The Dark Past (1948)
6/10
A great old cast
17 April 2008
Warning: Spoilers
In a tired old thriller. **minor spoilers ahead**

Lois Maxwell (Bond's Moneypenny)is lovely in this but very hard to take as the wife of Lee J Cobb, a psychiatrist. She looks like his daughter in it.

The plot has everyone trapped at the cottage with some deranged killers (played by William Holden and Nina Fochs) holding everyone hostage for no discernible reason.

An amusing bit is the servant, played by an hysterical Ellen Corby who takes off in an escape attempt and is never heard from again.

The quickie psychoanalysis is unintentionally funny also. The five minute therapy trick.

Tremendous curiosity value for us tried and true Forties Film Fanatics.

And did I say funny? A hoot.

6 out of 10.
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