Dark Passage (1947) | |
| Director(s) | Delmer Daves |
| Producer(s) | Jerry Wald, Jack L. Warner (executive) |
| Top Genres | Film Adaptation, Film Noir, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Revenge |
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Dark Passage (1947) was a Film Noir - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Delmer Daves and produced by Jack L. Warner and Jerry Wald.
SYNOPSIS
Bogart and Bacall headline a wild tale of an escapee from a San Quentin murder sentence who has his face surgically altered to allow him the freedom to find his wife's real killer. Now a man without a past, he meets a sultry stranger willing to put him up until his face heals and they can solve the mystery.
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Film Noir Review: Dark Passage (1947) Is Bogie & Bacall’s Unsung Classic
By Danilo Castro on May 29, 2019 From Classic Movie Hub Blog?It’s wonderful when guys like you lose out. Makes guys like me think maybe we got a chance in this world.? Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall remain one of the most famous couples in Hollywood history. Between the former?s gruff cynicism and the latter?s razor-sharp wit, they were an ideal ... Read full article
Prisioneiro do Passado / Dark Passage (1947)
By L? on Dec 5, 2016 From Critica RetroPrisioneiro do Passado / Dark Passage (1947) Bogie e Bacall, juntos novamente, na vida e nas telas. O belo e talentoso casal fez quatro filmes juntos, e o noir “Prisioneiro do Passado” ? o terceiro deles. N?o ? t?o rom?ntico e cheio de flertes quanto “Uma Aventura na Martini... Read full article
Warner Archive Blu-ray: Bogie and Bacall in Dark Passage (1947)
By KC on Jul 8, 2016 From Classic MoviesThe four film partnership between Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall worked because the growing affection they felt for each other off-screen translated so well to the characters they played. That love is most evident in Dark Passage (1947), which despite all its bitterness and hard edges is also an ... Read full article
THE 1947 BLOGATHON: DARK PASSAGE
By Crystal Kalyana on Jul 14, 2015 From In The Good Old Days Of Classic HollywoodThis is my first contribution for the 1947 blogathon, hosted by Speakeasy and Shadows And Satin. Check out the other entries being exhibited during the event?here! When discussing the decades?of cinema, 1939, has always been considered to be the greatest year for movies, and that is indeed correct,... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: DARK PASSAGE (1947)
By Jennifer Garlen on Jun 24, 2015 From Virtual ViragoDelmer Daves' Dark Passage (1947) is the third picture to pair Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, who had become Mr. and Mrs. Bogart in 1945, after their steamy introduction to one another and the world in To Have and Have Not (1944). Dark Passage is not as celebrated as that first film or The Big S... Read full article
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Quotes from Dark Passage
Vincent Parry: Well, don't let it give you any ideas.
Irene Jansen: What kind?
Vincent Parry: Don't change yours. I like it just as it is.
Irene Jansen: I thought I had a good life here... but your going away doesn't make it seem good anymore. I've sort of joined your team and... and I don't look forward to being without you.
Vincent Parry: When I leave here, you're off my team, and lucky to be. Nah, I've got the Indian sign on me. It seems I can't win.
Vincent Parry: [looking in a mirror after the bandages are taken off] Same eyes. Same nose. Same hair. Everthing else seems to be in a different place. I sure look older. That's all right, I'm not. If it's all right with me, it ought to be all right with you.
Irene Jansen: Can you shave?
Vincent Parry: The Doc said that I could.
Irene Jansen: Why don't you get dressed. I'll wait downstairs and sort of get a fresh impression.
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Facts about Dark Passage
The third of four films made by husband and wife Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
There is an 8x10 photo shown in the film of Humphrey Bogart's character before his face surgery. The actor's face in the photo is of character actor Frank Wilcox.
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