Dark City (1950)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

William Dieterle

Writers:

Ketti Frings (adaptation)
Larry Marcus (screenplay)

Release Date:

17 October 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Film-Noir | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.

Plot Keywords:

Decoy | Bookie | Brother | Revenge | Reunion

Cast

Charlton Heston	...	Danny Haley / Richard Branton
Lizabeth Scott	...	Fran Garland
Viveca Lindfors	...	Victoria Winant
Dean Jagger	...	Capt. Garvey
Don DeFore	...	Arthur Winant
Jack Webb	...	Augie
Ed Begley	...	Barney
Harry Morgan	...	Soldier (as Henry Morgan)
Walter Sande	...	Swede
Mark Keuning	...	Billy Winant
Mike Mazurki	...	Sidney Winant

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:A

Filming Locations:

Griffith Park Observatory, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Quotes:

Danny Haley: Playing cards with you two is like washing your feet with your socks on.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (1979) (TV)

Soundtrack:

I WISH I DIDN'T LOVE YOU SO

Not to be seen twice.

The movie was not bad, but at times it dragged to nowhere.