Production Credits Background to Danger
Background to Danger
Full Cast & Crew
An in-depth look at the talented ensemble and technical visionaries who brought Background to Danger to life.
The Cast
50 Members

George RaftJoe Barton

Brenda MarshallTamara Zaleshoff

Sydney GreenstreetColonel Robinson

Peter LorreNikolai Zaleshoff

Osa MassenAna Remzi

Turhan BeyHassan

Willard Robertson'Mac' McNamara

Kurt KatchMailler
Nino BelliniTurkish Secretary
Eumenio BlancoSyrian Vendor

John BleiferSecretary
Walter BonnGerman Officer

Dick BotillerPlane Announcer

Jack ChefeElevator Operator

Pedro de CordobaBaba - Old Turk

Jean De BriacLevantine Porter
Charles De RavenneBellboy
Jack DeeryMan at Train Station

Jean Del ValClerk

William EdmundsWaiter with Information

Fernanda EliscuTurkish Wife on Train
Demetris EmanuelTurkish Official

Hassan EzzatTurkish Conductor
Curt FurburgFranz Von Papen

Steven GerayLudwig Rader
Rudy GermaneClub Patron
Frederick GiermannAttaché

Lisa GolmGerman Daughter

Carl HarbaughButler

Carl HarbordMinor Role
Yeghishe HaroutTurkish Policeman
Ernst HauessermannClerk
Charles IrwinHotchkins - English Traveler
Dave KashnerMinor Role
James KhanTrain Caller
Manart KippenIvan

Kurt KreugerChauffeur

Charles La TorreMoustaffa - Typesetter
LiparitWagon Driver

Jerry MandyItalian on Train
Lou MarcelleCommentator

Michael MarkHotel Night Clerk

Georges MetaxaL.V. Bastaki
Ray MillerChauffeur
Daniel OckoIgor Rashenko
Sylvia OpertNautch Dancer

Nestor PaivaKoylan
John PiffleFat Turk on Train

Paul PorcasiCustoms Official with Joe

Frank PugliaSyrian Vendor
Technical Crew
Top Credits

Raoul WalshDirector

W.R. BurnettScreenplay

Jerry WaldProducer

Jack L. WarnerExecutive Producer

Tony GaudioDirector of Photography
Jack KilliferEditor

William FaulknerWriter
Daniel FuchsWriter