The Dark Past1949
The Dark Past (1949)
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Movie Info
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
as Al Walker
Lee J. Cobb
as Dr. Andrew Collins
as Dr. Andrew Collins
Nina Foch
as Betty
as Betty
Adele Jergens
as Laura Stevens
as Laura Stevens
Stephen Dunne
as Owen Talbot
as Owen Talbot
Lois Maxwell
as Ruth Collins
as Ruth Collins
Berry Kroeger
as Mike
as Mike
Steven Geray
as Prof. Fred Linder
as Prof. Fred Linder
Wilton Graff
as Frank Stevens
as Frank Stevens
Robert Osterloh
as Pete
as Pete
Kathryn Card
as Nora
as Nora
Robert Hyatt
as Bobby
as Bobby
Ellen Corby
as Agnes
as Agnes
Charles Cane
as Sheriff
as Sheriff
Robert B. Williams
as Williams
as Williams
Phil Tully
as Cop
as Cop
Harry Harvey Jr.
as John Larrapoe
as John Larrapoe
Edward Earle
as McCoy
as McCoy
Pat McGeehan
as Commentator
as Commentator
Critic Reviews for The Dark Past
All Critics (6) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (3)
... a minor noir notable largely for Holden's uncharacteristically feral performance...
October 13, 2007 | Full Review…
Another of the era's barely tolerable advertisements for Freudian psychoanalysis.
May 16, 2006 | Rating: C | Full Review…
A stagy remake of the Chester Morris film "Blind Alley" (39).
January 1, 2000 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
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