The Dark Corner
The Dark Corner is a 1946 American crime film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix and Mark Stevens.Complicating matters, he is hounded by New York police lieutenant Frank Reeves and pursued by a thug in a white suit.[2] Ida Lupino was initially cast as Kathleen but was forced to withdraw because of scheduling conflicts, and Fred MacMurray was originally slated for the role of Galt.... His fine craftsmanship is very evident throughout 'The Dark Corner,' and it is regrettable that he had to mar the atmospheric realism by resorting to scene-faking in a few sequences."[8] Also in 1946, Baltimore Sun critic Donald Kirkley wrote that the film "is very good indeed for this sort of uninhibited whodunit" and was "sparked by a most engaging performance by Lucille Ball" and "a very fine, hard-boiled portrayal of a tough guy by William Bendix."However, Kirkley criticized the script, feeling that Webb's character's motivation is unclear, and that the film often "speeds into high gear, but just as often relaxes into spells of relative inertness and tedium.