Cast

Ruth Dunning

Ruth Dunning

Miss Letty Frost / Irma Randall

Nora Nicholson

Nora Nicholson

Mrs. Louisa Sprule

Joanna Dunham

Joanna Dunham

Freda Maybury

May Hallatt

May Hallatt

Miss Burge

Gladys Henson

Gladys Henson

Miss Caroline Cassell

Barbara Everest

Barbara Everest

Mrs. Judson

James Raglan

James Raglan

Sir Phillip Morstan

Trevor Reid

Trevor Reid

Inspector Craven

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/10

"Miss Frost" (Ruth Dunning), confined to a wheelchair, runs a guest house for ladies who - like her - have a bit of a criminal past. They all rub along well enough, pilfering from each other and generally goading and provoking until their landlady learns that one of her erstwhile associates has been released from Her Majesty's pleasure and is likely to want to come visit! The outwardly vulnerable "Frost" is no pushover and lays a trap... It's quite a disarmingly effective little crime drama this. The supporting cast provide just enough of an amiable smokescreen to facilitate a decent performance from Dunning as the quite ruthless and calculating invalid. The ending is a wee bit contrived but there is quite a confessional with the vicar at the denouement. The production is all pretty basic and it's maybe not got the most alluring of titles for a film, but at just over the hour, I found it quite watchable.

May 29, 2023