Outside the Law

Outside the Law

1/6/1956 1h 21m 6.0/10

Overview

A government agent's son wins respect and love when he challenges counterfeiters.

Director

Jack Arnold

Top Billed Cast

Raymond Bailey

Raymond Bailey

Philip Bormann

Ray Danton

Ray Danton

John Conrad, alias Johnny Salvo

Judson Pratt

Judson Pratt

Agent Maury Saxton

Onslow Stevens

Onslow Stevens

Chief Agent Alec Conrad

Grant Williams

Grant Williams

Don Kastner

Leigh Snowden

Leigh Snowden

Maria Craven

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7/24/2023

6/10

"Johnny" (Ray Danton) is an ex-soldier drafted in by the US authorities in Germany to help investigate the death of one of his old army pals. Not long out of prison, he is keen to clear his name and is soon on the trail of a clever gang who are counterfeiting cash and taking advantage of the post-WWII confusion to, quite literally, make a mint. His search is further complicated by the involvement of both his father - the policeman who gives him the gig in the first place and with whom he has a strained relationship; and with the widow of the murdered man "Maria" (Leigh Snowden) who is as keen to get to the bottom of the perilous mystery and, of course, a romance starts to blossom. There's no getting away from it. Handsome as he is, Danton is as wooden as a plank. He has precisely no charisma and that really impacts on this film that, from a criminal perspective, is actually a little bit better than a routine caper. There's far too much by way of chatter and really very little action until the last ten minutes when the threads start to pull together. A bit more creative casting could have made this more memorable, but as it is - well it's worth a watch but you'll never remember it afterwards.

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