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Background to Danger

1943-07-031h 20mThriller / War6.7/10TMDB · 29 votes

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

“Love in the midst of intrigue!”

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Directed byRaoul Walsh

Original languageEnglish

Original release1943-07-03

ProductionUnited States of America

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The people behind the picture.

George RaftJoe Barton

Brenda MarshallTamara Zaleshoff

Sydney GreenstreetColonel Robinson

Peter LorreNikolai Zaleshoff

Osa MassenAna Remzi

Turhan BeyHassan

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Willard RobertsonMcNamara Kurt KatchMailler Rafael AlcaydeTurkish Husband on Train (uncredited)Nino BelliniTurkish Secretary (uncredited)Eumenio BlancoSyrian Vendor (uncredited)John BleiferSecretary (uncredited)Walter BonnGerman Officer (uncredited)Dick BotillerPlane Announcer (uncredited)Mary ChanClub Patron (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Pedro de CordobaBaba (uncredited)

Jean De BriacLevantine Porter (uncredited)

Charles De RavenneBellboy (uncredited)

Jack DeeryMan at Train Station (uncredited)

Jean Del ValClerk (uncredited)

William EdmundsWaiter with Information (uncredited)

Fernanda EliscuTurkish Wife on Train (uncredited)

Demetris EmanuelTurkish Official (uncredited)

Hassan EzzatTurkish Conductor (uncredited)

Curt FurburgFranz Von Papen (uncredited)

Steven GerayLudwig Rader (uncredited)

Rudy GermaneClub Patron (uncredited)

Frederick GiermannAttaché (uncredited)

Lisa GolmGerman Daughter (uncredited)

Carl HarbaughButler (uncredited)

Carl HarbordMinor Role (uncredited)

Yeghishe HaroutTurkish Policeman (uncredited)

Ernst HauessermannClerk (uncredited)

Charles IrwinHotchkins (uncredited)

Dave KashnerNewspaper Worker (uncredited)

James KhanTrain Caller (uncredited)

Manart KippenIvan (uncredited)

Kurt KreugerChauffeur (uncredited)

Charles La TorreMoustaffa (uncredited)

LiparitWagon Driver (uncredited)

Jerry MandyItalian on Train (uncredited)

Lou MarcelleCommentator (uncredited)

Michael MarkHotel Night Clerk (uncredited)

Georges MetaxaL.V. Bastaki (uncredited)

Ray MillerChauffeur (uncredited)

Moy MingClub Patron (uncredited)

Daniel OckoIgor Rashenko (uncredited)

Sylvia OpertNautch Dancer (uncredited)

Nestor PaivaKoylan (uncredited)

John PiffleFat Turk on Train (uncredited)

Paul PorcasiCustoms Official with Joe (uncredited)

Frank PugliaSyrian Vendor (uncredited)

Frank ReicherRudick (uncredited)

Otto ReichowMailler's Henchman (uncredited)

Georges RenaventCustoms Official with Ana (uncredited)

Antonio SamaniegoPoliceman (uncredited)

Cosmo SardoClerk (uncredited)

Irene SeidnerGerman Mother (uncredited)

Cap SomersChef (uncredited)

Tom SteeleThug at Newspaper Office (uncredited)

Robert R. StephensonGerman (uncredited)

Nick ThompsonButler (uncredited)

John Van EyckOfficial (uncredited)

Juan VarroPoliceman (uncredited)

Wilhelm von BrinckenGerman Official (uncredited)

Hans Heinrich von TwardowskiGerman Officer (uncredited)

Leo WhiteWhispering Agent (uncredited)

Fred WolffReiger (uncredited)

William Yetter Sr.Schneider (uncredited)

Alfred ZeislerAttaché (uncredited)

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