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7.1/10
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A secretary tries to help her boss who's been framed for murder.A secretary tries to help her boss who's been framed for murder.A secretary tries to help her boss who's been framed for murder.
Colleen Alpaugh
- Little Girl with Slide Whistle
- (uncredited)
Charles Cane
- Policeman at Tony's Apartment
- (uncredited)
Ellen Corby
- Maid
- (uncredited)
Peter Cusanelli
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
- Policeman in Galleries
- (uncredited)
John Elliott
- Laundry Proprietor
- (uncredited)
Mary Field
- Movie Theatre Cashier
- (uncredited)
Alice Fleming
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
John Goldsworthy
- Butler
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn later years, Lucille Ball was vocal about hating the experience of shooting "The Dark Corner". The lion's share of her resentment was pointed at director Henry Hathaway, whose bullying reduced Ball to stuttering on set, at which point Hathaway accused her of being inebriated.
- GoofsWhen private investigator Bradford Galt strong-arms Fred Foss to reveal his home phone number, Foss replies, "CHelsea 4-43510." In the Manhattan phone book for 1946, they only had the CHelsea 2 and CHelsea 3 exchanges. This may be an early version of the 555 prefix which is the convention for fictional phone numbers.
- Quotes
Hardy Cathcart: How I detest the dawn. The grass always looks like it's been left out all night.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Cry of the City (1948)
- SoundtracksGive Me the Simple Life
(uncredited)
Music by Rube Bloom
Played when Brad and Kathleen are looking at the nickelodeons
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This is a perfect little film noir, it's everything a film noir is supposed to be. Lucille Ball is great (I echo the sentiments of the person who said she should have done more of this type of film.) She's not a femme fatale, she's a completely innocent heroine; perhaps a little unusual in film noir, but it works. The use of light and dark, some terrific camera angles, and a somewhat confusing plot make this a superb example of this genre. One wonders why this film is not better known; it should be.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Feind im Dunkel
- Filming locations
- Burden Mansion, 7 East 91st Street, New York City, New York, USA(The Cathcart Gallery)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,000,000
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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