Review of The Dark Corner (1946) by Greg W — 10 Jan 2014
Standard noir about a twice framed private eye (Mark Stevens) with all the usual suspects: the muscle (William Bendix), the brains: (Clifton Webb) and the beauty (Cathy Downs). The difference here is the curve: Lucille Ball.
As secretary/love interest/eye candy to the gumshoe ... it almost seems as if her part were added on. Some trying-to-be-hardboiled-like-Dashiell-Hammett-would-write dialogue don't help none and often adds the unintended air of comic spoof of the genre, overcome in the closing third of the piece.
Watchable one time.
This review of The Dark Corner (1946) was written by Greg W on 10 Jan 2014.
The Dark Corner has generally received positive reviews.
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