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The Dark Corner is a 1946 black-and-white film, considered film noir.

Plot

Ex con turned Private investigator Bradford Galt (Mark Stevens) suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. Galt, with the assistance of his spunky secretary, Lucille Ball, dives deep into a deadly web of mystery in search of answers. A great example of a classic film noir and a rare dramatic role for Ball.

:"There goes my last lead. I feel all dead inside. I'm backed up in a dark corner, and I don't know who's hitting me." (Galt)

Galt is a noir victim accused of a crime he didn't commit. Like Dark Passage, The Wrong Man
, Ministry of Fear
, Edge of Doom
and Cry of the City
, characters are falsely accused and pursued by authorities, with their lives subjected to wild reversals and inversions. They are cornered, framed, setup as the patsy or fall guy and, while their existence is at their bleakest, must work their way out of the corner noir fate has boxed them into.

Memorable quotes

:"I can be framed easier than "Whistler's Mother". (Galt)

Cast

Lucille Ball
as Kathleen
Clifton Webb
as Hardy Cathcart
William Bendix
as Stauffer, alias Fred Foss
Mark Stevens
as Bradford Galt
Kurt Kreuger as Anthony Jardine
Cathy Downs
as Mari Cathcart
Reed Hadley as Lt Frank Reeves
Constance Collier
as Mrs. Kingsley
Eddie Heywood as Himself

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