''Two for Danger'' is a 1940 British

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combi ...

directed by George King and starring

Barry K. Barnes Barry K. Barnes (27 December 190612 January 1965) was an English film and stage actor. The son of Horatio Nelson Barnes and Anne Mackintosh Barnes, he was born and died in London. He appeared in sixteen films between 1936 and 1947. He played Sir ...

, Greta Gynt and Ian McLean. It was made at Teddington Studios as a second feature by

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.Chibnall & McFarlane p.3

Cast

as Tony Grigson * Greta Gynt as Diana * Ian McLean as Australian * Gordon McLeod as German * Tony Shaw as American * David Keir as Professor Shaw * Vera Bogetti as Lady * Peter Glenville as Young Latin *

Peter Gawthorne Peter Gawthorne (1 September 1884 – 17 March 1962) was an Anglo-Irish actor, probably best known for his roles in the films of Will Hay and other popular British comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-up ...

as Assistant commissioner * George Merritt as Inspector Canway * Wilfrid Caithness as Meason *

Cecil Parker Cecil Parker (born Cecil Schwabe, 3 September 1897 – 20 April 1971) was an English actor with a distinctively husky voice, who usually played supporting roles, often characters with a supercilious demeanour, in his 91 films made between ...

as Sir Richard * Kynaston Reeves as Doctor George Frencham * Henry Oscar as Claude Frencham * Gus McNaughton as Braithwaite

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. ''The British 'B' Film''. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

External links

* 1940 films 1940 crime films Films directed by George King Warner Bros. films Films shot at Teddington Studios British crime films British black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s British films {{1940s-crime-film-stub