The Dark Past (1948)

Directed by

Rudolph Maté

Genre

drama film, film noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A psychiatrist and his family are taken hostage in their remote home by an escaped convict. The doctor tries to understand the criminal's violent dreams and past trauma.

tenseclaustrophobicslow-burnunsettlingmelancholiccerebralbleaksuspenseful

What happens

The Dark Past is a 1948 American film noir psychological thriller film starring William Holden, Nina Foch, and Lee J. Cobb. Directed by Rudolph Maté, the Columbia Pictures release is a remake of Blind Alley (1939), also released by Columbia, and based on a play by American dramatist James Warwick. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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