Double Danger

Jan 28, 1938

1h 0m

★ 6.5

Overview

A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer Diamonds". Director Lew Landers' 1938 B-film stars Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Cecil Kellaway, Donald Meek, Samuel S. Hinds, Arthur Lake, Paul Guilfoyle and June Johnson.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Double Danger Trailers

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Cast

Robert Crane

Preston Foster

Carolyn Martin

Whitney Bourne

Gordon Ainsley, aka Henry Robinson

Donald Meek

Police Commissioner David Theron

Samuel S. Hinds

Taylor

Paul Guilfoyle

Fentriss, aka Gilhooley

Cecil Kellaway

'Babs' Theron

June Johnson

Roy West

Arthur Lake

Mrs. Edith Theron

Edythe Elliott

Bald Theron Servant

Alec Craig

Dr. Hilliard

Harry Hayden

Thornton - Theron's majordomo (uncredited)

Cyril Thornton

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