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World for Ransom (1954)

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Release Date: Jan 31, 1954 Wide

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World for Ransom is an unofficial extension of the popular 1950s TV series China Smith. Most of the Smith personnel, including star Dan Duryea, director Robert Aldrich and cinematographer Joseph Biroc, are on hand for this inexpensive but well-mounted melodrama. Duryea plays a mercenary adventurer who gets mixed up in a scheme by foreign spies (who wear baggy suits and speak with Slavic accents) to kidnap a nuclear scientist. Actually it isn't the whole world that's held for ransom--only the

Unrated, 1 hr. 22 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: Robert Aldrich

In Theaters: Jan 31, 1954 Wide

Cast

Dan Duryea
Mike Callahan
Gene Lockhart
Alexis Pederas
Patric Knowles
Julian March
Reginald Denny
Maj. Bone
Nigel Bruce
Gov. Coutts
Marian Carr
Frennessey March
Arthur Shields
Sean O'Connor
Douglas Dumbrille
Inspector McCollum
Carmen D'Antonio
Dancer
Keye Luke
Wong
Clarence Lung
Chan
Lou Nova
Guzik

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Nervy burlesque of Hustonian exotic thrillers

January 11, 2011 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

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Fascinating early Aldrich, visually creative.

August 9, 2007 Full Review Source: Classic Film and Television

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

A marvelously understated film noir that parodies all those big-budget spy/adventure films.

March 16, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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