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On Dangerous Ground
1951
· Movie
· 82 min
B
MEANRANK
71/100
Every rating
62–78
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 62, highest is Metacritic critics on 78.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A headstrong young woman defies her family's wishes by becoming engaged to a man they consider beneath her station. When her fiancé is falsely accused of a terrible crime, she must risk her own safety and reputation to prove his innocence against a hostile town.
Details
- Director
- Nicholas Ray
- Writer
- A.I. Bezzerides
- Based on
- Mad with Much Heart by Gerald Butler
- Studio
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Released
- 13 December 1951
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Rated
- NR
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