Risky Business is a 1939 film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring George Murphy and Dorothea Kent.
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Plot
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl, Norma Jameson, who has been kidnapped.
Cast
George Murphy as Dan Clifford
Dorothea Kent as Mary Dexter
Eduardo Ciannelli as Philip Decarno
Leon Ames as Hinge Jackson
El Brendel as Axel
John Wray as Silas
Arthur Loft as Captain Wallace
Frances Robinson as Norma Jameson
Pierre Watkin as Abernathy
Grant Richards as Jack Norman
Charles Trowbridge as Henry Jameson
Mary Forbes as Mrs. Jameson
Production
The film was based on a story by William McGuire, Okay America, which had been filmed in 1932.
Arthur Lubin was attached to the project on 20 January 1939. George Murphy occasionally worked for Universal under one picture arrangements. Filming started January 30, 1939.
Reception
The New York Times said the film was not interesting and was "a risky entertainment." The Los Angeles Times said it had an "ingenious" story and "unusually good acting and direction."