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The Dark Corner (1946)

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Secretary tries to help her boss, who is framed for a murder.

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  • Mark Stevens in The Dark Corner (1946)
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  • William Bendix and 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)
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14 December 2002 | harry-76
Neat Noir Thriller
"I feel all dead inside . . . backed up in a dark corner . . . and I don't know who's hitting me."

So Mark Stevens' Brad confesses to secretary-girlfriend Lucile Ball's Kathleen.

This particular dark corner has many angles, shadows and turns, as the two go sleuthing in search of an elusive villain--Clifton Webb's Hardy. Along the way Hardy's "hitman," Stauffer (William Bendix) gets the "ax," as the audience maintains rapt attention.

A nicely turned crime script by Jan Drather and Leo Rosten is given slick credibility by Director Henry Hathaway. The "Manhattan Melody" theme, used in so many New York drama films of the 40s, was first heard here. It was part of Cyril Mockridge's original score, so evocative of "big city pre-dawn street scenes" that it became a motif of dozens of similar efforts.

The film also showed what Ball could do in a straight dramatic role, and she proved quite capable of holding her own. Webb, forever "effete personified," offers a polished performance, while Bendix contrasts as the perfect "mug."

A "whodunit" worthy of a studio that produced loads of neat "forties thrillers": 20th Century Fox.

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Trivia

The skyscraper where Cathcart's dentist is located is referred to in this movie as the Grant Building. The building is actually the 59 story Solomon Tower located at 500 5th Ave. at 42nd St. across from the New York Public Library. This skyscraper was completed in 1931.

Quotes

Bradford Galt: 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.

Goofs

Early in film where Kathleen is seen looking out of the back window of the taxi, she is clearly wearing a ring on her left hand. In all other scenes, like when dancing at the nightclub with Bradford, she is not wearing any ring on the left hand. However, throughout the film, she consistently is wearing a ring on her right hand little finger.

Soundtracks

Lullaby,
Opus 49, No. 4 (uncredited)
Music by Johannes Brahms
Played on violin while Brad is walking to his apartment house.

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Plot Summary

Genres

Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Romance

Details

Release Date:

8 May 1946

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Third Avenue El, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$1,000,000

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