So Dark the Night

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So Dark the Night is a 1946 black-and-white film directed by Joseph H. Lewis. The film, considered film noir, runs only 70 minutes. The film stars Steven Geray and Micheline Cheirel.

[edit] Plot

The story of a detective, Henri Cassin from Paris, who falls in love with an innkeeper's daughter Nanette while on a long overdue vacation. She's a country girl with a jealous boyfriend. Nonetheless, the cop becomes engaged to her. Then the girl vanishes the night of her engagement party and later shows up dead. Cassin believes that the obvious suspect is Leon, the old boyfriend, but soon he is also found killed.