Dangerous Mission

Dangerous Mission is a 1954 American dramatic color resort thriller starring Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, Vincent Price, and William Bendix. The movie was produced by Irwin Allen, directed by Louis King, and released by RKO Pictures. It is remembered today largely for its use of 3D film technology.

When the film was first released, film critic Bosley Crowther panned the film, writing, Since our great national parks are open to virtually anyone who cares to visit them, there probably is no way of preventing their occasionally being exploited and abused. And that is most certainly what has happened to Glacier Park in the R. K. O. film, Dangerous Mission, which was plopped down flatly at the Holiday yesterday...a company of Hollywood people has the cheek to play a tale that hasnt the vitality or intelligence of a good comicstrip episode. It is a miserably dull and mixedup fable about a hunt for a missing witness to a crime, with Vincent Price eventually emerging as some sort of villain, which is obvious all along.More recently, film critic Dennis Schwartz has also panned the film, writing, An action movie made for 3D that starts off looking like a real corker but winds up looking as stale as monthold bread. Director Louis King FrenchieGreen Grass of Wyoming never steers it away from its awkwardness. Despite a fine cast unfortunately they all give corpselike performances, capable screenwriters Charles Bennett and W.R. Burnett, and veteran story writers Horace McCoy and James Edmiston, the film is at best bearable...William Bendix plays a blustery park ranger chief who knew Mature from their days as marines. His mission, in this film, is to put out a forest fire that has nothing to do with the plot, but looks swell on 3D. The film is noteworthy for the clumsy job Gene Palmer turned in as editor. ........

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