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Somewhere in the Night is a 1946 American film noir psychological thriller film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, written by Mankiewicz with Howard Dimsdale and Lee Strasberg based on a short story by Marvin Borowsky.
Somewhere in the Night: Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte. George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
Phillips suggests that a police friend, Lt. Donald Kendall, might be able to help George and arranges a meeting with him. Kendall reveals that Cravat was a private detective and, at the time of his disappearance, was in possession of $2,000,000 that had been smuggled out of Nazi Germany.
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million. During World War II, a soldier is hit by a grenade that deforms his face and leaves him with amnesia.
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million ...
Overview. George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Director, Screenplay.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s Somewhere in the Night stands as a paragon of film noir, co-written with Howard Dimsdale and featuring an adaptation by Lee Strasberg. The film constructs a narrative edifice as sturdy as bricks, compelling the audience to invest emotionally in the mystery of George Taylor’s identity.
