Dark Corner - 1946
Cats: Film Noir, Romance, New York|A private detective is being set up to take a murder rap. he is being framed and the only one who believes him and the only one he can trust is his secretary. This is the premise for Dark Corner, a nice little noir from 20th Century Fox. What is also nice about this picture is Lucille Ball. Lucy plays it straight, no Lucy Ricardo antics. She is just a single woman who happens to be falling in love with her boss, a boss who is in real trouble.
Private investigator Brad Galt (Mark Stevens) has moved to New York from San Fransisco where he was framed by his former partner Anthony Jardine (Kurt Kreuger) and unjustly spent two years as a guest of the state of California. He opens a new office in New York, where he works with his efficient, witty and very beautiful secretary Kathleen (Lucille Ball). After Kathleen recieves a visit at the office from a mysteroius man in a white suit, Galt invites Kathleen to dinner with him, were she spies the man in the white suit (William Bendix) on their tail. Confronted by Galt, the man in the white suit confesses that he too is a private detective named Fred Ross who was hired by Jardine. When a speeding car almost hits him on the street, Galt believes Jardine is behind it. Is Jardine acting alone or are there other dark corners to turn?
The director, Herny hathaway, was famous for wanting to shoot on location as much as possible. He got to do some for this picture but in 1947 he really got his wish with The Kiss Of Death which was almost entirely shot in New York. There are shades of Laura, (especially with Clifton Webb’s character and performance) and Mark Stevens does bear some resemblance to Dana Andrews (the tough guy investigator in turmoil) but it is still a picture to be seen.
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