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Somewhere in the Night

Somewhere in his mind!

1946 · 1h 50m · Approved Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Overview

George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a three year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.

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All reviews
89%
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Fresh

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's nervous nightmare (made in his first year of directing) isn't an all-hallowed member of the noir canon -- it's fairly slick, and Mankiewicz has little or no existentialist cred. But it sings the school's black-hearted lament.

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Fresh

Out of this familiar premise, Mankiewicz has fashioned a classic film noir.

Tom Milne, Time Out
Fresh

As a straight piece of melodramatic staging, this Twentieth Century-Fox film is all right.

Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten

It's a decent picture, though the auteur touches (the visual stiffness, the tendency to drag scenes out long after the dramatic point has been made) are largely negative.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

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