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Somewhere in the Night

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Somewhere in the Night (1946)

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Reviews Counted: 9 Fresh: 8  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 6.3/10
Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Synopsis:
Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz produced work within numerous filmic genres, yet always retained his personal touch, which he developed in order to explore and analyze the self-conscious characters he created. SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT is his film noir--although many of his movies exhibited a... [More]
Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz produced work within numerous filmic genres, yet always retained his personal touch, which he developed in order to explore and analyze the self-conscious characters he created. SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT is his film noir--although many of his movies exhibited a noir-ish tone--and unfolds in post-WWII L.A. George Taylor (John Hodiak, THE PEOPLE AGAINST O'HARA) is a soldier who returns from the war after a grenade left him alive but without his memory. All he has to go on is his name and a letter from an old girlfriend, informing him of how much she hates him. Taylor sets about attempting to locate his lost identity, finding a note informing him that his "friend" George Cravat has deposited $5,000 to his account. When Taylor goes to claim it, he triggers a stream of encounters with people who he has apparently double-crossed in some way, but enlists the aid of a sympathetic cabaret singer who knew his former girlfriend. The plot is full of twists that keep the suspense level at top notch, and the cast of B-actors all turn in fine performances, creating a classic, moody noir with dashes of comedy. John Ireland (LITTLE BIG HORN, THE BUSHWHACKERS) narrates. [Less]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 6, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Mono - English
  • Stereo - English
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish - optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - Eddie Muller - Film Historian
  • Bonus Trailers - Fox Noir Montage

Photo Gallery:

  • Photo Stills

Additional Product:

  • Press Booklet

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz's nervous nightmare (made in his first year of directing) isn't an all-hallowed member of the noir canon -- it's fairly slick, and Mankiewicz has little or no existentialist cred. But it sings the school's black-hearted lament.

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10/23/07 01:36 PM
Michael Atkinson
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An engrossing crime thriller.

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10/23/07 01:34 PM
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Out of this familiar premise, Mankiewicz has fashioned a classic film noir.

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06/24/06 04:29 AM
Tom Milne
Time Out
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As a straight piece of melodramatic staging, this Twentieth Century-Fox film is all right.

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01/28/06 03:26 AM
Bosley Crowther
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...an engaging noir...

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10/22/05 03:25 AM
David Nusair
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It's smashingly photographed in the classic styles of the genre.

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09/04/05 03:15 AM
Christopher Null
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A no name cast conjures up some atmospheric thrills under the direction of Mankiewicz.

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05/24/03 08:05 AM
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It's a decent picture, though the auteur touches (the visual stiffness, the tendency to drag scenes out long after the dramatic point has been made) are largely negative.

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04/25/03 08:06 AM
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A quintessential amnesiac story.

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04/24/03 08:20 PM
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