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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The third of four films teaming Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, this 1947 feature is a cinema classic. [20 Nov 2009, p.R21]
- 88LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenLarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenA mixture of hard-boiled intrigue and mental instability, this dark passage takes us from the film noirs of its time to the psychological thrillers that Alfred Hitchcock would make in the 1950s. Altogether, it’s a wild, harrowing journey.
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayDark Passage is usually ranked as the least of the four Bogart-Bacall collaborations, but it's a practically perfect little noir exercise, with Bogart as a prison escapee tracking his wife's killer.
- 80Time OutTime OutBrilliantly atmospheric San Francisco settings, memorably bizarre supporting performances, a superb use of subjective camera (much more effective than in Lady in the Lake) throughout the entire first third of the film.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliDark Passage is a must see for fans of Bogart/Bacall.
- An example of how star power can compensate plot, this is the least electric of the Bogart-Bacall pairings; luckily, there's Agnes Moorehead, the screen's best hornet, to intervene whenever the going gets too lackadasical.
- 63Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumAn odd, atmospheric 1947 thriller with a San Francisco setting, adapted by writer-director Delmer Daves from a David Goodis novel and starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
- 60The New York TimesBosley CrowtherThe New York TimesBosley CrowtherIndeed, it is in the bizarre contacts of Mr. Bogart with shady characters such as those played by these well-directed actors that Dark Passage achieves tension and drive. Perhaps he should be given more time with them.
- 50The New YorkerPauline KaelThe New YorkerPauline KaelThe pictures is an almost total drag, though Agnes Moorehead, as the villainess, has a sensational exit through plate-glass windows.