Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective 1981

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Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15-year-old cold case.

When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15-year-old cold case.

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... Dangerous Davies

... Mod Lewis

... Chief Insp. Yardbird

... Sgt. Ben

... Dave Boot

... Ena Lind

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26 Jul 2022 by dennyjt

Accident-prone cop Cribbins is assigned to find a long-time criminal thought to have returned to the neighborhood. His investigations lead him to looking into a disappearance of a teenage girl 15 years before that has never properly pursued. He uncovers the true story, despite being beaten repeatedly by a host of hoodlums. Detailed story offers funnyman Cribbins a rare and mostly straight leading role. Lipman scores as a frisky local lass. This was just about the last directing job for veteran Val Guest and has a solid cast of British character actors.

Release Date:

Jan 04, 1981 (United Kingdom)

Run Time:

2hr

MMPA Rating:

Original Language:

English

Production Countries:

United Kingdom

Status:

Released

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26 Jul 2022 by dennyjt

Accident-prone cop Cribbins is assigned to find a long-time criminal thought to have returned to the neighborhood. His investigations lead him to looking into a disappearance of a teenage girl 15 years before that has never properly pursued. He uncovers the true story, despite being beaten repeatedly by a host of hoodlums. Detailed story offers funnyman Cribbins a rare and mostly straight leading role. Lipman scores as a frisky local lass. This was just about the last directing job for veteran Val Guest and has a solid cast of British character actors.

01 Jan 2023 by CinemaSerf

Though it does have the odd comedic line or two, this is the only time I recall Bernard Cribbins ever trying to tackle something that required him to speak the word "pants" in anything like a sexual context. He plays a detective constable who is assigned a tough criminal case but soon finds himself embroiled in a fifteen year old cold one involving the disappearance of a young girl. His nickname is "Dangerous" and he spends much of the next two hours - at no small risk to himself - trying to piece together what did happen to that young girl (as well as trying to nail his official quarry too). Bill Maynard - again more noted for his comedy parts - works quite well as his pal "Mod" and there is an additional smattering of familiar faces across the quite enjoyable and characterful mystery adventure. It's a bit too long, maybe we could lose twenty minutes of establishment scenes at the top of the film, but this is quite a fun drama that I rather surprisingly enjoyed.

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Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

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... Director

... Continuity

... Second Assistant Director

Cast

... Dangerous Davies

... Mod Lewis

... Chief Insp. Yardbird

... Sgt. Ben

... Dave Boot

... Ena Lind

... Madame Tarantella

... William Lind

... Tarquin

... Fred Fennell

... Josie Norris

... Det. Supt. Carter

... Mrs. Fulljames

... Mr. Norris

... Det. Sgt. Green

... George Tilth

... Celia Norris

... Mrs. Norris

... Albert

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... Production Accountant

... Production Manager

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