Somewhere in the Night

Name: Somewhere in the Night
Released: 1946-06-12T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 6.7

Somewhere in his mind!

1946 • 110 min • ★ 6.7 (74) • Released

Crime Mystery Thriller

George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a three year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.

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Original title: Somewhere in the Night
Language: EN
Country: US
Budget: —
Revenue: $1,500,000

Reviews & Ratings 1

CinemaSerf

May 22, 2023 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

"Taylor" (John Hodiak) returns from a war-torn Europe after WWII disfigured and suffering from memory loss. Gradually, as his amnesia starts to fade, he recalls the name of one man who might be able to help him get back on his feet so sets off to Los Angeles to find him. Pretty quickly he discovers that this isn't going to be an easy task - and it's only after he is beaten and dumped outside the door of "Christy" (Nancy Guild) that he regales his story and then she decides to get him introduced to police lieutenant "Kendall" (Lloyd Nolan). This is where the story starts to hot up. It seems his friend ("Cravat") was caught up in what appears to be some postwar Nazi money laundering/smuggling and it's a race against time to find the cash before it's gone along with a likely murderer. The largely B-list cast all work quite well here. Nobody is trying to outshine the other and so that allows the solid story to develop and play out properly. It's not just a routine crime drama, there are a few twists and the paucity of characters on screen allows for more of them to become a little more substantial as we progress through this intriguing investigation to quite an exciting denouement. It's maybe just ten minutes too long, it takes a while to build up steam - but still, if you like the genre, it's at the better end and worth a watch.

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amnesia amnesiac cold case film noir gangster los angeles, california missing money murder case post world war ii quest for identity war veteran war veteran with amnesia

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