The Dark Past

1949

The Dark Past (1949)

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In the film remade from a play and a 1939 movie called Blind Alley, a convicted killer (William Holden) escapes from prison and is looking for a hideout. He finds the right cabin and holds hostage a psychiatrist (Lee J. Cobb) and his family who are vacationing there. The psychiatrist tries to use psychological strategies to convince the crook to let his family go.

Cast

William Holden
as Al Walker
Lee J. Cobb
as Dr. Andrew Collins
Nina Foch
as Betty
Adele Jergens
as Laura Stevens
Stephen Dunne
as Owen Talbot
Lois Maxwell
as Ruth Collins
Berry Kroeger
as Mike
Steven Geray
as Prof. Fred Linder
Wilton Graff
as Frank Stevens
Robert Osterloh
as Pete
Kathryn Card
as Nora
Robert Hyatt
as Bobby
Ellen Corby
as Agnes
Charles Cane
as Sheriff
Robert B. Williams
as Williams
Phil Tully
as Cop
Harry Harvey Jr.
as John Larrapoe
Edward Earle
as McCoy
Pat McGeehan
as Commentator
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Critic Reviews for The Dark Past

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... a minor noir notable largely for Holden's uncharacteristically feral performance...

Oct 13, 2007 | Full Review…
Turner Classic Movies Online

Another of the era's barely tolerable advertisements for Freudian psychoanalysis.

May 16, 2006 | Rating: C | Full Review…
Lessons of Darkness

A stagy remake of the Chester Morris film "Blind Alley" (39).

Jan 1, 2000 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
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