Dark Passage (Keepcase)
by Delmer Daves
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Actor: Agnes Moorehead, Bruce Bennett, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Tom D'AndreaDirector: Delmer Daves
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Sidney Hickox
Writer: Delmer Daves
Editor: David Weisbart
Producer: Jack L. Warner
Producer: Jerry Wald
Writer: David Goodis
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-07-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Dark Passage (Keepcase)
Movie Review: Milder Bogart & Bacall Murder Mystery Film Noir!
Summary: 4 Stars
Post World War II murder mystery which is best known for its film experimentation that did not go over very well with the audiences of the day, Bogart plays an escaped convict, on the lam from San Quentin. A young woman heard he was on the loose from a radio broadcast and decided to go pick him up, but not before he slugs some guy who recognizes him (as he hitched a ride).... wow, just writing this review shows how intricate, yet such an easy story to follow.
The supporting cast really had depth and mystery attached: A cab driver who realizes who Vincent (Bogart) really is, hooks him up with a plastic surgeon, a now-disbarred doctor who performs plastic surgery on criminals as a sideline. The drug-induced delusions with the 5 lens view, maniacal laughter of the doctor is quite chilling.
Agnes Moorehead, more than what she seems, has it out with Vincent in a climatic, though a bit melodramatic confrontation with Vincent ....
The first person camera view did work to some degree in the beginning of the film but it's said that Jack Warner of Warner Bros. didn't like paying Bogart for only being seen in the last third of the film. Oops.
Not as intense as Big Sleep, moderate yet well-made, solid entertainment.
The DVD also had a Bugs Bunny cartoon (with Mel Blanc voice-overs) with Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart having cartoon images (several stars of the time as well). Trailer and some background info on Bogart's involvement with protesting the Committee of Unamerican Activities (anti-communist hysteria) gave a historical background to the film.
1940s San Francisco made a great backdrop, awesome photography.
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Summary of Dark Passage (Keepcase)
Bogey's on the lam and Bacall's at his side in Dark Passage, Delmer Daves' stylish film-noir thriller that's the third of four films Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall made together. Bogart is Vincent Parry, a prison escapee framed for murder who emerges from plastic surgery with a new face. Bacall is Irene Jansen, Vincent's lone ally. In a supporting role, Agnes Moorehead portrays Madge, a venomous harpy who finds pleasure in the unhappiness of others. The chemistry of the leads is undeniable, and they augment it here with exceptional tenderness. Exceptional, too, are the atmospheric San Francisco locations and the imaginative camera work that shows Vincent's point of view - but not his face - until the bandages are removed. Lest Irene get ideas, the post-surgery Vincent tells her: "Don't change yours. I like it just as it is." So do we. - 1947This gimmicky film noir stars Humphrey Bogart as an escaped criminal who undergoes plastic surgery and holes up at the home of Lauren Bacall's character while healing and preparing to prove his innocence. If you can last through the first half-hour of this thing--which is shot entirely from the subjective view of Bogart's bandaged face, which we don't see until later--you might find ample reason in the stars' performances to stick around for the conclusion. But director Delmer Daves (A Summer Place) tests a viewer's endurance with such an obvious, attention-getting ploy. The least of the Bogart-Bacall vehicles (The Big Sleep,To Have and Have Not, Key Largo). --Tom Keogh
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