Dark Passage
United States
1947
106 Min
Black and White
1.37:1
English
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Bogart plays a man convicted of murdering his wife who escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence. Bogart finds that his features are too well known, and is forced to seek some illicit backroom plastic surgery. The entire pre-knife part of the film is shot from a Bogart’s-eye-view, with us seeing the fugitive for the first time as he starts to recuperate from the operation in the apartment of a sympathetic young artist (played by Bacall) for whom he soon finds affection. But what he’s really after is revenge. —IMDb
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Karthik
17May12
Underrated gem! Yes parts of the film are rather ineptly shot, edited; the subjective camera good at first, OK after. But what really stands out is the way 'ordinary' life (bandaged Bogie hailed by morning workers, the streetcar getaway, the cop in the diner) is filled with a vague menace, how each normal encounter reveals the uncanny. These scenes Ill watch endlessly. Renews my faith in surrealistic technique!
Ingrid Bergman
3Mar12
Not one of my favourite Bogart movies by any means but definitely worth watching for the interesting storyline and great acting. Bogart and Bacall are always a dynamic duo.
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By Sudarshan R. on October 23, 2009
It’s shot in San Francisco, has a murder mystery at it’s centre and has a surreal dreamy quality. Delmer Daves got there before Hitchcock in 1947 with this visually ebullient story of a man in search… read review
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