The Dark Corner
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| Directed by | Henry Hathaway |
| Produced by | Fred Kohlmar |
| Written by | Jay Dratler Leo Rosten (story) Bernard C. Schoenfeld |
| Starring | Lucille Ball Clifton Webb William Bendix Mark Stevens |
| Music by | Cyril J. Mockridge |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Editing by | J. Watson Webb Jr. |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. |
| Release date(s) | April 9, 1946 |
| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Dark Corner is a 1946 film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Lucille Ball, Mark Stevens and Clifton Webb.
Like most noir films, The Dark Corner was filmed in black-and-white and was considered a B-movie.
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[edit] Plot
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt (Mark Stevens) suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary Kathleen (Lucille Ball), he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.
Galt turns the tables on the man following him (William Bendix), who claims to be a private eye named Foss, hired by Galt's sworn enemy, a corrupt lawyer named Tony Jardine. In the meantime, Jardine has begun having an affair with the much-younger wife of Hardy Cathcart (Clifton Webb), a wealthy art-gallery owner.
It appears that Jardine is setting up Galt to take another fall. But it turns out Foss is not a private eye but a thug named Stauffer, secretly working for Cathcart. He ambushes Galt, knocking him out with ether, then murders Jardine and places a bloody poker in Galt's hand.
Kathleen has fallen in love with Galt, so she aids him in covering up the crime and in trying to find out who's behind it. Cathcart, rather than pay off Stauffer, pushes him through a window to his death.
It appears Cathcart has thought of everything, but just as he is about to eliminate Galt at the art gallery, someone else arrives to ruin Cathcart's diabolical plan.
[edit] 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
- Molly Lamont as Lucy Wilding (uncredited)
- Ellen Corby as Maid (uncredited)
[edit] Memorable quotes
- "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)
- "I can be framed easier than "Whistler's Mother". (Galt)
- "How I detest the dawn. The grass always looks like it's been left out all night." (Hardy Cathcart)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- The Dark Side of the Screen Film Noir - by Foster Hirsch.
[edit] External links
- Dark Corner at the Internet Movie Database
- The Dark Corner at the TCM Movie Database
- The Dark Corner at AllRovi
