Recently Robert Skinner wrote:
"This talk of 'Out of the Past' reminds me of another
noir-country
motion picture from that era. Can't remember the name, but
the
protagonist, Robert Ryan, is a big-city detective, very
up-tight, whose
hatred of street criminals is so vast that he's becoming as
brutal as
they are. After an incident in which he nearly beats a
criminal to
death with his gun butt, he's sent by his commanding officer
out to the
country to help the county law track down a killer. He later
meets the
killer's sister--a blind woman--with whom he falls in love.
It's
typical Hollywood love fare from the late '40s, early '50s,
but the noir
elements are teriffic. The country is turned into nightmare
city."
The film in question is called *On Dangerous Ground*. Ida
Lupino played
the blind girl. Ward Bond played the murder victim's father.
Ed Begley
played Ryan's captain. John Houseman, the law professor from
*Paper
Chase*, was one of the producers. - Jim Doherty
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