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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Dark Corner |
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A private investigator who just got out of prison falls in love with his secretary (Lucille Ball) and finds out he's being "tailed." He thinks it's his former business partner who had him put in jail, but it's really the husband of the former business partner's lover who wants the man to kill the former partner for revenge. The husband has the lover killed and makes it look like the main character did it, and the investigator and his secretary have to find out who really did it and prove it to the police.
--Julie , Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Dark Corner |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Challenging
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 60%
Special suspect?
- investigator him/herself
Kind of mystery?
- hard boiled/private eye
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- private investigator
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- skinny (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- building
Style
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- mental battles
- hand to hand
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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