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Slightly Dangerous ()

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Peggy is 21 and bored. She has just been awarded a certificate for starting work on time for 1000 days. She decides that she needs a change so she leaves a note, which is taken to be suicidal, and heads for New York where she gets a make... See more »
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Peggy Evans aka Carol Burden
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Bob Stuart
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Cornelius Burden
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Baba (as Dame May Whitty)
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Durstin
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English Gentleman
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Mrs. Amanda Roanoke-Brooke
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Mr. Quill
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Baldwin
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Jimmy
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Mitzi
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Snodgrass
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Stanhope
O.K. Ford ...
Music Lover
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Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Ed Agresti ...
Waiter (uncredited)
John Alban ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Man Getting on Bus (uncredited)
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Woman Mistaking Paint for Blood (uncredited)
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Customer (uncredited)
Arthur Belasco ...
Customer (uncredited)
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Man in Lobby (uncredited)
Gertrude Bennett ...
Woman in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
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Boy on Porch (uncredited)
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Customer (uncredited)
Paul Bradley ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
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'Tribune' Reporter (uncredited)
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Claudius Swade - Owner of Motel (uncredited)
Cliff Clark ...
Detective (uncredited)
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Bartender at Opera (uncredited)
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Man Outside Newspaper Office (uncredited)
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Customer (uncredited)
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Waiter at Party (uncredited)
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Painter (uncredited)
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McGraw - Photographer (uncredited)
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'Telegram' Reporter (uncredited)
Abe Dinovitch ...
Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
Hazel Dohlman ...
Dowager (uncredited)
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Salesgirl (uncredited)
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Workman (uncredited)
Mimi Doyle ...
Miss Kingsway (uncredited)
Ruth Dwyer ...
Customer in Department Store (uncredited)
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Newspaper Employee (uncredited)
Mary Elliott ...
Operator (uncredited)
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Burden's Maid (uncredited)
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Gateman (uncredited)
Sam Finn ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Reggie - Amanda's Escort (uncredited)
Jack Gardner ...
Usher (uncredited)
Sugar Geise ...
Customer (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
George Golden ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Opera Guest (uncredited)
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Opera Patron (uncredited)
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Customer (uncredited)
Harry Hayden ...
Doctor (uncredited)
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Banana Split Customer (uncredited)
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Doorman (uncredited)
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Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
Lilyan Irene ...
Maid (uncredited)
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Newspaper Employee (uncredited)
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Customer (uncredited)
Alice Keating ...
Customer in Department Store (uncredited)
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Opera Guest (uncredited)
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Customer (uncredited)
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Music Lover (uncredited)
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Salesgirl (uncredited)
Clinton Lyle ...
Customer (uncredited)
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'Times' Reporter (uncredited)
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Opera Guest (uncredited)
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Man on Street (uncredited)
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Messenger (uncredited)
Ralph McCullough ...
Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
Kitty McHugh ...
Salesgirl (uncredited)
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Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
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Girl Getting Off Bus (uncredited)
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Opera Guest (uncredited)
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Assistant Floorwalker (uncredited)
Sue Moore ...
Salesgirl (uncredited)
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Salesgirl (uncredited)
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Waiter at Swade's (uncredited)
Sandra Morgan ...
Woman on Street (uncredited)
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Salesgirl (uncredited)
Thomas Murray ...
Onlooker (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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Opera Guest (uncredited)
Al Ochs ...
Truck Driver (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
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Policeman at Newspaper Office (uncredited)
Paul Parry ...
Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
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Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
Eugene Radovitch ...
Bit in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
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Girl Getting Off Bus (uncredited)
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Opera Patron (uncredited)
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Girl (uncredited)
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Garrett - Butler (uncredited)
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Man Outside Newspaper Office (uncredited)
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Man with Opera Glasses (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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Opera Guest (uncredited)
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Usher at Concert (uncredited)
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Italian at Concert (uncredited)
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Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall ...
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Sam Simone ...
Assistant Floorwalker (uncredited)
George Sorel ...
Captain of Waiters at Party (uncredited)
Leigh Sterling ...
Young Dancer (uncredited)
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Driver (uncredited)
Henry Sylvester ...
Music Lover (uncredited)
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Pedestrian Lifting Peggy Up (uncredited)
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Hillyer (uncredited)
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Opera Singer (uncredited)
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Woman in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
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Young Dancer (uncredited)
Pat West ...
Man Getting on Bus and Dropping Penny (uncredited)

Directed by

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Wesley Ruggles

Written by

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Ian McLellan Hunter ... (story) and
Aileen Hamilton ... (story)
 
Charles Lederer ... (screenplay) and
George Oppenheimer ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Pandro S. Berman ... producer

Music by

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Bronislau Kaper

Cinematography by

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Harold Rosson ... director of photography

Editing by

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Frank E. Hull

Art Direction by

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Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by

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Edwin B. Willis

Makeup Department

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William Tuttle ... makeup artist: Lana Turner (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Joseph Boyle ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Malcolm Brown ... associate art director
Mildred Griffiths ... associate set decorator

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer ... sound recording director
F.D. Raymond ... sound (uncredited)

Stunts

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Gil Perkins ... stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Irene ... costume supervisor
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Daniele Amfitheatrof ... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Wally Heglin ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Eric Zeisl ... composer: additional music (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Buster Keaton ... comedy consultant (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Peggy is 21 and bored. She has just been awarded a certificate for starting work on time for 1000 days. She decides that she needs a change so she leaves a note, which is taken to be suicidal, and heads for New York where she gets a make over. A new outfit, a new look and an freak accident gets her in the paper as a amnesia victim, just because she does not want to be Peggy Evans any more. The paper thinks she may be an heiress so she searches for a few clues from back issues of the paper and finds that Carol Burden was never found. Cornelius Burden, however, has sent dozens of frauds to jail already and she must trick him and Baba to keep out of jail. Next, she must stop her old manager, Bob Stuart, from spilling the beans about her. Written by Tony Fontana

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Taglines WHAT A FIGURE SHE WAS BEHIND A SODA COUNTER! BUT THE SATINS AND SABLES BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN HER! (original lobby card-all caps) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Careless (United States)
  • Nothing Ventured (United States)
  • Careless Cinderella (United States)
  • L'amour travesti (France)
  • Ligeiramente Perigosa (Portugal)
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Runtime
  • 94 min
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Budget $918,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia During production there were a few proposed titles for the film, such as "Nothing Ventured," "Lawless," "Careless Cinderella" and "Careless." In view of the recent scandal involving a pregnant Lana Turner (whose marriage to the child's father, Stephen Crane, was not legal since his divorce from his first wife had yet to become final), those titles were rejected. Eventually, the studio settled on "Slightly Dangerous," an ironic title for a comedy that did ultimately serve the film (and Turner) very well. See more »
Goofs When reading the New York Star archives, an article reads "Broken window in nursery 'clew' to tot's abduction." That spelling of the word "clue" was still in use at the time, although it now is considered archaic. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir (2001). See more »
Soundtracks Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture See more »
Quotes Bob Stuart: Well, uh, you see, she had amnesia when I met her. What's more, it recurred, you know, kept happening on and off. Why once I came home late at night. I got into bed, kissed her and she gave me a friendly smile and then said, "Who are you?" It was the friendly smile that burned me up.
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