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| Genres: | CrimeFilm-N |
| Starring: | Sheldon Leonard, Richard Conte, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Fritz Kortner, Josephine Hutchinson, John Hodiak |
| Director(s): | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Country: | USA |
| Year: | 1946 |
| IMDB Rating: | 7 |
George Taylor returns from the 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.
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Visitor Reviews: (20)
christopher-underwood 17 May 2012
Very enjoyable and involving noir
Very enjoyable and involving noir. John Hodiak plays a WW2 veteranstruggling with insomnia and not many clues to go on. It's captivatingstuff and the pace is just right as we struggle, as does he, to workout what has gone on. As more people become involved, the plot reallythickens and we are in the familiar territory of seedy clubs, ruthlesshoods, car 'accidents', clairvoyance, a sanatorium and a wonderfullyevocative dark and dirty dockside. Great dialogue throughout and wittytoo. Nancy Guild is by no means stunning as the co-star helping Hodiakin his desperate race and I understand that Mankiewicz had to coach herindividually to help her with the delivery of her lines. Despite thisand because the story is so good her slightly faltering performance cantake nothing from this thriller.
pvassall 17 May 2012
A great film noir....!
A really great example of film noir....A shame it's not shown more oftenontelevision....And, alas not available on video yet either.....(As far as Ican determine.) My cousin, Andy Lawler, produced this film so, I will haveto fess up to a degree of bias but, all in all a great watch if you enjoythis genre....Incidently, Andy chose the title for the film which was shotas 'LONELY JOURNEY.' Ironic that the title is the same used as a booktitleon film noir vehicles; but, so seldom shown on televison moviechannels....!
blanche-2 14 May 2012
'40s noir starring John Hodiak
John Hodiak is a war vet with amnesia who searches for his identity andpossible complicity in a crime in "Somewhere in the Night," a 1946 filmalso starring Nancy Guild, Richard Conte, and Lloyd Nolan. The film isdirected by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and he also co-wrote the screenplaywith Howard Dimsdale.Severely wounded in the war, Hodiak's character, George Taylor, has hadto have facial reconstruction. His recovery is slow, and he can'tremember anything. He has a partial letter on his person telling himthat he's despicable, and when he picks up his belongings, he finds aletter from one Larry Cravat. Investigating Cravat leads him to murder,stolen money, and some unsavory characters who are after him.This is a muddled movie that still manages to be absorbing, probablybecause of the talent behind and in front of the camera. Nancy Guildplays a singer in a club owned by Richard Conte. She becomes interestedin Taylor and tries to help him. Guild is attractive and looks like anoir heroine in the Bacall-Raines genre, but she delivers her lines ina very flat manner. Lloyd Nolan as a police detective is terrific asalways, and Conte gives a smooth performance.You have to pay attention to "Somewhere in the Night" or you'll getlost - sort of like the hero does at points in the movie. Still, it'sworth seeing.
lfisher0264 14 May 2012
Confusing but enjoyable
Nancy Guild is one of those heroines who look wry and quizzical all thetime while delivering would-be funny lines. I love the bad girl'scomeback to one of Nancy's cracks "Oh, are we going to have repartee?"Of course we are, this is a noir. One odd thing about the dialogue -why do the characters explain to each other what a private eye and ashamus are, and what a crystal ball is used for? Notice the scale ofcharges outside the fortune teller's gaff, though - The past! Thepresent! The future! Cards! Palmistry! Psychoanalysis 10 cents! Yes,the trappings and the patter change, but the game stays the same. Thereare good settings and interiors, especially in the house of the lonelywoman whose father is in the sinister sanitarium. But why is Nancy'sliving room full of Staffordshire figures and early Victorianportraits? Is this to indicate what a nice girl she is really eventhough she makes her living in a seedy club? But surely she wouldn't beable to afford to buy antiques? (And if some of the dialogue remindsyou of All About Eve, it was reused - to better effect. I'm somebody.You certainly are. You think?)
12 May 2012
DVD Movie
This review is from: Somewhere in the Night (Fox Film Noir) (DVD) DVD received in excellent condition. Terrific B/W Flicfrom the old days when they knew how to make movies.
12 May 2012
JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ, OPUS 2
**** 1946. Co-written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. An amnesiac tries to find out, all alone, in Los Angeles the man who could reveal him his identity. Another great film noir of the Fox collection even if its last 30 minutes are a little too verbose even for a film directed by Mankiewicz, the dialogue's wizard. Note Lloyd Nolan's performance as the detective movie-goer and bear in mind that the British writer Somerset Maugham also worked on the screen adaptation of the story. Recommended.
