Somewhere in the Night 1946 123movies

Watch: Somewhere in the Night 1946 123movies, Full Movie Online – During World War II, a soldier is hit by a grenade that deforms his face and leaves him with amnesia. Sometime later, he is recovered and learns that his name is George Taylor and he is discharged from the Army. He finds a letter written by a man named Larry Cravat who would be his pal and he goes to Los Angeles to seek out Larry Cravat to find his identity. He goes to a bank, a hotel, a Turkish bath, and a night-club following leads. He is beaten up by Hubert, the henchman of Anzelmo who dumps him at the front door of the singer Christy Smith who works in a night-club. George tells his story to her and Christy decides to help him. She calls her boss and friend Mel Phillips who schedules a lunch with his friend Police Lt. Donald Kendall and Christy. They learn that Larry Cravat was a private investigator who somehow received $2,000,000 three years ago in Germany from a Nazi who was immediately deceased. Then George receives a tip to go to the Terminal Dock where he meets Anzelmo who explains that Larry Cravat is wanted by the police for the murder of a man at the dock to keep the money. Larry has disappeared and Anzelmo believes George Taylo is the man who was with him and probably the killer. George’s further investigation finds that a man named Conroy was a witness to the crime, but he was hit and run by a truck and is interned at the Lambeth Sanatorium. When George meets Conroy, he realizes that the man was stabbed but he tells where he hid the suitcase with the money before dying. Now George is close to solving the mystery..
Plot: George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
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	7.1/10 Votes: 3,096
	89% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 44 Popularity: 5.916 | TMDB

Reviews:

I can’t play along like this anymore. I’m getting the jumps. Chasing shadows.
Somewhere in the Night is directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz who also co- adapts the screenplay with Howard Dimsdale from a story by Marvin Browsky. It stars John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte, Josephine Hutchinson and Fritz Kortner. Music is by David Buttolph and cinematography by Norbert Brodine.

George Taylor (Hodiak) returns from the war suffering from amnesia and trying to track down his identity by following a trail started by a mysterious man named Larry Cravat. Pretty soon George finds himself thrust into a murder mystery where nothing is ever as it seems.

The amnesia sufferer is not in short supply in film noir, neither is the returning from the war veteran, but Somewhere in the Night may just be one of the most under appreciated to use these central themes. Amongst film noir writers it has a very mixed reputation, yet the trajectory it follows is quintessential film noir stuff.

George Taylor (Hodiak assured and rightly playing it as low-key confusion) is very much at the mercy of others, thus he finds himself wandering blindly into a labyrinthine murder mystery. His journey will see him get a beating (no matter he is one tough boy), pulled from one suspicious location to the next and introduce him to dames, a stoic copper, a shifty fortune teller and a “too good to be true?” club owner. The screenplay is deliberately convoluted, making paying attention essential, and the script blends tongue in cheek nonchalance with spicy oral stings.

The locations Taylor visits are suitably atmospheric, even macabre at times, which allows Mankiewicz and Brodine (Boomerang/Kiss of Death) to open up some noir visuals. Dr. Oracles’s Crystal Ball parlour really kicks things off, fronted by Anzelmo (Kortner deliciously shady), it’s a room adorned by face masks on the walls and lit eerily by the glow of a crystal ball. Then there’s Lambeth Sanitorium, with low-lighted corridors, many doors that hide mentally troubled patients and the shadow inducing stairs. And finally the docks, with dark corners down by the lapping silver water, a solitary bar at the front, smoky and barely rising above dive status. These all form atmospheric backdrops to enhance the suspicion and confusion of the protagonist.

Nancy Guild (apparently pronounced as Guyled) didn’t have much of a career, and much of the criticism for the acting in the film landed at her door, but unfairly so. It’s true that she’s more friendly side-kick than sultry femme fatale, but she has a good delivery style that compliments the doubling up with Hodiak. She’s pretty as well, a sort of Bacall/Tierney cross that’s most appealing. Elsewhere Conte and Nolan offer up the expected enjoyable noirish performances while a host of noir icons flit in and out of the story, making it fun to see who will pop up next? There is undeniably daft coincidences and credulity stretching moments within the plotting, and in true Mankiewicz style the film is often very talky, but it’s never dull and quite often surprising, even having a trick up its sleeve in the finale. Great stuff. 8/10

This should have been a lot better…
The film begins with John Hodiak in a military hospital. It seems he’s had a horrific injury while serving in WWII. The wound is so bad that he has no recollection who he is–which is strange, as he hasn’t got a single scar throughout the film! This seemed sloppy–a couple nice big scars on his head would have been appropriate and made the film seem less contrived. This is exactly the sort of injury that happens in movies–not in real life. Armed only with a few tiny bits and pieces on him, he tracks down who he might be once he’s discharged.

It’s obvious early on that who Hodiak is and who is old ‘friends’ were is pretty bad–as the trail leads him to thugs and creeps galore. And, on top of that, people start making attempts on his life and beat the crap out of him! Now you’d think that in a situation like this, he’d either give up his search OR he’d get the police involved. After all, with no memory, he’s just blindly walking into one dangerous situation after another! Herein lies the problem–with him running about like a proverbial bull in a china chop, he should have been killed early on in the film. But because he ultimately is able to unravel the mystery, it all seems very contrived and totally unbelievable.

Despite a good cast and Joseph L. Mankiewicz co-writing and directing, it’s only a so-so film. There were a few decent story elements (such as the film noir look and some of the acting). However, you might expect more, as in the late 40s and early 50s, Mankiewicz was perhaps THE preeminent film maker–with such wonderful credits as “A Letter to Three Wives” and “All About Eve” to his credits. This film simply doesn’t show the Mankiewicz brilliance–plus this sort of idea has been done better (such as with Edmond O’Brien in “Man in the Dark”).

It’s odd. After looking at the reviews, I noticed that what people thought was all over the place–many hated it, many thought is was brilliant. I thought it was neither.

By the way, was it just me or was Richard Conte’s move to disarm the lady with the gun near the end of the film a bit hard to believe?!

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 50 min (110 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writer Howard Dimsdale, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Marvin Borowsky
Actors John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 3,025 m (11 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm