Somewhere in the Night

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Somewhere in the Night

1946,

1h 48m,

Crime/

Drama

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86%

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500+ Ratings

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7 Reviews

62%

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500+ Ratings

After a World War II injury, George Taylor's (John Hodiak) memory of his life is fuzzy, to say the least. In an effort to reverse his amnesia, he tracks down alleged murderer and thief Larry Garter, from whom he received a letter. Along the way, he meets lounge singer Christy Smith (Nancy Guild) and police inspector Donald Kendall (Lloyd Nolan). They aid him in the search for Garter and his stolen loot, but all find themselves mired in a much bigger mystery than they anticipated.

Michael Atkinson

Village Voice

Oct 23, 2007

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's nervous nightmare (made in his first year of directing) isn't an all-hallowed member of the noir canon -- it's fairly slick, and Mankiewicz has little or no existentialist cred. But it sings the school's black-hearted lament.

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Tom Milne

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

Out of this familiar premise, Mankiewicz has fashioned a classic film noir.

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

Jan 28, 2006

3/5

As a straight piece of melodramatic staging, this Twentieth Century-Fox film is all right.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Oct 22, 2005

2.5/4

...an engaging noir...

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Sep 4, 2005

3/5

It's smashingly photographed in the classic styles of the genre.

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Abraham S

Apr 5, 2018

One of the better early noirs, with John Hodiak playing an amnesiac World War II vet who doesn't reveal his condition after finding a note that suggests that he wasn't such a nice guy. So, he struggles to piece together the puzzle of his life, starting with his last known address in Los Angeles. A few clues lead him to a bank where a mysterious "Larry Cravat" has deposited $5000 into an account for him. Although Hodiak (playing "George Taylor") flees when the bank staff become too curious, this event starts him on a search for Larry Cravat that takes up the rest of the film. Along the way, he gets himself into trouble for being too nosey, gets help from a local club owner (Richard Conte) who knows a friendly police detective (Lloyd Nolan) and falls in with a torch singer from the club (Nancy Guild). Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (in only his second outing) manages to visit many of the noir settings (mental hospital, wharf at night, fortune teller's, Turkish bath, nightclub) and keeps the audience as confused as Taylor, with an assortment of interested parties (femme fatale/tramp, thug/mobster, infirm eyewitness) also pursuing Cravat (and/or the MacGuffin). Although things wrap up rather conventionally, there is enough real desperation and dread here to sink your teeth into (even if Hodiak underplays everything). Recommended.

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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John Hodiak

George W. Taylor

Nancy Guild

Christy Smith

Lloyd Nolan

Police Lt. Donald Kendall

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Synopsis

After a World War II injury, George Taylor's (John Hodiak) memory of his life is fuzzy, to say the least. In an effort to reverse his amnesia, he tracks down alleged murderer and thief Larry Garter, from whom he received a letter. Along the way, he meets lounge singer Christy Smith (Nancy Guild) and police inspector Donald Kendall (Lloyd Nolan). They aid him in the search for Garter and his stolen loot, but all find themselves mired in a much bigger mystery than they anticipated.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 30, 2017
Runtime: 1h 48m

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