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Dark Passage is a 1947 American mystery film noir directed by Delmer Daves. The screenplay was written by Daves and David Goodis. The cast includes Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Agnes Moorehead, and Bruce Bennett. Produced by Jerry Wald for Warner Bros. Entertainment, the film was shot in San Francisco. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix.
The narrative follows a man convicted of murdering his wife who escapes from prison and works with a woman to prove his innocence. The film has a runtime of 106 minutes and was composed by Franz Waxman. It was released on September 5, 1947. The production budget was 1,678,000, with revenue of 3,430,000. It is presented in black-and-white with an Academy ratio.
Critical reception includes a 7.5 rating on IMDb from 23,357 votes and a 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The Metascore is 68 out of 100. The film holds a 7.7/10 rating and a 90% score on other platforms. It has an average vote of 7.297 on TMDb. The film is rated Approved.
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7.3A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.
Cast
- Humphrey Bogart as Vincent Parry
- Lauren Bacall as Irene Jansen
- Bruce Bennett as Bob
- Agnes Moorehead as Madge Rapf
- Tom D'Andrea as Cabby (Sam)
- Clifton Young as Baker
Themes
- fire escape
- san francisco, california
- plastic surgery
- prison escape
- escaped convict
- film noir
- trolley
- crime wave
- 1940s
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
23,357 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
68/100
- Year
- 1947
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
- Rated
- Approved
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Delmer Daves
- Screenplay by
- Delmer Daves
- Based on
- Dark Passage , by David Goodis
- Produced by
- Jerry Wald
- Starring
- Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall Bruce Bennett Agnes Moorehead Tom D'Andrea
- Cinematography
- Sidney Hickox
- Edited by
- David Weisbart
- Music by
- Franz Waxman
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release dates
- September 5, 1947 ( 1947-09-05 ) (New York City) September 27, 1947 ( 1947-09-27 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 106 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1.6 million
- Box office
- $3.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Delmer Daves
- Screenwriter
- David Goodis
- Cast member
- John Arledge
- Composer
- Franz Waxman
- Producer
- Jerry Wald
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Sidney Hickox
- Narrative location
- San Francisco
- Filming location
- San Francisco
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 972428
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Bacall and Bogart Dark Passage.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dark Passage (film)
- publication date
- 1947-00-00
- film editor
- David Weisbart
- title
- Dark Passage
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 90%
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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Encyclopedic overview
Dark Passage is a 1947 American film noir by director Delmer Daves and starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The film is based on the 1946 novel of the same title by David Goodis. It was the third of four films real-life couple Bacall and Bogart made together.
The story follows protagonist Vincent Parry's attempt to hide from the law and clear his name of murder. The first portion of the film subjectively depicts the male lead's point of view, concealing Bogart's face until his character undergoes plastic surgery to change his appearance.
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