Screenplay:
Harold LloydCinematography:
Walter LundinCast:
Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Noah Young, Charles Middleton, Brooks Benedict, Douglas Haig, Eddy Chandler, Tetsu Komai, Edgar Kennedy, Nelson McDowell (more)Plots(1)
Brilliant silent comedian Lloyd made the transition to sound with this box-office smash (his highest grosser at the time) which cast him as a botany student expected to fill the shoes of his recently deceased San Francisco police chief father. He succeeds in smashing a ring of drug dealers led by the mysterious "Dragon," who later turns out to be Middleton, the pillar of the community. Amidst the criminal comedy is a dose of romantic comedy as Lloyd bullies Kent, who has disguised herself as a boy. Originally filmed as a silent by Mal St. Clair, WELCOME DANGER was largely reshot and turned into a talkie by Bruckman. Its running time, however, was just short of three hours--a long film by today's standards, and an unheard-of epic in 1929. An hour was cut from the footage, and though it was still too long, it was a smash hit. Lloyd's character had changed somewhat (as had audience expectations and needs), making him a less identifiable comic than in his previous outings. He was no longer "one of us" but a funny man on the screen, and his popularity would never match what it had been in SPEEDY (1928) and the classic SAFETY LAST (1923). (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Harold Lloyd
USA
Best movies:
Safety Last! (1923)
The Kid Brother (1927)
Feet First (1930)
Barbara Kent
Canada
Best movies:
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Feet First (1930)
Lonesome (1928)
Noah Young
USA
Best movies:
Safety Last! (1923)
Feet First (1930)
Movie Crazy (1932)
Charles Middleton
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Brooks Benedict
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Douglas Haig
USA
Best movies:
Wings (1927)
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
The Strong Man (1926)
Eddy Chandler
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Tetsu Komai
Japan
Best movies:
China Seas (1935)
The Letter (1940)
The Criminal Code (1931)
Edgar Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
Double Wedding (1937)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Nelson McDowell
USA
Best movies:
The Plainsman (1936)
The Texas Rangers (1936)
The Lost World (1925)
Grady Sutton
USA
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Blue Washington
USA
Best movies:
Beggars of Life (1928)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
King Kong (1933)
Will Walling
USA
Best movies:
The Iron Horse (1924)
The King of Kings (1927)
The Jazz Singer (1927)