To the Public Danger

Sep 1, 1948

0h 43m

★ 6.1

Overview

Four people with very different backgrounds meet by chance at an English pub and gradually become carried away in a bout of thrill-seeking. When their spree gets out of hand, each person faces a moral choice with lasting consequences.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Production Facilities

Highbury Productions

J. Arthur Rank Organisation

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Cast

Captain Cole

Dermot Walsh

Nancy Bedford

Susan Shaw

Fred Lane

Barry Letts

Police Driver

Sam Kydd

Postmistress

Patricia Hayes

Reggie

Roy Plomley

Barmaid

Betty Ann Davies

Bar patron

Sydney Bromley

Police Sergeant

John Lorrell

Labourer

Frederick Piper

Labourer's Wife

Patience Rentoul

Pub Landlord

Cliff Weir

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