| Home to Danger | |
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| Directed by | Terence Fisher |
| Written by | Ian Stuart Black Francis Edge John Temple-Smith |
| Produced by | Lance Comfort |
| Starring | Guy Rolfe Rona Anderson Francis Lister Stanley Baker |
| Cinematography | Reginald H. Wyer |
| Edited by | Francis Edge |
| Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
Production | New World Pictures |
| Distributed by | Eros Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Home to Danger is a 1951 British second feature[1] film noir crime film directed by Terence Fisher starring Guy Rolfe, Rona Anderson and Stanley Baker.[2]
Barbara Cummings returns to Britain following the death of her estranged, wealthy father who is believed to have committed suicide. It is expected that the bulk of the estate will pass to his business partner. However, when the will is read she is given most of the money as a gesture of reconciliation by her father. She clings to her belief that he did not kill himself and investigates the circumstances of his death. Before long, plots are being hatched to kill her.
The film was made at the Riverside StudiosinHammersmith with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe.
In the opening sequence of the film Rona Anderson is shown exiting the rear door of a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser belonging to the British Overseas Airways Corporation, with registration G-ALSA. This aircraft was destroyed in the 1954 Prestwick air disaster.
InBritish Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Not too good; but lively."[3]
Leslie Halliwell said: "Tuppenny shocker, quite amusing in its way."[4]
The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "As the corpses mount up, so do the suspects in this standard whodunnit, directed by Terence Fisher, who later hit his stride with his Hammer horrors."[5]
Britmovie thought the film a "tense murder-mystery b-movie."[6]
