Dark Passage (Snap Case) |  | Directors: Delmer Daves, Friz Freleng
Actors: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Dave Barry
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 68447
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 106 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5
MPN: 012569584228
ISBN: 0790783088
UPC: 012569584228
EAN: 9780790783086
ASIN: B0000B1OGG
Theatrical Release Date: September 27, 1947
Release Date: November 4, 2003
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Product Description
A man wrongfully accused of his wife's murder escapes from prison to find the real killer.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 4-NOV-2003
Media Type: DVD
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This gimmicky film noir stars Humphrey Bogart as an escaped criminal who undergoes plastic surgery and holes up at the home of Lauren Bacall's character while healing and preparing to prove his innocence. If you can last through the first half-hour of this thing--which is shot entirely from the subjective view of Bogart's bandaged face, which we don't see until later--you might find ample reason in the stars' performances to stick around for the conclusion. But director Delmer Daves (A Summer Place) tests a viewer's endurance with such an obvious, attention-getting ploy. The least of the Bogart-Bacall vehicles (The Big Sleep,To Have and Have Not, Key Largo). --Tom Keogh
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 just average January 24, 2010
Artist (California)
An average movie.
Great acting by Bogart and Bacall,
but their weakest film together.
 This FIlm Does Justice to Noir December 15, 2009
Timothy N. Stelly Sr. (Pittsburg, CA, USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Dark Passage features a lot of breaking of the fourth wall (person speaking directly into the camera), and for the first twenty minutes or so of the film, the anti-hero (Bogart) is not seen; only his voice is heard. Other than "Caged," this is one of Agnes Moorehead's meatier roles. This Howard Hawke film (adapted from a David Goodis novel) does justice to the noir era. (NOTE: Thanks to "L. Spancer" for pointing out errors in my previous review.)
One of the most bizarre movies of the 1940s. December 14, 2009
Miles D. Moore (Alexandria, VA USA)
I had always thought that "In a Lonely Place" was the strangest movie in Humphrey Bogart's filmography. After seeing Delmer Daves' "Dark Passage," however, I would have to say it's not only the most bizarre film in both Bogie's and Bacall's careers, but perhaps the weirdest film released by any major studio during the entire decade of the forties.
The film--based on a novel by David Goodis, whose work also inspired Truffaut's "Shoot the Piano Player"--concerns a man (Bogart), framed for his wife's murder, who escapes from San Quentin and roams San Francisco looking for anyone who can help him flee the country. At one point the man visits a disreputable plastic surgeon (Houseley Stevenson) to change his appearance. Throughout the film's first half, we never see the man's face; in the second half, he's Bogart. The only person he can trust is a beautiful stranger (Bacall) who helps him for reasons she keeps to herself.
In any case, "Dark Passage" is long on atmosphere and short on sense. The story takes bizarre leaps in logic, and most of the characters act as if they'd just escaped from an insane asylum. The film at times resembles a collaboration--minus the in-your-face raunchiness--between David Lynch and John Waters, both of whom could have taken inspiration from this (and probably did).
Possibly because we don't see Bogart on screen for such a long time, but only hear his voice, he and Bacall build up little chemistry in this film. By far the best performance comes from the wonderful, underrated Agnes Moorehead, in perhaps her only appearance as a femme fatale. Her scene with Bogart late in the film oozes a sexual tension that is totally missing from Bogart's scenes with Bacall. All the other supporting performances--particularly Stevenson as the doctor and Clifton Young as a weaselly blackmailer--can charitably be described as way over the top.
Do not go easy into that dark night. December 13, 2009
Joseph M. Kerska (Maui, HI USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of their best movies, if you disregard the difficult subjective viewpoint of the camera in the first part of the movie.
Different pace of film December 7, 2009
E. Minnich
Read the reviews that rate it 4 or 5 stars, you'll get more detail than I will provide. This was a first-time viewing for me, so I was partially intrigued, but not disappointed. I rated it 4 stars, not that it couldn't be 5, there just lacked a touch of logical progression for me. The Bogie/Bacall combo is there, more subdued than their other notable performances - To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Key Largo. In watching the special features, and learning some behind the scenes info, helped explain some of the "cheap" feel some segments had, for me anyway. Least enjoyable character was the grifter, he just lacked a bit for me. All of the others were solid, enjoyable to watch in action. One amusing point was Bogarts observation about how Warner would feel about paying him all that money, for what amount he was seen, too rich!
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