noir. Despite the violence and the steady intensity, a remarkably pure film." Music The film score was composed by Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975). His work is strongly evocative of his later, better-known score to Alfred Hitchcock's famed 1958 thriller North by Northwest. He also later reused a sequence that became the opening theme of the 1957 television series Have Gun Will Travel, as well as other fragments of incidental music later adapted for use in the TV show. Herrmann wanted to use an obscure baroque instrument, the viola d'amore, to symbolize Mary Malden's isolation and loneliness. The sound of the instrument can be heard much of the time she is on-screen. References External links On Dangerous Ground at DVD Beaver (includes images) (Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan) 1951 films 1951 crime drama films American crime drama films American black-and-white films Film noir Films about blind people Films based on British novels Films based on crime novels Films directed by Nicholas Ray Films scored by Bernard Herrmann Films shot in Colorado American police detective films RKO Pictures films Films directed by Ida Lupino 1950s English-language films 1950s American films Films about disability