The Dark Corner

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The Dark Corner

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 Chief Tahachee
Music by	Cyril J. Mockridge
Cinematography	Joe MacDonald
Editing by	J. Watson Webb Jr.
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
Release date(s)	April 9, 1946 U.S. release
Running time	99 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

The Dark Corner is a 1946 black-and-white film, considered film noir.

1 Plot
2 Memorable quotes
3 Cast
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Plot

Ex con turned Private investigator Bradford Galt (Mark Stevens) suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. Galt, with the assistance of his spunky secretary, Lucille Ball, dives deep into a deadly web of mystery in search of answers. A great example of a classic film noir and a rare dramatic role for Ball.

"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)

Galt is a noir victim accused of a crime he didn't commit. Like Dark Passage, The Wrong Man, Ministry of Fear, Edge of Doom and Cry of the City, characters are falsely accused and pursued by authorities, with their lives subjected to wild reversals and inversions. They are cornered, framed, setup as the patsy or fall guy and, while their existence is at their bleakest, must work their way out of the corner noir fate has boxed them into.