This film, *On Dangerous Ground*, directed by Nicholas Ray and featuring Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, and Ward Bond, is loosely based on Gerald Butler’s novel *Mad With Much Heart*. The cinematography comes from George E. Diskant, with a score provided by Bernard Herrmann & Paul Sawtell. The story follows Jim Wilson, a weary, lonely police officer portrayed by Ryan, who is sent to the rural north of Westham to assist wit…