Laughing at Danger (1940)

Name: Laughing at Danger
Director: Howard Bretherton
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Comedy
Released: 1940-08-12
Duration: 1 h 3 min
Cast: Frankie Darro, Joy Hodges, George Houston, Mantan Moreland

Approved | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Frankie Kelly, pageboy at the beauty salon ran by Madam Celeste, and his helper Jefferson find the routine broken when the body of one of the operators, Florence, is found in the dumbwaiter... See full summary »

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Frankie Darro

Frankie Kelly
Joy Hodges

Mary Baker
George Houston

Dan Haggerty
Mantan Moreland

Jeff Jefferson
Kay Sutton

Mrs. Inez Morton
Guy Usher

Alvin Craig
Lillian Elliott

Mrs. Kelly
Veda Ann Borg

Celeste
Betty Compson

Mrs. Van Horn
Rolfe Sedan

Pierre
Maxine Leslie

Florence
Ralph Peters

Dugan
Gene O'Donnell

Chuck Benson

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This film's earliest documented telecasts occurred in Los Angeles Tuesday 22 February 1949 on KTLA (Channel 5), in Cincinnati Thursday 31 March 1949 on WLW-T (Channel 4), in New York City Wednesday 15 June 1949 on WPIX (Channel 11), in Chicago Monday 15 August 1949 on WENR (Channel 7), and in Detroit Thursday 25 August 1949 on WXYZ (Channel 7).

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Crime | Drama | Mystery | Comedy

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Release Date:

12 August 1940

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

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