• 1954
  • Approved
  • 1h 22m
World for Ransom

Summary In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder. View more details

  • 1954
  • Approved
  • 1h 22m

World for Ransom

Directed : Robert Aldrich

Written : Hugo Butler Lindsay Hardy

Stars : Dan Duryea Patric Knowles Reginald Denny Gene Lockhart

All cast & crew

5.8

Details

Genres : Thriller Crime Drama Film-Noir

Release date : Jan 30, 1954

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English Cantonese

Filming locations : Motion Picture Center Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Plaza Productions

Summary In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder. View more details

Details

Genres : Thriller Crime Drama Film-Noir

Release date : Jan 30, 1954

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English Cantonese

Filming locations : Motion Picture Center Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Plaza Productions

Photos

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