Two in the Dark
{{short description|1936 film by Benjamin Stoloff}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Two in the Dark
| image = File:Two in the Dark.jpg
| caption =
| director = Benjamin Stoloff
| producer = Zion Myers
| writer = Gelett Burgess
| based_on = Two O'Clock Courage by Gelett Burgess
| screenplay = {{ubl|Willis Goldbeck|Seton I. Miller}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Walter Abel|Margot Grahame|Wallace Ford|Gail Patrick|Alan Hale}}
| music = Alberto Colombo
| cinematography = Nicholas Musuraca
| editing = George Crone
| studio = RKO Pictures
| distributor = RKO Pictures
| released = {{film date|1936|01|10}}
| runtime = 74 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Two in the Dark is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Gail Patrick, and Alan Hale. The screenplay concerns an amnesiac suspected of murder.
In 1945, Stoloff produced a remake, Two O'Clock Courage, directed by Anthony Mann and starring Tom Conway and Ann Rutherford.
Plot
Wandering around in the darkness, an amnesiac has the feeling that he's murdered someone. He reads that a theatrical producer has been killed and he thinks that he's guilty. However, unemployed actress Marie Smith, whom he meets while wandering around the park, isn't convinced, so she helps him reconstruct the clues and find the killer.{{Cite web | url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/two-in-the-dark-v114814 |title = Two in the Dark (1936) - Ben Stoloff, Benjamin Stoloff | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related}}
Cast
- Walter Abel as Ford Adams
- Margot Grahame as Marie Smith
- Wallace Ford as Harry Hillyer
- Gail Patrick as Irene Lassiter
- Alan Hale as Police Inspector Florio
- Leslie Fenton as Stuart Eldredge
- Eric Blore as Edmund Fish
- Erin O'Brien-Moore as Olga Konar
- Erik Rhodes as Carlo Gheet
- J. Carrol Naish as Burt Mansfield
- Addison Randall as Duke Reed
- Ward Bond as Policeman in Park
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0028433|title=Two in the Dark}}
- {{TCMDb title|id=1186}}
{{Benjamin Stoloff}}
Category:American mystery drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Benjamin Stoloff
Category:1930s mystery drama films
Category:Films based on American novels
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language mystery drama films
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