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Rating: 6.8/10 by 66 users

Somewhere in the Night (1946)

George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.

Directing:
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writing:
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • Marvin Borowsky
  • Howard Dimsdale
  • Lee Strasberg
Stars:
Release Date: Wed, Jun 12, 1946

Rating: 6.8/10 by 66 users

Alternative Title:
Ergens in de nacht - BE
Uma Aventura na Noite - BR
Quelque part dans la nuit - CA
Et sted i mørket - DK
Někde v noci - CZ
Takaa-ajettuna yössä - FI
Quelque part dans la nuit - FR
Kapou mes' ti nyhta - GR
Il bandito senza nome - IT
記憶の代償 - JP
Solo en la noche - MX
Ergens in het duister - NL
Et sted i natten - NO
Uma Aventura na Noite - PT
Undeva în noapte - RO
Где-то в ночи - SU
Solo en la noche - ES
Jagad i natten - SE
The Lonely Journey - US
Irgendwo in der Nacht - DE

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 50 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: amnesia, film noir, missing money, quest for identity
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John Hodiak
George W. Taylor
Nancy Guild
Christy Smith
Lloyd Nolan
Police Lt. Donald Kendall
Richard Conte
Mel Phillips
Josephine Hutchinson
Elizabeth Conroy
Fritz Kortner
Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle
Whit Bissell
John (uncredited)
John Russell
Marine Captain (uncredited)
John Kellogg
Hospital Medical Attendant
Richard Benedict
Marine Desk Sergeant
Jeff Corey
Bank Teller
Sam Flint
Bank Guard
Forbes Murray
Bank Executive
Harry Morgan
Bath Attendant
Charles Arnt
Little Man with Glasses (uncredited)
John Ireland
Thug (voice) (uncredited)

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"Taylor" (John Hodiak) returns from a war-torn Europe after WWII disfigured and suffering from memory loss. Gradually, as his amnesia starts to fade, he recalls the name of one man who might be able to help him get back on his feet so sets off to Los Angeles to find him. Pretty quickly he discovers that this isn't going to be an easy task - and it's only after he is beaten and dumped outside the door of "Christy" (Nancy Guild) that he regales his story and then she decides to get him introduced to police lieutenant "Kendall" (Lloyd Nolan). This is where the story starts to hot up. It seems his friend ("Cravat") was caught up in what appears to be some postwar Nazi money laundering/smuggling and it's a race against time to find the cash before it's gone along with a likely murderer. The largely B-list cast all work quite well here. Nobody is trying to outshine the other and so that allows the solid story to develop and play out properly. It's not just a routine crime drama, there are a few twists and the paucity of characters on screen allows for more of them to become a little more substantial as we progress through this intriguing investigation to quite an exciting denouement. It's maybe just ten minutes too long, it takes a while to build up steam - but still, if you like the genre, it's at the better end and worth a watch.


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