L'Impasse tragique
The Dark Corner
Release: 1946-04-09
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 6.5
Crime
Drame
Bradford Galt est un détective privé flirtant avec sa fidèle secrétaire Kathleen. Un jour, il est pris en filature par un homme au complet blanc peu discret. Galt intercepte l’homme et lui fait avouer le nom de son commanditaire qui n’est autre que Tony Jardine, un ancien associé ayant trahi Galt dans le passé. Jardine est un avocat véreux qui extorque de l’argent à des femmes fortunées. Il fréquente notamment la belle Mari, femme de son ami Hardy Cathcart, le raffiné propriétaire d’une galerie d’art. Lorsque Galt s’en va à la rencontre de Jardine pour avoir des explications sur sa filature, il ne se doute pas qu’il est en fait l’objet d’une sombre machination. Heureusement pour lui, sa secrétaire veille à ce rien ne lui arrive…
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Hope Landin
as Woman Scrubbing Floor (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Policeman on Street (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
as Mr. Bryson (uncredited)
John Russell
as Policeman at Tony's Apartment (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer
as Deli Customer (uncredited)
John Kelly
as Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
Mark Stevens
as Bradford Galt
Clifton Webb
as Hardy Cathcart
Isabel Randolph
as Mrs. Reynolds (uncredited)
Charles Tannen
as Second Cab Driver (uncredited)
Alice Fleming
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Reed Hadley
as Lt. Frank Reeves
Ralph Dunn
as Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
Eloise Hardt
as Miss Dennis, Saleswoman (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Matt McHugh
as Milkman (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
as Client Wife (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
as The Real Fred Foss (uncredited)
Pietro Sosso
as Old Man (uncredited)
Charles Cane
as Policeman at Tony's Apartment (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
as Bartender (uncredited)
Molly Lamont
as Lucy Wilding (uncredited)
Donald MacBride
as Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
as First Cab Driver (uncredited)
Lucille Ball
as Kathleen Stewart
William Bendix
as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
Kurt Kreuger
as Anthony Jardine
Cathy Downs
as Mari Cathcart
Ellen Corby
as Maid (uncredited)
John Elliott
as Laundry Proprietor (uncredited)
Regina Wallace
as Mrs. Bryson (uncredited)
Constance Collier
as Mrs. Kingsley