WORLD FOR RANSOM (1954) ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Robert Aldrich
Dan Duryea, Patric Knowles, Marian Carr,
Reginald Denny, Gene Lockhart, Nigel Bruce,
Arthur Shields, Douglass Dumbrille, Keye Luke
Dan Duryea plays a private eye in Singapore, caught up in a plot that involves shady characters, a kidnapped nuclear scientist, British intelligence and (of course) a dame. A Cold War film noir, notable for the direction of Robert Aldrich (uncredited), but not so much for its script. Duryea looks a little haggard, which for this film and this character, kind of makes sense.
