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Man in the Dark (1953)

Man in the Dark poster
Directed by
Lew Landers
Genre
film noir
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A convicted criminal undergoes brain surgery to erase his past but he loses his memory. Now people from his former life are after him and he cannot remember who he is or why they want him.

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What happens

Man in the Dark is a 1953 film noir drama 3-D film directed by Lew Landers and starring Edmond O'Brien, Audrey Totter and Ted de Corsia. It is a remake of the 1936 Ralph Bellamy film The Man Who Lived Twice. It was the first Columbia Pictures film released in 3-D. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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