The Dark Past.

Duration: 75 min.

Year Published: 1949

Format: 35mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Copyright: 7Jan49 L2034, renewed 3Feb76 R625263 Renewal claimant: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc Original author: Columbia Pictures Corporation

Description: 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.

Complete 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.