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On Dangerous Ground

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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })On Dangerous Ground (1952) is a Film Noir directed by Nicholas Ray, based off the book by Gerald Butler, Mad with Much Heart. The musical score was composed by Bernard Herrmann.A violence-prone city cop, Jim Wilson (Robert Ryan), has punched one too many crooks because of his hate for all the lowlifes in the city. Jim brutalizing suspects on the flimsiest of reasons makes his superior send him upstate to cool off and help catch a murderer. The father of the victim, Walter Brent (Ward Bond), is on the chase to catch the man who killed his daughter and begrudgingly lets Jim help him.On the haunt for the killer, Jim stumbles upon the house of a blind woman, Mary Marlden (Ida Lupino), and finds himself falling in love with her even though her brother, Danny, is the killer.The film asks if a hateful, lonely man can be redeemed through love.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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The Chase
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The Chase: Jim and Walter chase Danny through the woods, on a car during a snow storm, and finally, up a cliff.
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Condescending Compassion
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Condescending Compassion: Averted: Mary notes that there’s no pity in Jim's voice when he addresses her.
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Brutal Honesty
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Brutal Honesty: Jim’s partner thinks his isolation and hatred are ruining him, and he tells him so.
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Ax-Crazy
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Ax-Crazy: Danny Marlden kills because he’s nuts.
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Blind Mistake
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Blind Mistake: Mary thinks Danny has come back in the house, but it’s actually Jim.
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City Noir
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City Noir: The film doesn’t specify where Jim works, but Nicholas Ray did research for the film in Boston.
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Anti-Hero
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Anti-Hero: Brute Jim Wilson.
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Bruiser with a Soft Center
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Bruiser with a Soft Center: Jim softens when he meets Mary.
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Dark and Troubled Past
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Dark and Troubled Past: Eleven years on the force has shown nothing but decay and ugly human interaction to Jim, so he ends up believing all people are horrible.
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