After an accident, a New York man with amnesia finds out the ugly truth about his real identity and past by interacting with people who seem to know him well.After an accident, a New York man with amnesia finds out the ugly truth about his real identity and past by interacting with people who seem to know him well.After an accident, a New York man with amnesia finds out the ugly truth about his real identity and past by interacting with people who seem to know him well.
Kenneth Chryst
- Taxi Driver
- (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
- Taxi Driver
- (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
- Fireman
- (uncredited)
Ruth Gillette
- Blonde
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaOne of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Its initial television broadcasts took place in Chicago Tuesday 6 January 1959 on WBBM (Channel 2), followed by New York City Friday 30 January 1959 on WCBS (Channel 2); in Minneapolis it first aired 1 August 1959 on WTCN (Channel 11), in Detroit 22 September 1959 on WJBK (Channel 2), in Pittsburgh 7 October 1959 on KDKA (Channel 2), in Milwaukee 13 October 1959 on WITI (Channel 6), and in Omaha 19 November 1959 on KETV (Channel 7).
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Frank Thompson: You oughta have a good sock on the jaw.
Ruth Dillon: Go ahead - sock me. Danny, I'd go through anything for you but never lie to me.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Nightmare: The Life and Films of Cornell Woolrich (2022)
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A Solid Film Noir
This film begins with a man named "Frank Thompson" (Burgess Meredith) walking on the street and being hit on the head with some falling objects from a construction site. Although he isn't seriously hurt he suddenly realizes that he has no memory of why he was on that particular street. Neither does he know why his hat and cigarette case have the initials of "D.N." on them. In any case, he eventually goes home only to find that his wife "Virginia Thompson" (Louise Platt) hasn't lived there for several months-even though he supposedly left her there early that morning. When he does finally find her he discovers that he has been gone for about a year and then realizes that he suffers from amnesia and can't remember anything during that time. To make matters even worse, he soon discovers that men with guns are chasing him and he doesn't know why. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an interesting film noir which captured the time period rather well and had a decent twist at the very end. Admittedly, the plot was somewhat clichéd and the actors weren't exactly top-notch but it was still worth the time spent to watch it and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Average.
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- May 10, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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