Risky Business | |
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Directed by | Arthur Lubin |
Written by | Charles Grayson |
Based on | story Okay America by William Anthony McGuire |
Produced by | Burt Kelly |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Stanley Cortez |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 mins |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Risky Business is a 1939 film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring George Murphy and Dorothea Kent. [1] [2] [3]
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl, Norma Jameson, who has been kidnapped.
The film was based on a story by William McGuire, Okay America, which had been filmed in 1932. [4]
Arthur Lubin was attached to the project on 20 January 1939. [5] George Murphy occasionally worked for Universal under one picture arrangements. Filming started January 30, 1939. [6]
The New York Times said the film was not interesting and was "a risky entertainment." [7] The Los Angeles Times said it had an "ingenious" story and "unusually good acting and direction." [8]