The Dark Past
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| The Dark Past | |
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| Directed by | Rudolph Maté |
| Produced by | Buddy Adler |
| Starring | William Holden Nina Foch Lee J. Cobb |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 22, 1948 New York City, New York |
| Running time | 75 min |
| Language | English |
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The Dark Past is a 1948 psychological thriller film starring William Holden. The film is a remake of Blind Alley (1939).
[edit] Plot
A psychoanalyst and his young family and some friends are taken hostage by a gang led by an escaped killer Al Walker. The doctor gets the killer to talk to him in an attempt to find out the killer's unconscious motivation for his evil ways.
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He relates a dramatic dream he's been having since childhood. Eventually, his crimes are traced back to his childhood and lack of parental guidance, and by the end of the night the doctor has calmed the killer's murderous rage and prevents any more killings.
[edit] Featured cast
| Actor | Role |
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| William Holden | Al Walker |
| Nina Foch | Betty |
| Lee J. Cobb | Dr. Andrew Collins |
| Adele Jergens | Laura Stevens |
| Stephen Dunne | Owen Talbot |
| Lois Maxwell | Ruth Collins |
| Berry Kroeger | Mike |
| Steven Geray | Prof. Fred Linder |
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