"Cry Danger" is Dick Powell's latest addition to his "gat, gal and gutter" series. In this one he plays a small time bookie who has been framed for a payroll robbery he didn't commit. After five years he is pardoned on the evidence of an alcoholic ex-Marine who is interested in a share of the payroll money. The film's action centers around Powell's attempts to clear himself.
The mayhem and tough talk which are basic to any Powell movie are present in this one, but he is on the dishing-out end for a change. Although the bookie is naturally foiled or double-crossed at every turn, he has a good time sapping people behind the car and grilling a witness with the base of a modernistic lamp.
The actors do a pretty creditable job of struggling with the material; Powell is suitably determined as the bookie, Richard Erdman is amusing as the Marine and Rhonda Fleming is pleasantly decorative.
Sharing the bill at the Keith is "Call of the Klondike" which features a dog. The less said the better.
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