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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1947 DVD Release: 11/04/2003 Format: DVD - Black and White,Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 46 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 10 Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Film Noir, Romantic Mystery See Also: Dark Passage

Robert Montgomery's 1946 film Lady in the Lake attempted to tell the entire story with a "subjective camera": shooting the film from the point of view of the main character, with the camera acting as his "eyes". The first hour or so of Dark Passage does the same thing--and the results are far more successful than anything seen in Montgomery's film. Humphrey Bogart heads the cast as an escaped convict, wrongly accused of his wife's murder. After being forced to beat up a man (Clifton Young) from whom he's hitched a ride, Bogart hides out in the apartment of Lauren Bacall, while recovering from plastic surgery, and tries to set about locating the actual murderer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Humphrey Bogart - Vincent Parry
Lauren Bacall - Irene Jansen
Bruce Bennett - Bob
Agnes Moorehead - Madge Rapf
Tom D'Andrea - Sam, Taxi Driver

This moody drama, which features the always-exciting pairing of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, gets a straightforward presentation for its release on DVD. Dark Passage has been transferred to disc in its original full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono. The dialogue is in English, and the disc includes optional subtitles in English, Spanish, and French. No bonus materials have been included for this edition. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide