- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama, Thriller, War
- Release: 1943-07-03
- Director: Raoul Walsh
- Writers: W.R. Burnett , Eric Ambler
- Language: English | German | Turkish | French | Arabic
- Stars: George Raft , Brenda Marshall , Sydney Greenstreet , Peter Lorre , Osa Massen , Turhan Bey , Willard Robertson , Kurt Katch , Rafael Alcayde , Nino Bellini
- Runtime: 80 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Истоки опасности , Salahanke Ankarassa (Finland) , Le spie (Italy) , Peligro a fondo (Spain) , Expresso Bagdad-Istambul (Brazil) , Background to Danger (United Kingdom) , Intrigues en Orient (France, French Republic) , Preludiu la pericol (Romania) , Komplott i Ankara (Sweden) , Background to Danger (United States of America) , Intrigues en Orient (Belgium) , El expreso Bagdad-Estambul (Mexico) , Hvepsereden (Denmark) , Background to Danger (Canada) , Intrigen in het oosten (Belgium) , Background to Danger (Canada) , Spion im Orientexpress (Germany) , Fundal al pericolului (Romania) , Background to Danger , Ston ilingo tou kindynou (Greece) , O Expresso Bagdad-Istambul (Portugal, Portuguese Republic)
- Plot: Ankara in neutral Turkey : World War Two. A town of intrigue and of provocateurs. The Germans are planning to leak maps apparently proving that the Russians are about to invade the country. American Joe Barton is in the know and in the middle, along with Zaloshoff and his sister who may or may not be Russians. What is clear though is that odious Colonel Robinson is a full-blown Nazi.
- IMDB:tt0035659
Background to Danger Cast · · · ALL
Raoul Walsh
Director
George Raft
Joe Barton
Brenda Marshall
Tamara Zaleshoff
Sydney Greenstreet
Colonel Robinson
Peter Lorre
Nikolai Zaleshoff
Osa Massen
Ana Remzi
Turhan Bey
Hassan
Willard Robertson
'Mac' McNamara
Kurt Katch
Mailler
Nino Bellini
Turkish Secretary
Eumenio Blanco
Syrian Vendor
John Bleifer
Secretary
Walter Bonn
German Officer
Dick Botiller
Plane Announcer
Jack Chefe
Elevator Operator
Pedro de Cordoba
Baba - Old Turk
Jean De Briac
Levantine Porter
Charles De Ravenne
Bellboy
Jack Deery
Man at Train Station
Jean Del Val
Clerk
William Edmunds
Waiter with Information
Fernanda Eliscu
Turkish Wife on Train
Demetris Emanuel
Turkish Official
Hassan Ezzat
Turkish Conductor
Curt Furberg
Franz Von Papen
Steven Geray
Ludwig Rader