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The Dark Corner (1946) on 8 may 1946
, 1h35Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix, Mark Stevens, Kurt Kreuger, Chief Tahachee
Rating70%
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt (Mark Stevens) suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his secretary Kathleen (Lucille Ball), he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers. Galt turns the tables on the man following him (William Bendix), who claims to be a private eye named Foss, hired by Galt's sworn enemy, a corrupt lawyer named Tony Jardine. In the meantime, Jardine has begun having an affair with the much-younger wife of Hardy Cathcart (Clifton Webb), a wealthy art-gallery owner. It appears that Jardine is setting up Galt to take another fall. But it turns out Foss is not a private eye but a thug named Stauffer, secretly working for Cathcart. He ambushes Galt, knocking him out with ether, then murders Jardine and places a bloody poker in Galt's hand. Kathleen has fallen in love with Galt, so she aids him in covering up the crime and in trying to find out who's behind it. Cathcart, rather than pay off Stauffer, pushes him through a window to his death. It appears Cathcart has thought of everything, but just as he is about to eliminate Galt at the art gallery, someone else arrives to ruin Cathcart's diabolical plan.
A Night in Casablanca (1946) on 10 may 1946
, 1h25Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Charles Drake, Sig Ruman, Dan Seymour
Rating68%
Set in Casablanca shortly after World War II, escaped Nazi war criminal Heinrich Stubel (Sig Ruman) has steadily murdered three different managers of the Hotel Casablanca. Disguised as a Count Pfferman, Stubel's goal is to reclaim the stolen art treasures that he has hidden in the hotel. However, the only way he can do this undetected is by murdering the hotel's managers and running the hotel himself.
Bedlam (1946) on 10 may 1946
, 1h19Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, Billy House, Richard Fraser, Ian Wolfe, Glen Vernon
Rating67%
Set in 1761 in London, the film focuses on events at St. Mary's of Bethlehem Asylum, a fictionalized version of Bethlem Royal Hospital, also known as "Bedlam." After an acquaintance of aristocrat Lord Mortimer dies in an attempt to escape from the asylum, apothecary general Master George Sims (played by Karloff, a fictionalized version of an infamous head physician at Bethlem, John Monro) appeases Mortimer by having his "loonies" put on a show for him. Mortified by the treatment of the patients, Mortimer's protégé Nell Bowen (Lee) seeks the help of Whig politician John Wilkes to reform the asylum. Mortimer and Sims conspire to commit Nell to the asylum, where her initial fears of the fellow inmates do not sway her sympathetic commitment to improving their conditions. Frustrated by Nell's progress with the inmates, Sims threatens her with his strongest "cure" but his attempt is thwarted by the very inmates that Nell helped. Ultimately, Sims is literally "deposed" and Nell is rescued by her Quaker friend who had counselled her through the whole process.
Her Kind of Man (1946) on 11 may 1946
, 1h20Directed by Frederick de Cordova
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dane Clark, Janis Paige, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, George Tobias, Howard Smith
Rating60%
A nightclub singer (Janis Paige) is caught between a big-time gangster (Zachary Scott) and a tough Broadway columnist (Dane Clark).
Facing Your Danger (1946) on 11 may 1946
, 10minutesOrigin USA
Genres Documentary, Adventure
Actors Knox Manning
Rating62%
Rendezvous 24 (1946) on 6 may 1946
, 1h10Directed by James Tinling
Origin USA
Actors William Gargan, Herman Bing, Kurt Katch
Rating65%
In Dutch (1946) on 10 may 1946
, 7minutesDirected by Charles August Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Pinto Colvig
Rating63%
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