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Bookmark this pageSo Dark the Night (1946)
Director: Joseph H Lewis
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From Time Out Film Guide
This is what Joseph H Lewis is all about. The script is a perfunctory and frequently silly murder mystery, with an ending that's equal parts cod-Freud and O Henry. Furthermore, it is set in a ludicrous evocation of France, most embarrassing in the opening scenes in Paris, but still irritating when the plot takes the police inspector hero (Geray) into the country to romance with an innkeeper's daughter (Cheirel) who yearns for the Big City. However, none of this matters. The film is directed like a million bucks. Visually, it compares with The Big Combo as one of Lewis' purest noir achievements; beyond that, it has more cinematic ideas and effects per square foot of screen than any number of contemporary A features. In other words, it's a 'typical' Lewis movie: low on thinks, but with enough style to send lovers of cinema reeling.Author: TR
User reviews of this film
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Posted on Jul 15 2010 02:38
the plot is so dopey i wouldn't bother to waste time on this movie. despite all the plaudits about camera angles and unprecedented stuff.
noir, schnoir. this one's just dumb. - Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: Joseph H Lewis
Producer: Ted Richmond
Cast: Steven Geray, Micheline Cheirel, Eugene Borden, Ann Codee, Egon Brecher, Helen Freeman full cast
Genre(s): Film Noir
Duration: 70 mins
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