Risky Business (1939 film)
1939 American film
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Risky Business is a 1939 film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring George Murphy and Dorothea Kent.[1][2][3]
Directed byArthur Lubin
Written byCharles Grayson
Based onstory Okay America by William Anthony McGuire
Produced byBurt Kelly
| Risky Business | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Arthur Lubin |
| Written by | Charles Grayson |
| Based on | story Okay America by William Anthony McGuire |
| Produced by | Burt Kelly |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Stanley Cortez |
| Edited by | Maurice Wright |
| Music by | Vera West |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 mins |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl, Norma Jameson, who has been kidnapped.
Cast
- George Murphy as Dan Clifford
- Dorothea Kent as Mary Dexter
- Eduardo Ciannelli as Philip Decarno
- Leon Ames as Hinge Jackson
- El Brendel as Axel
- John Wray as Silas
- Arthur Loft as Captain Wallace
- Frances Robinson as Norma Jameson
- Pierre Watkin as Abernathy
- Grant Richards as Jack Norman
- Charles Trowbridge as Henry Jameson
- Mary Forbes as Mrs. Jameson
Production
The film was based on a story by William McGuire, Okay America, which had been filmed in 1932.[4]
Arthur Lubin was attached to the project on 20 January 1939.[5] George Murphy occasionally worked for Universal under one picture arrangements. Filming started January 30, 1939.[6]
