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Background to Danger

Background to Danger1943

★6.780 minThrillerWar

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

Director

Writer

W.R. Burnett Daniel Fuchs William Faulkner

Score

Friedrich Hollaender Heinz Roemheld Bernhard Kaun

Stars

George Raft Brenda Marshall Sydney Greenstreet

Cast71

George Raft
as Joe Barton
Brenda Marshall
as Tamara Zaleshoff
Sydney Greenstreet
as Colonel Robinson
Peter Lorre
as Nikolai Zaleshoff
O
Osa Massen
as Ana Remzi
Turhan Bey
as Hassan
Willard Robertson
as McNamara
Kurt Katch
as Mailler
Rafael Alcayde
as Turkish Husband on Train (uncredited)
N
Nino Bellini
as Turkish Secretary (uncredited)
E
Eumenio Blanco
as Syrian Vendor (uncredited)
John Bleifer
as Secretary (uncredited)
W
Walter Bonn
as German Officer (uncredited)
Dick Botiller
as Plane Announcer (uncredited)
M
Mary Chan
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Pedro de Cordoba
as Baba (uncredited)
Jean De Briac
as Levantine Porter (uncredited)
C
Charles De Ravenne
as Bellboy (uncredited)
J
Jack Deery
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Jean Del Val
as Clerk (uncredited)
William Edmunds
as Waiter with Information (uncredited)
Fernanda Eliscu
as Turkish Wife on Train (uncredited)
D
Demetris Emanuel
as Turkish Official (uncredited)
Hassan Ezzat
as Turkish Conductor (uncredited)
C
Curt Furburg
as Franz Von Papen (uncredited)
Steven Geray
as Ludwig Rader (uncredited)
R
Rudy Germane
as Club Patron (uncredited)
F
Frederick Giermann
as Attaché (uncredited)
Lisa Golm
as German Daughter (uncredited)
Carl Harbaugh
as Butler (uncredited)
Carl Harbord
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Y
Yeghishe Harout
as Turkish Policeman (uncredited)
E
Ernst Hauessermann
as Clerk (uncredited)
C
Charles Irwin
as Hotchkins (uncredited)
D
Dave Kashner
as Newspaper Worker (uncredited)
J
James Khan
as Train Caller (uncredited)
M
Manart Kippen
as Ivan (uncredited)
Kurt Kreuger
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Charles La Torre
as Moustaffa (uncredited)
L
Liparit
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Jerry Mandy
as Italian on Train (uncredited)
L
Lou Marcelle
as Commentator (uncredited)
Michael Mark
as Hotel Night Clerk (uncredited)
Georges Metaxa
as L.V. Bastaki (uncredited)
R
Ray Miller
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Moy Ming
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Daniel Ocko
as Igor Rashenko (uncredited)
S
Sylvia Opert
as Nautch Dancer (uncredited)
Nestor Paiva
as Koylan (uncredited)
J
John Piffle
as Fat Turk on Train (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
as Customs Official with Joe (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
as Syrian Vendor (uncredited)
Frank Reicher
as Rudick (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
as Mailler's Henchman (uncredited)
Georges Renavent
as Customs Official with Ana (uncredited)
A
Antonio Samaniego
as Policeman (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
as Clerk (uncredited)
Irene Seidner
as German Mother (uncredited)
Cap Somers
as Chef (uncredited)
T
Tom Steele
as Thug at Newspaper Office (uncredited)
R
Robert R. Stephenson
as German (uncredited)
N
Nick Thompson
as Butler (uncredited)
J
John Van Eyck
as Official (uncredited)
J
Juan Varro
as Policeman (uncredited)
Wilhelm von Brincken
as German Official (uncredited)
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
as German Officer (uncredited)
Leo White
as Whispering Agent (uncredited)
F
Fred Wolff
as Reiger (uncredited)
W
William Yetter Sr.
as Schneider (uncredited)
A
Alfred Zeisler
as Attaché (uncredited)

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