The Dark Corner

The Dark Corner

Infobox_Film
name = The Dark Corner


imdb_id = 0038453
producer = Fred Kohlmar
director = Henry Hathaway
writer = Jay Dratler
Leo Rosten (story)
Bernard C. Schoenfeld
starring = Lucille Ball
Clifton Webb
William Bendix
Mark Stevens
music = Cyril J. Mockridge
cinematography = Joseph MacDonald
editing = J. Watson Webb Jr.
distributor = Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
released = April 9, 1946 U.S. release
runtime = 99 min.
language = English

"The Dark Corner" is a 1946 film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Lucille Ball and Clifton Webb.

Plot

Ex con turned Private investigator Bradford Galt (Mark Stevens) suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. Galt, with the assistance of his spunky secretary, Lucille Ball, dives deep into a mystery in search of answers. An example of a classic film noir and a rare dramatic role for Ball.

:"There goes my last lead. I feel all dead inside. I'm backed up in a dark corner, and I don't know who's hitting me." (Galt)

Galt is a noir victim accused of a crime he didn't commit. Like "Dark Passage", "The Wrong Man", "Ministry of Fear", "Edge of Doom" and "Cry of the City", characters are falsely accused and pursued by authorities, with their lives subjected to wild reversals and inversions. They are cornered, framed, setup as the patsy or fall guy and, while their existence is at their bleakest, must work their way out of the corner noir fate has boxed them into.

Memorable quotes

:"I can be framed easier than "Whistler's Mother"." (Galt)

Cast

* Lucille Ball as Kathleen
* Clifton Webb as Hardy Cathcart
* William Bendix as Stauffer, alias Fred Foss
* Mark Stevens as Bradford Galt
* Kurt Kreuger as Anthony Jardine
* Cathy Downs as Mari Cathcart
* Reed Hadley as Lt Frank Reeves
* Constance Collier as Mrs. Kingsley
* Eddie Heywood as Himself

References

* The Dark Side of the Screen Film Noir - by Foster Hirsch.

External links

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* [http://www.noiroftheweek.com/2008/08/dark-corner-1946.html Film Noir of the Week]


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