Enemy in the dark

Movie
German title	Enemy in the dark
Original title	The Dark Corner
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1946
length	99 minutes
Rod
Director	Henry Hathaway
script	Jay Dratler Bernard C. Schoenfeld Leo Rosten
production	Fred Kohlmar
music	Cyril J. Mockridge
camera	Joseph MacDonald
cut	J. Watson Webb Jr.
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synchronization

The Dark Corner (Alternate title: The White Shadow ) is an American film directed by Henry Hathaway from the year 1946 . It belongs to the genre of gangster films and represents a typical film noir . It was produced by 20th Century Fox .

action

Bradford Galt begins a new life as a private investigator in New York City after serving a two-year prison sentence for negligent homicide . His attractive secretary Kathleen supports him. During a walk, they both notice that they are being followed by a man in a white suit, who is eventually caught and interrogated by Galt. He claims to be acting on behalf of a certain Anthony Jardine. Jardine was Galt's ex-partner and was partly responsible for Galt's prison sentence, which immediately sparked a certain anger in Galt. But not only he still has a bill with Jardine, but also the art dealer Hardy Cathcart, with whose young and pretty wife Jardine has a relationship. Cathcart, who found out some time ago, has Jardine killed by the hit man Stauffer - the man in the white suit - who makes it look like Bradford Galt is the killer. Completely innocent, a race against time begins for the private detective, because he wants to find the real murderer before the police can arrest him as apparently guilty.

Galt and Kathleen find the trail of Stauffer, who has meanwhile been thrown to death out of the window of a skyscraper by his client Cathcart, so that the private detective's hot trail seems to end again here. However, a little girl had overheard a phone call from Stauffer and reveals the name of the art dealer Cathcart to Bradford Galt. Immediately, Galt and Kathleen set off for the art gallery. At the same time, Cathcart's wife arrives at the art gallery and learns from Galt of the death of her lover, whereupon she faints.

Cathcart threatens the private investigator with a pistol and wants to eliminate the last problem, but is finally shot from behind by his angry wife, who saves Galt's life.

background

Directed by Henry Hathaway , who created a classic film noir with Feind im Dunkel , which is named in a series with The Trail of the Falcon or Dead Sleeping . For Clifton Webb this was the second feature film after a role in Laura .

criticism

Lexicon of international film : "Hard 'film noir', whose soundtrack and sophisticated photography contribute to the oppressive atmosphere of an anonymous threat."

der-film-noir.de wrote: “After his semi-documentary spy drama 'House on 92nd Street (1945)', which clearly borrowed from the film noir style , Henry Hathaway's 'Feind im Dunkel / The White Shadow' an exemplary film noir for the time of its creation . "

mordlust.de assessed: "Mediocre film noir with a few good dialogues and a smooth aesthetic that begins acceptable, but then loses itself in a well-constructed story."

Cast and dubbing

actor	role	Voice actor
Lucille Ball	Kathleen
Clifton Webb	Hardy Cathcart	Siegfried Schürenberg
William Bendix	Stauffer	Wolf Martini
Mark Stevens	Bradford Galt	Horst Niendorf
Kurt Kreuger	Anthony Jardine	Klaus Miedel
Cathy Downs	Mary Cathcart	Gisela Trowe
Reed Hadley	Lt. Frank Reeves	Wolfgang Lukschy
Constance Collier	Mrs. Kingsley
Eddie Heywood	Orchestra leader

Web links

• The Dark Corner in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Enemy in the Dark. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 30, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Enemy in the Dark / The White Shadow at der-film-noir.de, accessed on March 6, 2018.
3. ↑ The Dark Corner at mordlust.de, accessed on March 6, 2018.
4. ↑ Enemy in the Dark. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on March 6, 2018 .