Slightly Dangerous
Slightly Dangerous is a 1943 American romantic comedy film starring Lana Turner and Robert Young. The screenplay concerns a bored young woman in a dead-end job who runs away to New York City and ends up impersonating the long-lost daughter of a millionaire. The film was directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Charles Lederer and George Oppenheimer from a story by Aileen Hamilton. According to Turner Classic Movies film historian Robert Osborne, one sequence early in the film – in which Lana Turner's character does her job at the soda fountain while blindfolded – was actually directed by an uncredited Buster Keaton.
| Slightly Dangerous | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Wesley Ruggles Buster Keaton (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Screenplay by | Charles Lederer George Oppenheimer |
| Story by | Aileen Hamilton |
| Starring | Lana Turner Robert Young |
| Music by | Bronislau Kaper[1] |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
| Edited by | Frank E. Hull |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loews Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 94–94 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $918,000[2] |
| Box office | $2,465,000[2] |
Cast
- Lana Turner as Peggy Evans / "Carol Burden"
- Robert Young as Bob Stuart
- Walter Brennan as Cornelius Burden
- Dame May Whitty as Baba
- Eugene Pallette as Durstin
- Alan Mowbray as an English gentleman
- Florence Bates as Mrs. Amanda Roanoke-Brooke
- Howard Freeman as Mr. Quill
- Millard Mitchell as Baldwin
- Ward Bond as Jimmy
- Pamela Blake as Mitzi
- Ray Collins as Snodgrass
- Emory Parnell as Policeman
Box office
According to MGM records the film earned $1,579,000 in the US and Canada and $672,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $4,776,000.[2][3]
References
- Slightly Dangerous at the American Film Institute Catalog
- The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54