Ignorantly classified as Film Noir by Tubi to attract eyeballs, "Danger Street" is a prime example of the obvious fact that not all B-movies are watchable. People think that B is a grading, but in fact it meant, like the B-side of a record, a double-feature level movie aimed as a supporting feature. Its quality could vary from A to Z, sometimes being better than the main event.
With Jane Withers and Robert Lowery struggling as the leads, it plays as comedy, with asinine dialogue, even a scene of Black Face that make it a groaner nearly all the way. Corny plot elements, such as the futile cause to save a crappy mag called Flick, go nowhere and action scenes are clumsily handled.
Growing up in the generation after the war, I sat through hundreds of double features of dubious quality, and certainly enjoy the best of the '30s and '40s as saved in TV packages and elsewhere. But this stinker exists merely because it's not copyrighted.
With Jane Withers and Robert Lowery struggling as the leads, it plays as comedy, with asinine dialogue, even a scene of Black Face that make it a groaner nearly all the way. Corny plot elements, such as the futile cause to save a crappy mag called Flick, go nowhere and action scenes are clumsily handled.
Growing up in the generation after the war, I sat through hundreds of double features of dubious quality, and certainly enjoy the best of the '30s and '40s as saved in TV packages and elsewhere. But this stinker exists merely because it's not copyrighted.