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• Blind Alley

  • Bruce Reber
  • 8/16/11

  I saw "Blind Alley" (1939) on TCM as part of the Summer Under The Stars tribute to Ann Dvorak Tuesday 8/9/11, and I soon realized that it was remade as "The Dark Past" in 1948 with William Holden, Lee J. Cobb and Nina Foch. Both are very good, but I give the edge to "The Dark Past" because I think the performances of Holden and Cobb are a bit better than those of Chester Morris and Ralph Bellamy in "Blind Alley".

• Good and disturbing. ****

  • chris
  • 8/10/11

  This is my first Morris film and I was impressed. I like Bellamy better in comedy but he's good here, too. Dvorak is limited but does a fine job.

• The Dark Past!

  • Steve
  • 7/13/09

  This film was remade in 1949, The Dark Past, with William Holden & Lee J. Cobb playing the Chester Morris and Ralph Bellamy roles, respectively.

• Blind Alley

  • Mike
  • 3/28/08

  A rare appearance by Dvorak in her prime.

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