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The Dark Corner

  • 19461946
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
4.5K
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Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens in The Dark Corner (1946)
Trailer for this noirish thriller
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  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Film-Noir
A secretary tries to help her boss who's been framed for murder.A secretary tries to help her boss who's been framed for murder.A secretary tries to help her boss who's been framed for murder.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
4.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Henry Hathaway
  • Writers
    • Jay Dratler(screenplay)
    • Bernard C. Schoenfeld(screenplay)
    • Leo Rosten(story)
  • Stars
    • Lucille Ball
    • Clifton Webb
    • William Bendix
Top credits
  • Director
    • Henry Hathaway
  • Writers
    • Jay Dratler(screenplay)
    • Bernard C. Schoenfeld(screenplay)
    • Leo Rosten(story)
  • Stars
    • Lucille Ball
    • Clifton Webb
    • William Bendix
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    • 100User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
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  • Videos1

    The Dark Corner
    Trailer 2:26
    The Dark Corner

    Photos22

    Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens in The Dark Corner (1946)
    William Bendix and Mark Stevens in The Dark Corner (1946)
    Mark Stevens in The Dark Corner (1946)
    Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens in The Dark Corner (1946)
    Constance Collier, Cathy Downs, Kurt Kreuger, Molly Lamont, and Clifton Webb in The Dark Corner (1946)
    Mark Stevens in The Dark Corner (1946)
    Mark Stevens in The Dark Corner (1946)
    Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens in The Dark Corner (1946)
    Mark Stevens in The Dark Corner (1946)
    Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens in The Dark Corner (1946)
    Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens in The Dark Corner (1946)
    Lucille Ball in The Dark Corner (1946)

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    Lucille Ball
    Lucille Ball
    • Kathleen Stewart
    Clifton Webb
    Clifton Webb
    • Hardy Cathcart
    William Bendix
    William Bendix
    • Stauffer aka Fred Foss
    Mark Stevens
    Mark Stevens
    • Bradford Galt
    Kurt Kreuger
    Kurt Kreuger
    • Anthony Jardine
    Cathy Downs
    Cathy Downs
    • Mari Cathcart
    Reed Hadley
    Reed Hadley
    • Police Lt. Frank Reeves
    Constance Collier
    Constance Collier
    • Mrs. Kingsley
    Eddie Heywood
    • Eddie Heywood - Orchestra Leader
    Colleen Alpaugh
    • Little Girl with Slide Whistle
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Cane
    • Policeman at Tony's Apartment
    • (uncredited)
    Ellen Corby
    Ellen Corby
    • Maid
    • (uncredited)
    Peter Cusanelli
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Dunn
    Ralph Dunn
    • Policeman in Galleries
    • (uncredited)
    John Elliott
    John Elliott
    • Laundry Proprietor
    • (uncredited)
    Mary Field
    Mary Field
    • Movie Theatre Cashier
    • (uncredited)
    Alice Fleming
    Alice Fleming
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    John Goldsworthy
    • Butler
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Henry Hathaway
    • Writers
      • Jay Dratler(screenplay)
      • Bernard C. Schoenfeld(screenplay)
      • Leo Rosten(story)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      In later years, Lucille Ball was vocal about hating the experience of shooting "The Dark Corner". The lion's share of her resentment was pointed at director Henry Hathaway, whose bullying reduced Ball to stuttering on set, at which point Hathaway accused her of being inebriated.
    • Goofs
      When private investigator Bradford Galt strong-arms Fred Foss to reveal his home phone number, Foss replies, "CHelsea 4-43510." In the Manhattan phone book for 1946, they only had the CHelsea 2 and CHelsea 3 exchanges. This may be an early version of the 555 prefix which is the convention for fictional phone numbers.
    • Quotes

      Kathleen: You should have William Powell for a secretary.

      Bradford Galt: William Powell... who's he?

      Kathleen: Don't ya ever go to the movies? He's a detective, in "The Thin Man."

    • Connections
      Referenced in Cry of the City (1948)
    • Soundtracks
      Give Me the Simple Life
      (uncredited)

      Music by Rube Bloom

      Played when Brad and Kathleen are looking at the nickelodeons

    User reviews100

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    Top review
    Improves on acquaintance
    Worth watching several times. Great b/w photography and the music is always playing on a radio or being plonked out by a child learning the piano--I mean the characters aren't followed around by an invisible orchestra. Love the office under the elevated railway. Some good lines too. As Galt's coffee cup falls from his trembling fingers he says something like 'I'm a tower of strength with nerves of steel!' xxxxxxxxx
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    • Sep 5, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 8, 1946 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Feind im Dunkel
    • Filming locations
      • Burden Mansion, 7 East 91st Street, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,000,000
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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