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The Dark Corner (1946) was a Crime - Film Noir Film directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Fred Kohlmar.

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Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens find themselves in “The Dark Corner”

By Stephen Reginald on Oct 31, 2023 From Classic Movie Man

Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens find themselves in “The Dark Corner” The Dark Corner (1946) is an American film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix, and Mark Stevens. The screenplay was by Jay Dratler and Bernard Schoenfeld. The cine... Read full article


Classic Films in Focus: THE DARK CORNER (1946)

By Jennifer Garlen on Nov 4, 2022 From Virtual Virago

Henry Hathaway directed the very solid Fox noir, The Dark Corner (1946), which features genre standouts like Mark Stevens, William Bendix, and Clifton Webb, but most viewers will be drawn to the picture for Lucille Ball, an actress not normally known for noir roles but perfectly at home as the loyal... Read full article


Noir City 14: THE DARK CORNER and THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS

By Lara on Feb 7, 2016 From Backlots

The 14th annual Noir City festival, the spectacular tribute to film noir that has become a must-see San Francisco tradition, took place last week at the Castro Theatre. The festival is one?big noir extravaganza, with the theater packed to the gills every day and every night for ten days straight. It... Read full article


Noir City 14: THE DARK CORNER and THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS

By Lara on Feb 7, 2016 From Backlots

The 14th annual Noir City festival, the spectacular tribute to film noir that has become a must-see San Francisco tradition, took place last week at the Castro Theatre. The festival is one?big noir extravaganza, with the theater packed to the gills every day and every night for ten days straight. It... Read full article


Noir City 14: THE DARK CORNER and THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS

By Lara on Feb 7, 2016 From Backlots

The 14th annual Noir City festival, the spectacular tribute to film noir that has become a must-see San Francisco tradition, took place last week at the Castro Theatre. Normally, Noir City spans?several weekends throughout the month of January, but this year, the festival powers-that-be decided to h... Read full article


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Hardy Cathcart: [whispering] Tell him you need two hundred dollars to leave town.
Stauffer, alias Fred Foss: [on the phone to Galt] I need two yards, powder money.


Bradford Galt: I'm clean as a peeled egg. No debts, no angry husbands, no payoffs... nothin'.


Bradford Galt: The stain... The ink, baby, the ink. I smeared ink on his white suit up in my office.
Kathleen Stewart: What of it?
Bradford Galt: He'd have to have the suit cleaned, wouldn't he? The cleaners would have his address, wouldn't they?
Kathleen Stewart: Well, this is a pretty dirty town. Cleaning places grow on every street like mushrooms.
Bradford Galt: Yeah, but they don't do their own cleaning.


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This film with many acclaimed actors could be considered a Who's Who of 1950's TV. Included are Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy ),William Bendix (The Life of Riley),_Reed Hadley_ (Racket Squad and The Public Defender ),Mark Stevens (Big Town ) and Cathy Downs (Ann Howe of The Joe Palooka Story ).
When Kathleen is unsuccessful at following a suspicious character for her boss, she tells him he should have hired William Powell as a secretary instead. Powell played the detective in the Thin Man and Philo Vance movie series.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onNovember 10, 1947 with Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens reprising their film roles
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