Directed by
Henry Hathaway
USA 1946
Lucille Ball stars in this quality film noir. Cunningly plotted and ominously
atmospheric, a down-at-heel private eye finds himself accused of a murder he
didn't commit
Long before she found fame as the dizzy wannabe starlet in sitcom 'I Love Lucy',
Lucille Ball had a reputation for brightening up even the dullest studio-made
drama. The Dark Corner catches her just before she entered the big league
and the result is a highly accomplished thriller, undeservedly eclipsed by her
later achievements.
Here she plays the secretary to private investigator Bradford Galt (Stevens).
Having already done time for manslaughter, Galt's looking for a fresh start. But
before long he's being trailed by a mysterious white-suited thug (Bendix) and
sucked into a nightmarish frame-up while Kathleen (Ball) looks on helpless.
With its wheels-within-wheels plot it's a film that grows increasingly
compelling and Stevens and Ball generate some tension of their own, he with his
flirty little asides, she by tugging seductively at her nylons. A bluesy score
emphasizes the seedy vibe and though the film doesn't have the scope of, say,
The Maltese Falcon, it's still a deadly thriller laced with style and
pitch-black wit.
Excerpt from Channel 4 located HERE
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Theatrical Release: April 9th, 1946
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| Runtime | 1:39:09 | |
| Video | 1.33:1
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Release Information: Edition Details: • Commentary
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This image is fairly good although it does show occasional softness. Contrast is excellent. Audio is quite strong (this time I listened to the 2.0 track). Overall it is of the same quality as the other Fox Noirs (maybe a notch below) which is very gratifying to the genre's fans. I liked the film quite a bit but not on the same level as Kiss of Death (which I loved). This is still a must-own Noir DVD as far as I am concerned. |
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The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir by Foster Hirsch |
Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City by Nicholas Christopher |
Shades of Noir: A Reader by Joan Copjec |
The Art of Noir: The Posters and Graphics from the
Classic Era of Film Noir by Eddie Muller |
The Little Black and White Book of Film Noir:
Quotations from Films of the 40's and 50's by Peg Thompson, Saeko Usukawa |
Film Noir by Alain Silver |
Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era,
1940-1959 by Michael F. Keaney |
Detours and Lost Highways: A Map of Neo-Noir by Foster Hirsch |
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