Somewhere in the night (1946)
Somewhere in the night (1946)
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Crime/Film-Noir | Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: John Hodiak, Nancy Guild and Lloyd Nolan
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Crime/Film-Noir | Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: John Hodiak, Nancy Guild and Lloyd Nolan
George Taylor returns from the WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million. The trademark of any Joseph L. Mankiewicz film is screenplay. It is often sharp and crackling as in his award winning "A Letter To Three Wives" and "All About Eve". In this Mankiewicz's second directoral effort the seeds of his future successes are sown.
John Hodiak plays a wounded marine who wakes up in a hospital not knowing who he is, but finding among his possessions 2 letters, one from a woman telling him what a cad he is and another from a friend of his that will lead him down a path lined with several murders, 2 million dollars and a couple of good looking women.
While "Somewhere In The Night" sounds like any one of the many detective thrillers of the 40s, it is lifted from the routine is the script which has a distinct Mankiewicz ring to it
His touch is evident in several places, including meetings with a seedy fortune teller, superbly played by Fritz Kortner, an atypical cop played by Lloyd Nolan who doesn't understand why "movie cops" always "have their hats on", and a spinster played by Josephine Hutchinson who gives Hodiak a hope when she says she recognizes him.
You may or may not figure out the plot. It matters not. The film is an enjoyable one.
Somewhere in the night (1946)
Somewhere in the night (1946)
Somewhere in the night (1946)
