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Del R @RT42259407 Jun 17, 2025 Welcome Danger had many moments of fun and creative scenes and in its entirety is a wild comedy mixed in with playful romance, Unfortunately it also suffers from a tedious slog of about 15 minutes long in the middle of the picture and poor editing where odd dark screens which didn't transition well along with an errant 'CUT!" were left in the film. Despite these issues, the negatives cannot be allowed to outweigh the positives. The banter and action with Harold Lloyd and Barbara Kent are very funny. Lloyd pulls out all the stops in this picture when it comes to stunts, at times doing so much physically he looked like a star out of an action film. I found the physical work for Welcome Danger to be the single most impressive part and made me forget all about the earlier issues and left me amazed that one man could pull it all off. See more michael d @RT16138633 Dec 13, 2021 This was Harold Lloyd's first talkie. The premiere was two weeks prior to the 1929 stock market crash. See more eric b @GondolaBob Dec 15, 2016 "Welcome Danger" has the dated weaknesses of its time, with a creaky sound mix (most of the film has no musical score) and a barrage of Chinese stereotypes (opium, fireworks, laundries). Lloyd plays a botanist-turned-policeman hot on the trail of a Chinatown drug ring in San Francisco, but he's also keen to woo a sweet ingenue with a sick little brother. The film is grossly overlong, doesn't have enough laughs and milks some ideas to death. Fingerprints, for instance. And you've never seen so many people get conked on the head. (Why is always so easy to knock people unconscious in the movies?) Watch for a surprising moment in the final act when the score is finally prominent and strays into the famous theme of Alfred Hitchcock's TV show. See more Aug 5, 2016 Had fun while watching it. It's cute and funny. Not saying this is the best he ever made, but still does its job: entertainment. See more May 12, 2016 About 30 minutes too long, Harold Lloyd dips his toe into this experimental, choppy early sound movie. The final act is a lot of fun but the pace is often too slow and plodding. I'd love to see the silent version of this as I'm sure it would be a big improvement. Harold's character is not very sympathetic early on but becomes much more likeable as the movie continues. After barely putting a foot wrong in his previous movies, it's the fans and those who are just curious who will likely get the most out of this movie. See more Apr 20, 2011 Lloyd speaks! in this another of his danger films tries to woo the girl & bust up a drug ring. See more Read all reviews

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