Dangerous Davies
Bernard Cribbins
Dangerous Davies
Overview
When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15-year-old cold case.
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Dangerous Davies
Cast
Mod Lewis
Bill Maynard
Mod Lewis
Chief Insp. Yardbird
Joss Ackland
Chief Insp. Yardbird
Sgt. Ben
Bernard Lee
Sgt. Ben
Dave Boot
John Leyton
Dave Boot
Ena Lind
Maureen Lipman
Ena Lind
Madame Tarantella
Patsy Rowlands
Madame Tarantella
William Lind
Colin Baker
William Lind
Tarquin
David Auker
Tarquin
Venus
Marianne Stone
Venus
Fred Fennell
Frank Windsor
Fred Fennell
Josie Norris
Cindy O'Callaghan
Josie Norris
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dennyjt
Accident-prone cop Cribbins is assigned to find a long-time criminal thought to have returned to the neighborhood. His investigations lead him to looking into a disappearance of a teenage girl 15 years before that has never properly pursued. He uncovers the true story, despite being beaten repeatedly by a host of hoodlums. Detailed story offers funnyman Cribbins a rare and mostly straight leading role. Lipman scores as a frisky local lass. This was just about the last directing job for veteran Val Guest and has a solid cast of British character actors.
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Though it does have the odd comedic line or two, this is the only time I recall Bernard Cribbins ever trying to tackle something that required him to speak the word "pants" in anything like a sexual context. He plays a detective constable who is assigned a tough criminal case but soon finds himself embroiled in a fifteen year old cold one involving the disappearance of a young girl. His nickname is "Dangerous" and he spends much of the next two hours - at no small risk to himself - trying to piece together what did happen to that young girl (as well as trying to nail his official quarry too). Bill Maynard - again more noted for his comedy parts - works quite well as his pal "Mod" and there is an additional smattering of familiar faces across the quite enjoyable and characterful mystery adventure. It's a bit too long, maybe we could lose twenty minutes of establishment scenes at the top of the film, but this is quite a fun drama that I rather surprisingly enjoyed.
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