Dangerous

Dangerous

1935 · 79 min · EN · NR · 6.7 (39 votes)
Dir. Alfred E. Green · Starring Bette Davis, Franchot Tone, Margaret Lindsay, Alison Skipworth, John Eldredge, Dick Foran · Music Ray Heindorf

An alcoholic actress considered a dangerous jinx is rehabilitated but shows she's as dangerous as ever.

Drama

Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. Unaware that she is married to Gordon, he asks his fiancée Gail to free him and offers to sponsor Joyce in a play. When Gordon refuses to give Joyce a divorce, she runs the car into a tree crippling him for life. Joyce urges Dan return to Gail, opens her play, and begs Gordon for forgiveness.

VIBE

A sweeping, dramatic tale of a woman's self-destruction and the men caught in her destructive orbit. It's a classic Hollywood melodrama filled with intense emotion and tragic choices.

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