Movie
The Dark Corner
Overview
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.
Details
- Release date
- 1946-04-09
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mark Stevens as Bradford Galt
- Lucille Ball as Kathleen Stewart
- Clifton Webb as Hardy Cathcart
- William Bendix as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
- Kurt Kreuger as Anthony Jardine
- Cathy Downs as Mari Cathcart
- Reed Hadley as Lt. Frank Reeves
- Constance Collier as Mrs. Kingsley
- Eddie Heywood as Self
- Colleen Alpaugh as Little Girl with Slide Whistle (uncredited)
- Charles Cane as Policeman at Tony's Apartment (uncredited)
- Ellen Corby as Maid (uncredited)
Crew
- Henry Hathaway - Director
- Bernard C. Schoenfeld - Screenplay
- Jay Dratler - Screenplay
- Leo Rosten - Story
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