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Background to Danger Overview:

Background to Danger (1943) was a Drama - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Jack L. Warner and Jerry Wald.

SYNOPSIS

Nazis, Soviets, and American agent Raft are all after a cache of secret documents in the mysterious back alleys of WWII Turkey. A great, fast-moving spy tale handled expertly by Walsh. Based on Eric Ambler's Uncommon Danger.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Background to Danger Quotes:

Joe Barton: [Dryly to Robinson] You still talk as much as ever.

Joe Barton: There's a couple of numbers that won't do you any good. They're in Brooklyn.

'Mac' McNamara: [Last lines Asking about Joe and Tamara] What are you going to do in Moscow?
Joe Barton: We're gonna cement Russian-American relations.

Mailler: [Pointing a gun] Keep moving. Understand?
Joe Barton: [Reacting to the gun] That's on language I do understand.

'Mac' McNamara: Where are you headed for now?
Joe Barton: A wild ride on a Turkish merry-go-round.
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Background to Danger Facts
This film is mentioned in Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" as the second in a double feature seen by Sal and Dean in a Detroit theater (chapter 11 of part three).

The three photographs of possible Roumanian secret agents which McNamara shows Joe were those of the Warner Bros. contract players 'Paul Panzer', Glen Cavender and Stuart Holmes. Those three are not actually in the movie. The fourth photograph was that of Leo White who is seen in an early scene whispering in someone's ear.

Sydney Greenstreet filmed a special trailer where he talks directly to the camera.

Actor Steven Geray mispronounces the capital of Turkey as ANN-KAHRA.

Rudick is referred to as being 52 years old my Col. Robinson. Actor Frank Reicher looks every year his real age - 68.

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