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The Dark Corner (1946)

Crime | 99 minutes
3,41 76 votes

Genre: Crime / Filmnoir

Duration: 99 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Henry Hathaway

Stars: Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb and William Bendix

IMDb score: 7,1 (5.717)

Releasedate: 9 April 1946

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The Dark Corner plot

"Save your lipstick, girls, he plays for keeps."

When private investigator Bradford Galt is released after serving a prison term due to his former colleague Anthony Jardine, he finds that someone is following him and possibly trying to kill him. He suspects Jardine of this, but soon realizes that the matter is more complicated than he initially thought. A bright spot for him is his new secretary Kathleen, who tries to help him in every way.

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Kathleen Stewart

Hardy Cathcart

Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss

Bradford Galt

Anthony Jardine

Mari Cathcart

Lt. Frank Reeves

Little Girl with Slide Whistle (uncredited)

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Movsin

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For once in a film noir, the protagonist is not the tough, fearless hero, but is instead portrayed as insecure and afraid.

Fortunately, there is his energetic secretary who refuses to give up, and when you consider that this role is played by Lucille Ball (unforgettable as "Lucy" in the many TV episodes from that era), you know immediately that a plus point is added to the film.

I found it to be a run-of-the-mill film noir, with a solid structure, sufficient suspense, and certainly good acting (the "aristocratic" Clifton Webb is good as always, and William Bendix also fits his role well).

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Bobbejaantje

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A crime film set in the milieu of a New York art gallery, where money and what passes for love are jumbled together. Mark Stevens is excellent as the private dick in typical hardboiled style, although he is perhaps a tad more domestically inclined than Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade. Lucille Ball is extremely charming as his stylish secretary, with plenty of allusions to virtuous (stereotypical) talents regarding cooking and sleeping. Clifton Webb and William Bendix are fine as the wrong guys, each in their own way.

A solid script that is beautifully brought to life by Henry Hathaway and cinematographer Joe MacDonald, who have each built up an impressive oeuvre in film noir. Their combination here results in a masterful study of light and shadow for the entire duration of the film. You really couldn't ask for better from a film noir than this. Add to that the authentic (New York) locations, which Hathaway emphasized in the films I have already seen of his, and which certainly sets him apart from a large number of studio devotees. And last but not least, this film has a striking score; in fact, it makes use only of 'real' background sounds, such as an orchestra playing in the distance, or the girl with the flute... The absence of classical swelling violins and the integration of lifelike sounds contribute to the intense atmosphere that hangs over this film. A real gem, as far as I'm concerned.

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Roger Thornhill

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Intriguing crime drama starring Lucille Ball before she became Lucy, Williem Bendix as a tough guy, and Kurt Kreuger as a smooth-talking charmer hooking up with the desirable Cathy Downs, who is, however, married to—and this actor is, for me, the main draw of this film—the delightfully villainous Clifton Webb. A beautifully complex plot, but the central role in this film is unfortunately its weak point, because as far as I am concerned, Mark Stevens is an actor without any charisma, and on top of that, he has to yell very hysterically every five minutes that he is going to throw in the towel because he can't take it anymore, so that Lucy has to cheer him up again on the way to the next clue regarding who wants to frame him (after which she, as BASWAS so aptly puts it above, "manages to help the little guy from the depths into the marriage boat."). Nevertheless, it is more than worth watching due to Henry Hathaway's fast-paced direction, the nice dialogue ("I can be framed easier than Whistler's Mother!") and the strong acting of the rest of the cast.

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