Probably! We've seen it so often. An otherwise noble man lets his guard down and allows a sultry dame to sweet talk him. She's gorgeous and probably has on a shiny, slinky evening gown. Seductive perfume, too. Then a kiss...and the otherwise noble man has fallen into a trap. For 10 minutes all is fine, but after that, he may as well be dating Norman Bates. Seduction, murder, and homicidal madness wait for us today as we look at 1950's "Where Danger Lives," directed by John Farrow. Oh, guess what! This is an Irwin Allen production! Really!
Dr. Jeff Cameron (Robert Mitchum) is a fantastic doctor and saves the lives of children everyday at a San Francisco hospital. He's dating a sultry nurse in white, Julie (Maureen O'Sullivan). Then, she enters his life...psycho-babe! Jeff saves her life before knowing she is psycho. Margo (Faith Domergue) was brought in after a suicide attempt. She's ravishing and as she thinks she's dying, makes goo-goo eyes at Jeff. Unwisely, Jeff saves her life and and is later lured to her mansion where Margo greets him in a shiny, slinky evening gown. The two date and fall in love, but she says her dad will not allow her to go off with him. Drunk, Jeff pays a visit to the mansion, this time to meet the dad and pry Margo away. Frederick (Claude Rains) meets Jeff, tells him Margo is his wife, and tells him to take her. He also warns Jeff that he has no idea what he is in for. Then...well, it gets messy.
Exactly what happens in the mansion will be made clear as the film progresses, but now Margo and Jeff are rushing to the Mexican border to escape murder charges. Being on the run isn't easy and the money runs out. Funny, when the money runs out, those babes from last night don't look as hot. They also don't behave as polished. The adventures the duo have on the way to the Mexican border are terrifying, humiliating, and sometimes whacky. Now we find out more about Margo and exactly who she is. We also get many hints at what Frederick was trying to tell Jeff. Now Margo sees Jeff coming apart and what she decides to do may be a big surprise to the once noble Jeff.
Will our in-love duo make it to the Mexican border? If the thing with Margo doesn't work out, will Jeff be able to get the beautiful Julie back? Shouldn't it be a default for any man that when meeting a sultry dame looking fine and batting her eyelashes that he run away fast? This is a grim one, and the deterioration of Jeff and Margo is quite striking and bleak. See "Where Danger Lives" and witness an age old story of the downfall of a man because of a psycho-dame!
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