THE DARKEST HOUR
(Warner Bros.-Jaguar) A Cert. ‘HE DARKEST HOUR is an American thriller of a fairly familiar kind, but good pace, crisp, intelligent dialogue and first-class acting by some experienced players make it excellent entertainment. It’s all about a former policeman’s search for the man who sent him to prison on a framed manslaughter charge. As the injured, rather unpleasantly self-righteous party, Alan Ladd gives another of his glum, stolid performances; but Edward G. Robinson plays the big waterfront gangster with real fire and feeling, well supported by ’ Paul Stewart, also in a familiar role. The relationship between the hero and his wife-who loves him but has been not quite faithful to him-is also interesting and well developed, with the wife very competently played by Joanne Dru. Direction is by Frank Tuttle, and the script by Sydney Boehm and Martin Rackin,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 920, 29 March 1957, Page 17
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142THE DARKEST HOUR New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 920, 29 March 1957, Page 17
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