The Dark Past

The Dark Past

Infobox Film | name =The Dark Past


caption =movie poster
director = Rudolph Maté
producer = Buddy Adler
writer =
starring =William Holden
Nina Foch
Lee J. Cobb
cinematography =
music =
editing =
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = December 22, 1948 (New York City)
runtime = 75 min
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0040270

"The Dark Past" (1948) is a psychological thriller film directed by Rudolph Maté, and starring William Holden, Nina Foch, and Lee J. Cobb. The film, released by Columbia Pictures is a remake of "Blind Alley" (1939), also released by Columbia, and based on a play by American playwright James Warwick.

Plot

A psychoanalyst and his young family and some friends are taken hostage by a gang led by an escaped killer Al Walker. The doctor gets the killer to talk to him in an attempt to find out the killer's unconscious motivation for his evil ways.

He relates a dramatic dream he's been having since childhood. Eventually, his crimes are traced back to his childhood and lack of parental guidance, and by the end of the night the doctor has calmed the killer's murderous rage and prevents any more killings.

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