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Somewhere in the Night

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6.7/10 • 71

1946-06-121h 50m

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Somewhere in his mind!

George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.

Directors
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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  1. John Hodiak

    John Hodiak

    George W. Taylor

  2. Nancy Guild

    Nancy Guild

    Christy Smith

  3. Lloyd Nolan

    Lloyd Nolan

    Police Lt. Donald Kendall

  4. Richard Conte

    Richard Conte

    Mel Phillips

  5. Josephine Hutchinson

    Josephine Hutchinson

    Elizabeth Conroy

  6. Fritz Kortner

    Fritz Kortner

    Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle

  7. Margo Woode

    Margo Woode

    Phyllis

  8. Sheldon Leonard

    Sheldon Leonard

    Sam

  9. Lou Nova

    Lou Nova

    Hubert

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May 22, 2023

7/10

"Taylor" (John Hodiak) returns from a war-torn Europe after WWII disfigured and suffering from memory loss. Gradually, as his amnesia starts to fade, he recalls the name of one man who might be able to help him get back on his feet so sets off to Los Angeles to find him. Pretty quickly he discovers that this isn't going to be an easy task - and it's only after he is beaten and dumped outside the door of "Christy" (Nancy Guild) that he regales his story and then she decides to get him introduced to police lieutenant "Kendall" (Lloyd Nolan). This is where the story starts to hot up. It seems his friend ("Cravat") was caught up in what appears to be some postwar Nazi money laundering/smuggling and it's a race against time to find the cash before it's gone along with a likely murderer. The largely B-list cast all work quite well here. Nobody is trying to outshine the other and so that allows the solid story to develop and play out properly. It's not just a routine crime drama, there are a few twists and the paucity of characters on screen allows for more of them to become a little more substantial as we progress through this intriguing investigation to quite an exciting denouement. It's maybe just ten minutes too long, it takes a while to build up steam - but still, if you like the genre, it's at the better end and worth a watch.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
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