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| DARK PASSAGE (1947) | |
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Vincent Parry (Humphrey Bogart) is convicted and sentenced for murder and has now escaped the San Quentin prison. By coincidence Irene Jansen (Lauren Bacall) is in the near by hills painting landscape portraits when Vincent escapes and she decides to help him. Irene is one of the few who believed that Vincent was innocent of the murder of his wife, and this motivates her to help him. However, Vincent wants to discover who the murderer was on his own, but realizes that his face is nationally known as it has been on the front page of all the newspapers. Through the help of a taxi driver Vincent finds a plastic surgeon that gives him a new face that will help him on his quest for the truth. Dark Passage begins with interesting cinematography as it conceals Vincent's face until after the plastic surgery, which enhances the cinematic experience. But it does not save the awkward coincidental moments that drive the story forward and hurts the overall cinematic experience leaving the audience with a viewable, but gawky story. |
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