SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT (1946) ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Joseph L.Mankiewicz
John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan,
Richard Conte, Fritz Kortner, Margo Woods,
Josephine Hutchinson, Lou Nova, Sheldon Leonard,
Whit Bissell, Houseley Stevenson, Harry Morgan
A returning war vet with total amnesia goes to Los Angeles, hoping to piece together who he is, but afraid of what he'll find out. He's got an address (a hotel) and a name, George Taylor, that he's not sure is even his. And there's a note from a "pal" named Larry Cravat, who's left him $5,000 in a bank account. But who's Larry Cravat? A nice, twisty noir mystery with a protagonist who may or may not be a murderer, he just doesn't know. Whit Bissell plays a bartender, Harry Morgan plays a bathhouse attendant, Lloyd Nolan plays a loquacious homicide cop, and a rogues' gallery of less familiar faces round out the supporting cast. It's been suggested that downing a shot every time somebody in the movie says "Larry Cravat" might not be a good idea.
