Somewhere in the Night

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Somewhere in the Night
cover of the 2005 DVD release
Directed by	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Produced by	Anderson Lawler
Starring	John Hodiak Nancy Guild Lloyd Nolan
Music by	David Buttolph
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date(s)	June 12, 1946 (U.S. release)
Running time	110 min
Language	English
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Somewhere in the Night is a psychological thriller, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and released in 1946. It was Mankiewicz's first film for 20th Century Fox, and his third film overall. It tells the tale of a man called George Taylor (John Hodiak), who returns home to the US from fighting in World War II. He is suffering from amnesia, and tries to track down his old identity, following a trail left behind by the mysterious Mr Larry Cravat. He ends up stumbling into a murder mystery involving Nazi loot. The complicated storyline is typical of film noir.

[edit] Cast

• John Hodiak as George W. Taylor
• Nancy Guild as Christy Smith
• Lloyd Nolan as Police Lt. Donald Kendall
• Richard Conte as Mel Phillips
• Josephine Hutchinson as Elizabeth Conroy
• Fritz Kortner as Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle
• Sheldon Leonard as Sam
• Whit Bissell as John the Bartender
• Harry Morgan as Bath attendant

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