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Somewhere in the Night

Somewhere in the Night

  • Status: Released
  • 12-06-1946
  • Runtime: 110 min
  • Score: 6.7
  • Vote count: 71

George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.

John Hodiak

George W. Taylor

Nancy Guild

Christy Smith

Lloyd Nolan

Police Lt. Donald Kendall

Richard Conte

Mel Phillips

Josephine Hutchinson

Elizabeth Conroy

Fritz Kortner

Anzelmo aka Dr. Oracle

Margo Woode

Phyllis

Sheldon Leonard

Sam

Lou Nova

Hubert

Whit Bissell

John (uncredited)

John Russell

Marine Captain (uncredited)

Philip Van Zandt

Navy Doctor

John Kellogg

Hospital Medical Attendant

Richard Benedict

Marine Desk Sergeant

Milton Kibbee

Herman

Jeff Corey

Bank Teller

Sam Flint

Bank Guard

Forbes Murray

Bank Executive

Harry Morgan

Bath Attendant

Charles Arnt

Little Man with Glasses (uncredited)

John Ireland

Thug (voice) (uncredited)

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"Taylor" (John Hodiak) returns from a war-torn Europe after WWII disfigured and suffering from memory loss. Gradually, as his amnesia starts to fade, he recalls the name of one man who might be able to help him get back on his feet so sets off to Los Angeles to find him. Pretty quickly he discovers that this isn't going to be an easy task - and it's only after he is beaten and dumped outside the door of "Christy" (Nancy Guild) that he regales his story and then she decides to get him introduced to police lieutenant "Kendall" (Lloyd Nolan). This is where the story starts to hot up. It seems his friend ("Cravat") was caught up in what appears to be some postwar Nazi money laundering/smuggling and it's a race against time to find the cash before it's gone along with a likely murderer. The largely B-list cast all work quite well here. Nobody is trying to outshine the other and so that allows the solid story to develop and play out properly. It's not just a routine crime drama, there are a few twists and the paucity of characters on screen allows for more of them to become a little more substantial as we progress through this intriguing investigation to quite an exciting denouement. It's maybe just ten minutes too long, it takes a while to build up steam - but still, if you like the genre, it's at the better end and worth a watch.