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Title:Dark Passage


Date: 1947
Type: Thriller
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Delmer Daves
Producer: Jerry Wald

Comment
A man (Humphrey Bogart) escapes from prison with the intention of finding out who killed his wife as it is for her murder he is in prison. He is helped by an artist (Lauren Bacall) who is convinced he is innocent, but other people want him back in prison for their own reasons. The film is notable for the first part being filmed from Bogart's eye view so we do not see his face until after the bandages are removed following his plastic surgery. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall are good in the two lead roles and were husband and wife at the time. There is also good support from Agnes Moorehead as the scheming friend whose testimony was responsible for him being found guilty.

Actors

Humphrey BogartHumphrey Bogart
Lauren BacallLauren Bacall
Bruce BennettBruce Bennett
Agnes MooreheadAgnes Moorehead

Oscars

None

Dark Passage