A Dangerous Age
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| A Dangerous Age | |
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| Directed by | Sidney J. Furie |
| Written by | Sidney J. Furie |
| Starring | Ben Piazza Anne Pearson Kate Reid Austin Willis Barbara Hamilton |
| Cinematography | Herbert Alpert |
| Edited by | David Nicholson |
| Music by | Phil Nimmons |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $29,000 (Canadian) |
A Dangerous Age is a 1957[1][2][3][4][5] film directed by Sidney J. Furie. It is Furie's[6][7] low-budget tale about young lovers (Ben Piazza and Anne Pearson) on the run from an uncaring adult world – they just want to get married but are thwarted at every turn – remains something of landmark in English-Canadian feature production.
According to the Canadian Film Encyclopedia "The first Canadian feature in many years to win praise at the Festival de Cannes and the Venice International Film Festival, it merited serious international critical attention and remains a landmark of Canadian film production. Its low-key, quasi-documentary style, evocative use of locations and what some British critics called its "honesty" stand in marked contrast to Hollywood’s "adolescent crisis" films of the same period."[8]
Nancy, 17, and David, 19, are young college students who are in love and want to marry. Their parents object, so the couple elopes to the USA with a forged birth certificate for Nancy. David has second thoughts after seeing a married couple argue.
They are told they have to wait for twenty four hours so they go back over the border and are pulled over by the police.
David persuades Nancy to go on the run with him. They flee but are caught by the police. David and Nancy decide to wait to get married.
Cast
- Ben Piazza as David
- Anne Pearson as Nancy
- John Sullivan as Police Officer
- Kate Reid as Nancy's Mother
- Aileen Seaton
- Shane Rimmer as Nancy's Father
- Austin Willis as Police Officer
- Murray Westgate as Police Officer
- Barbara Hamilton
Production
A Dangerous Age[9] began as an hour-long drama for CBC-TV, where the 24-year-old Furie worked as a writer.[8] The story was based on a real incident where Furie attempted to elope and was stopped.[10]
The film was financed by Furie's father.[11]
The movie was shot over twelve days in and around Toronto, starting 9 August 1957. The two lead actors were Americans but the rest of the cast were Canadians. "It's not an epic but I think it's a good entertainment feature for the double bills" said Furie. He added, "This is not a Canadian story specifically. It could take place anywhere. My reason for importing the two lead players from the US was simply I found I couldn't get the types I wanted here."[12]