A DANGEROUS PROFESSION is a rather disappointing slice of film noir starring gangster favourite George Raft. Raft plays a former cop now working as a bail bondsman who is persuaded by a femme fatale to help raise the money to get her innocent husband out of prison. However, on his release the plot thickens, and Raft finds himself up against some sinister criminal types if he wants justice to be served.
The plot is an interesting one and all of the ingredients are right, so it's just a pity the execution is so sloppy here. A DANGEROUS PROFESSION is anything but dangerous: there's endless talk, a bored-looking Raft wandering around aimlessly for a long while, and not much else. It lacks suspense and a sense of pace to keep it moving along, and instead it just feels stodgy. I did like Ella Raines as the alluring femme fatale, though, and Pat O'Brien is always watchable.
The plot is an interesting one and all of the ingredients are right, so it's just a pity the execution is so sloppy here. A DANGEROUS PROFESSION is anything but dangerous: there's endless talk, a bored-looking Raft wandering around aimlessly for a long while, and not much else. It lacks suspense and a sense of pace to keep it moving along, and instead it just feels stodgy. I did like Ella Raines as the alluring femme fatale, though, and Pat O'Brien is always watchable.