Blondes for Danger

{{Short description|1934 British film by Jack Raymond}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Blondes for Danger

| image = "Blondes_for_Danger"_(1938).jpg

| caption = Original trade ad Kinematograph Weekly

| director = Jack Raymond

| producer = Herbert Wilcox

| writer = Gerald Elliott

| based_on = the novel Red for Danger by Evadne Price

| narrator =

| starring = Gordon Harker
Enid Stamp-Taylor

| music = John Blore Borelli

| cinematography = George Stretton

| editing = Peggy Hennessey

| studio = Herbert Wilcox Productions

| distributor = British Lion

| released = {{Film date|1938}}

| runtime = 68 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Blondes for Danger is a 1938 British thriller film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Gordon Harker and Enid Stamp-Taylor.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a57c5fe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811074248/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a57c5fe|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2016|title=Blondes for Danger (1938)|work=BFI}} It was made at Beaconsfield Studios for release by British Lion.Wood p.94 The film's sets were designed by the art director Norman G. Arnold.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fe226c0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811083657/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fe226c0|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2016|title=Norman Arnold|work=BFI}}

Premise

London cabbie Alf Huggins finds himself caught up in the world of espionage and assassination. When a British executive's monopoly of the oil industry is threatened, Alf is set up as the patsy for his attempt on a Middle-Eastern Prince's life.

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide wrote, "nicely done suspense tale of international intrigue sparked with generous doses of comedy from the witty Harker";{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/blondes-for-danger/review/115702/|title=Blondes For Danger|work=TVGuide.com}} and Sky Movies noted, "Comedy-thrillers with droop-lipped cockney character star Gordon Harker were pure gold at the box-office in Britain of the late Thirties," and went on to call the film "a robust romp."{{cite web|url=http://www.sky.com/tv/movie/blondes-for-danger-1938|title=Blondes For Danger|work=Find and Watch}}

References

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.