The Dark Corner
| The Dark Corner | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release lobby card | |
| Directed by | Henry Hathaway |
| Screenplay by | Bernard C. Schoenfeld Jay Dratler |
| Produced by | Fred Kohlmar |
| Starring | Lucille Ball Clifton Webb William Bendix Mark Stevens |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Edited by | J. Watson Webb Jr. |
| Music by | Cyril J. Mockridge Emil Newman (musical direction) |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date | April 9, 1946 |
Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1 million[1] |
The Dark Corner is a 1946 black-and-white film noir directed by Henry Hathaway starring Lucille Ball, Mark Stevens and Clifton Webb.[2]
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 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.
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
- Ellen Corby as Maid
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