Watch A Dangerous Profession (1949) Free Online

Release Date: 1949

Cast: Ella Raines, George Raft, Pat O'Brien

Categories: Movies, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Black-and-white, Film noir, Mystery

A Dangerous Profession is a 1949 American film noir directed by Ted Tetzlaff and written by Warren Duff and Martin Rackin. The drama features George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O'Brien, among others. The story begins as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone explains what bail bonds-men do and tells the viewers the setting is Los Angeles, California. One such men is Vince Kane, a former cop. When one of his customers, Brackett, is murdered, Kane decides to investigate. He has two reasons for investigating: the curiosity of a former cop and it seems he has fallen in love with Brackett's widow Lucy, a woman he... MORE

A Dangerous Profession is a 1949 American film noir directed by Ted Tetzlaff and written by Warren Duff and Martin Rackin. The drama features George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O'Brien, among others. The story begins as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone explains what bail bonds-men do and tells the viewers the setting is Los Angeles, California. One such men is Vince Kane, a former cop. When one of his customers, Brackett, is murdered, Kane decides to investigate. He has two reasons for investigating: the curiosity of a former cop and it seems he has fallen in love with Brackett's widow Lucy, a woman he used to date. The New York Times gave the film a mixed review, and wrote, "Laconic and familiarly tough are the words for Raft's performance as the torch-bearing bail bonds-man. Ella Raines is decorative if little else as the object of his affections; Pat O'Brien contributes a standard portrayal as his hard business partner; James Backus is professional as a tenacious detective lieutenant and Bill Williams is adequate in the brief role of the embezzler. A Dangerous Profession, in short, proves that the bail-bond business can be dangerous and that it also can be the basis for an exceedingly LESS