World for Ransom (1954)
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45% of users liked it
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World for Ransom is an unofficial extension of the popular 1950s TV series China Smith. Most of the Smith personnel, including star Dan Duryea, director Robert Aldrich and cinematographer Joseph Biroc, are on hand for this inexpensive but well-mounted melodrama. Duryea plays a mercenary adventurer… More World for Ransom is an unofficial extension of the popular 1950s TV series China Smith. Most of the Smith personnel, including star Dan Duryea, director Robert Aldrich and cinematographer Joseph Biroc, are on hand for this inexpensive but well-mounted melodrama. Duryea plays a mercenary adventurer who gets mixed up in a scheme by foreign spies (who wear baggy suits and speak with Slavic accents) to kidnap a nuclear scientist. Actually it isn't the whole world that's held for ransom--only the city of Singapore, which the spies threaten with nuclear annihilation. World for Ransom star Dan Duryea is solidly supported by old pros Gene Lockhart, Patric Knowles, Reginald Denny and Nigel Bruce. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Aldrich
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 31, 1954 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
Nervy burlesque of Hustonian exotic thrillers
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Fascinating early Aldrich, visually creative.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A marvelously understated film noir that parodies all those big-budget spy/adventure films.
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Cast
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Dan Duryea
as Mike Callahan
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Gene Lockhart
as Alexis Pederas
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Patric Knowles
as Julian March
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Reginald Denny
as Maj. Bone
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Nigel Bruce
as Gov. Coutts
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Marian Carr
as Frennessey March
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Arthur Shields
as Sean O'Connor
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Douglas Dumbrille
as Inspector McCollum
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Carmen D'Antonio
as Dancer
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Keye Luke
as Wong
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Clarence Lung
as Chan
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Lou Nova
as Guzik
