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Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Dark Passage |
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A man in prison for killing his wife escapes.
A woman who believes he's innocent happened to be in the area helps him escape and hides him out in her apartment.
A cab driver recognizes the man and takes him to a plastic surgeon.
After the surgery, the man plans to stay with his friend, but he finds his friend murdered. The murder is blamed on him.
He stays with the woman who helped him get away.
A small time crook tries to blackmail the man, but he turns the tables on the crook. Before killing the crook, he gets some information and learns that his wife's killer is a woman who was in love with him. He confronts her and she admits it, but before he can tell the cops she fall out of a window and dies, which is also blamed on him.
He flees to South America to live the rest of his life.
The woman who believed in him and fell in love with him eventually joins him.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Dark Passage |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminals on the run
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- San Francisco
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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