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Man in the Dark (1953)

TERROR STRIKES IN 3 DIMENSIONS - NEW...IMPROVED! - ...AS THE KILLER TAKES OVER THE CARNIVAL!

6.2(25)1h 10mApril 9, 1953

Lew Landers

Director

George Bricker, Tom Van Dycke, Henry Altimus

Writers

Rate

Diary

Overview

Many interested parties are after the loot from a factory payroll heist but the mobster who hid it has amnesia after undergoing experimental brain surgery in the prison hospital.

Cast

Edmond O'Brien

Steve Rawley

Audrey Totter

Peg Benedict

Ted de Corsia

Lefty

Horace McMahon

Arnie

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Nick Dennis

Cookie

Dayton Lummis

Dr. Marston

Dan Riss

Jawald

Paul Bryar

Freddie - Bartender (uncredited)

John Harmon

Herman (uncredited)

Howard Negley

Detective (uncredited)

Mickey Simpson

Flannigan (uncredited)

Carleton Young

Assistant Surgeon (uncredited)

Ted Stanhope

Post Office Clerk (uncredited)

Frank Fenton

Detective Driver (uncredited)

Fred Aldrich

Cop (uncredited)

Maudie Prickett

Nurse Receptionist (uncredited)

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Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: April 9, 1953
Production: Columbia Pictures
Country: United States of America

Keywords

amnesiaprisonerfilm noirlobotomybrain surgeryhidden loot

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