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The blind man can be an "excellent "victim in the thriller genre : see David Eady's "faces in the dark" (1960 )and Henry Hathaway's " 23 paces to baker Street "(1956): "blind corner " borrows the "in the dark,we are equal " from the latter (a trick which would be used again in "wait until dark" (1967)) That said ,the screenplay is not as exciting as the aforementioned movies : it drags on in the first part ,and the syrupy songs are filler .But it hits its stride in the second one,full of ...
A prisoner undergoes experimental brain surgery in order to get early parole. He released but has no memories. Things get dangerous when a group of thugs go after him in search of loot he hid before his amnesia.
I watched most of Man in the Dark without realising it was originally shot in 3D. At first I thought I was watching a lost Fritz Lang classic---extreme closeups, odd points of view, shattering glass---until I remembered the film had been directed by, ahem, Lew Landers.
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Man in the Dark could be the working title of many a film noir, a genre that routinely casts shadows (literal and figurative) over its characters. In this case, the title is something of a pun, as criminal Steve Rawley (stolid, sturdy noir regular Edmond O'Brien) volunteers to undergo experimental brain surgery to curb his criminal tendencies and emerges with his personality softened and his memory gone.
Premiering in New York City on April 8, 1953, ‘The Man in the Dark’ boasts the high distinction of having been the first 3-D motion picture produced and released by a major motion picture studio. Arch Oboler’s adventure film, ‘Bwana Devil’ (1952) was actually the very first 3-D feature film, and is notable for having sparked the initial, short-lived 3-D film craze of the 1950′s, but it…
In the Dark: Created by Corinne Kingsbury, Anna Fisher. With Perry Mattfeld, Casey Deidrick, Morgan Krantz, Keston John. Murphy is a hard-living, hard-drinking, disaffected twenty-something.
