The Dark Past.

A remake of the 1939 motion picture, "Blind Alley," this psychological study of a young convict shows the childhood incidents that helped to transform him into a vicious killer.

A psychoanalyst and his young family and some friends are taken hostage by a gang led by an escaped killer. The doctor gets the killer to talk to him in an attempt to find out the killer's unconscious motivation for his evil ways. Eventually, his crimes are traced back to his childhood and lack of parental guidance.

Credits

Cast
William Holden, Nina Foch, Lee J. Cobb

Copyright

Complete catalog record
THE DARK PAST. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1949. 75 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the play, "Blind Alley," by James Warwick. Summary: A remake of the 1939 motion picture, "Blind Alley," this psychological study of a young convict shows the childhood incidents that helped to transform him into a vicious killer. Credits: Producer, Buddy Adler; director, Rudolph Mate; screenplay, Philip MacDonald, Michael Blankfort, Albert Duffy; music score, George Duning; music director, M. W. Stoloff; film editor, Viola Lawrence. Cast: William Holden, Nina Foch, Lee J. Cobb, Adele Jergens, Stephen Dunne. © Columbia Pictures Corp.; 7Jan49; LP2034.

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, copyright
  2. Wikidata · Q3898439 ↗ — country