Danger Street (DVD)

Photographers Pat Marvin and Larry Burke are desperate to save the newspaper they work for. In an attempt to drum up business, they try to get a snapshot of socialite Cynthia Van Loan, who has never been photographed. Instead they catch her fiance, Carl Pauling, with another woman. Anxious to get the picture published, the pair rush back to the office only to find their editor murdered. Pauling will go to any length to prevent his infidelity from being exposed, and it's only a matter of time before Pat and Larry find themselves staring down the barrel of his gun...

Danger Street was promoted as the first "grown-up" movie for child star Jane Withers. After starring alongside Shirley Temple in Bright Eyes (1934) at the age of eight, she spent the rest of the '30's playing kid roles in countless 'B' pictures. Despite receiving a $375,000 trust fund on her 21rst birthday in 1947, Withers was anxious to prove herself as a serious dramatic actress. Co-star Robert Lowery portrayed the Caped Crusader in the 1949 Batman and Robin serial, and later starred as Big Tim Champion on the TV series Circus Boy (1956-1957). Director Lew Landers worked for nearly every studio in Hollywood making low-budget thrillers (The Raven, Tokyo Rose) and later turned his attention to television, directing popular series like Topper (1953-1955) and Highway Patrol (1955-1959).

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