Background to Danger

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

Discover

George Raft

Joe Barton

Brenda Marshall

Tamara Zaleshoff

Sydney Greenstreet

Colonel Robinson

Peter Lorre

Nikolai Zaleshoff

Osa Massen

Ana Remzi

Turhan Bey

Hassan

Willard Robertson

'Mac' McNamara

Kurt Katch

Mailler

Nino Bellini

Turkish Secretary

Eumenio Blanco

Syrian Vendor

John Bleifer

Secretary

Walter Bonn

German Officer

Dick Botiller

Plane Announcer

Jack Chefe

Elevator Operator

Pedro de Cordoba

Baba - Old Turk

Jean De Briac

Levantine Porter

Jack Deery

Man at Train Station

William Edmunds

Waiter with Information

Fernanda Eliscu

Turkish Wife on Train

Demetris Emanuel

Turkish Official

Hassan Ezzat

Turkish Conductor

Curt Furburg

Franz Von Papen

Steven Geray

Ludwig Rader

Rudy Germane

Club Patron

Lisa Golm

German Daughter

Carl Harbord

Minor Role

Yeghishe Harout

Turkish Policeman

Charles Irwin

Hotchkins - English Traveler

Dave Kashner

Minor Role

James Khan

Train Caller

Kurt Kreuger

Chauffeur

Charles La Torre

Moustaffa - Typesetter

Liparit

Wagon Driver

Jerry Mandy

Italian on Train

Lou Marcelle

Commentator

Michael Mark

Hotel Night Clerk

Georges Metaxa

L.V. Bastaki

Ray Miller

Chauffeur

Daniel Ocko

Igor Rashenko

Sylvia Opert

Nautch Dancer

John Piffle

Fat Turk on Train

Paul Porcasi

Customs Official with Joe

Frank Puglia

Syrian Vendor

Frank Reicher

Rudick - the Assasin

Otto Reichow

Mailler's Henchman

Georges Renavent

Customs Official with Ana

Irene Seidner

German Mother

Tom Steele

Thug at Newspaper Office

Rafael Alcayde

Turkish Husband on Train

John Van Eyck

Official

Juan Varro

Policeman

Wilhelm von Brincken

German Official

Leo White

Whispering Agent

Fred Wolff

Reiger

William Yetter Sr.

Schneider - Mailler's Henchman

Alfred Zeisler

Attaché

Art

Hugh Reticker

Art Direction

Camera

Tony Gaudio

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Milo Anderson

Costume Design

Directing

Raoul Walsh

Director

Editing

Production

Jerry Wald

Producer

Jack L. Warner

Executive Producer

Sound

Friedrich Hollaender

Original Music Composer

Writing

W.R. Burnett

Screenplay