US Release date: 6 November 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 30 September 1950
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Running time: 79 minutes
Director: Ted Tetzlaff
Cast: George Raft, Ella Raines & Pat O’Brien
Australian Distributor: RKO
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Lyceum theatre for two weeks from 1 September 1950 supported by It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog.
Suburban Release Type: Suburban St. Kilda Palais EX-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 82 | 242 |
| EF PPE | 1.52 | 329 |
| Metres Travelled | 553,555 | 49 |
| Average MT | 10,251 | 165 |
| Engagements | 54 | 34 |
| Slots | 58 | 111 |
| Weeks | 4 | 188 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 7.41% | 229 |
| Saturdays | 20 | 125 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 37.04% | 176 |
| Tuesdays | 30 | 23 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 55.56% | 68 |
| First billed | 0 | 263* |
| Second billed | 54 | 4 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 49 |
| Ratio | 90.74% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.62% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 1 |
| Ratio | 1.85% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -3.54% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 4 |
| Ratio | 7.41% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 5.17% |
| Hoyts eng | 33 |
| Ratio | 61.11% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -4.67% |
| Independent eng | 6 |
| Ratio | 11.11% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.39% |
| Suburban eng | 15 |
| Ratio | 27.78% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 5.06% |
Notes: Somewhat surprising that a George Raft crime thriller of this time could manage 54 engagements and not a single one of them as a first-biller. As a support act this one ranked fourth overall. Due to this designation and the fact that 30 of its bookings were on Tuesdays, the film was restricted to just 82 EF points.
A Dangerous Profession engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St. Kilda | Palais | Suburban | 30/9/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 7/10/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 7/10/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Francis |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 14/10/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 14/10/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Francis |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 14/10/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Francis |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 14/10/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 21/10/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 21/10/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 21/10/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 21/10/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 21/10/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 21/10/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 21/10/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 21/10/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Footscray | Trocadero | Hoyts | 21/10/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Francis |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 28/10/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Francis |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 28/10/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 28/10/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 28/10/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 28/10/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 28/10/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Francis |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 28/10/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 28/10/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 4/11/50 | 6 | S | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 4/11/50 | 6 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 4/11/50 | 6 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 11/11/50 | 7 | S | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 11/11/50 | 7 | W | 2 | Francis |
| Box Hill | Regent | Suburban | 18/11/50 | 8 | W | 2 | Nancy Goes to Rio |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 2/12/50 | 10 | T | 2 | Dancing in the Dark |
| West Preston | Rivoli | Independent | 24/2/51 | 22 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 28/4/51 | 31 | T | 2 | The Lady Takes a Sailor |
| Blackburn | Blackburn | Independent | 5/5/51 | 32 | S | 2 | Dear to My Heart |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 5/5/51 | 32 | T | 2 | Let’s Dance |
| Greensborough | Victory | Suburban | 23/6/51 | 39 | T | 2 | The Iroquois Trail |



