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Somewhere in the Night

1946 · 110 min

A brooding, twisty amnesia noir that keeps you piecing together a fractured past alongside its haunted protagonist.

Tagline
Somewhere in his mind!
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • memory
  • crime
  • betrayal
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
mystery, thriller, crime
Directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Written by
Howard Dimsdale, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Starring
John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte, Josephine Hutchinson, Fritz Kortner, Margo Woode, Sheldon Leonard
Cinematography
Norbert Brodine
Runtime
110 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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