09 May 2012
reminiscent of Spellbound
This review is from: Somewhere in the Night (Fox Film Noir) (DVD) This film is about a man with amnesia (similar to Hitchcock`s spellbound) in that he`s trying to find out who he really is and in what way is he involved in a murder. A solid cast, good photography and well written. I found Nancy Guild to be adequate in her role, but there is no real chemistry between her and Hodiak. She reminded me of Veronica Lake who might have been better in the part with more charisma to offer. A good mystery that holds you to the end.
dougdoepke 09 May 2012
A Jumble
Ten minutes into this jumble and I thought the writers were being paidby the word, either that or they were trying to talk the audience todeath. Which might be okay if the dialog added up to an interestingstory. But instead, it goes off in ten different confusing directionsnot even a Rosetta Stone could unpack. The credits list five differentwriters, which is not surprising since they appear to be working inseparate cities. Now, I don't expect every loose thread to get tied up,especially in noir. However, I do expect a general shape or coherence,which this screenplay unfortunately lacks. It's like a jigsaw without aconcept.Leading lady Nancy Guild (Christy) does deserve some sympathy. This isher first movie and Fox thrusts her into a demanding role with lots ofdialog. And that's the trouble. In her under-trained mouth lines ofdialog sound just like that, lines of dialog. At times it works, butmostly it doesn't. She may look like BacallÂlikely why she was promotedin the first place-- but lacks the needed smolder. Unhappily, hercareer proved downhill and short, so likely the resemblance was both ablessing and a curse.What the movie does have are some striking cameosÂa cranky HenryMorgan, a sassy Margo Woode, a sweaty Sheldon Leonard, and in a partthat steals the movie, Josephine Huchinson as Elizabeth. True to thescrambled screenplay, her wounded spinster sort of drops out of thesky. Nonetheless, catch her many nuanced expressions that are reallyquite touching. I just wish the editor or the director had cut thescene after it peaks since we've already gotten the idea. Then too,Nolan and Conte are quite good in their supporting roles, parts thateach could probably do in his sleep. On the other hand, leading manHodiak looks good in a suit, but like the disappearing man, has apresence that becomes fainter and fainter as time goes on. Perhaps hewas as confused by the script as others of us.Now, I'm as big a fan of noir as anyone. However, I think this filmproves an important lesson. Namely, there is more to noir than just asmoky aesthetic, a big-hair dame, and a catchy title.
bmacv 09 May 2012
Even for an amnesiac noir, this archetypal entry is too often forgotten
Borrowed as the title of Nicholas Christopher's study of film noir and theAmerican city, Somewhere In The Night remains a movie less familiar thanLaura or The Big Sleep or Out of the Past. But it's almost in their class Âan atmospheric and at times archetypal noir, the first directorial effort ofJoseph L. Mankiewicz and the first major post-war feature to use the deviceof amnesia-as-metaphor: How vets survived global cataclysm only to have toconstruct new lives in a homeland that had, in their absence, turned intoalien territory.Drifting up out of coma in a military hospital, John Hodiak can't figure outwhy everybody calls him George Taylor. Only two letters offer clues to whohe is, one from a vindictive girl he ditched, the other apparently from anold pal, Larry Cravat. Without much to go on, he heads to Los Angeles totrack down Cravat and thus himself. But as he skulks though the city's darkdemimonde (Turkish baths, mobbed-up nightclubs, phony spiritualist parlors,insane asylums), he's quick to learn that other people don't want Cravatfound. Yet he finds allies in club canary Nancy Guild, her boss RichardConte, and police detective Lloyd Nolan. He also finds that the reason forall the violence unleashed against and around him is $2-million in Nazimoney (which disappeared in 1942, the year he joined the Marines). Cravatproves both elusive and uncomfortably close....Somewhere In The Night boasts a strong cast in supporting (Conte, Nolan,Fritz Kortner) and even tertiary roles (Sheldon Leonard, Whit Bissell, HenryMorgan, with special mention to Josephine Hutchinson, who plays a poignantlargo midway though the movie). Where it offers scant measure is in itsprincipals. 20th-Century Fox was grooming Guild as its answer to Warners'sultry sensation Lauren Bacall, failing to grasp that Guild's appeal wasless romantic than matey  the gal pal (like a couple of other Nancys fromthat era, Olson and Davis). Hodiak's more problematic. He enjoyed a few years in the Hollywoodlimelight (Lifeboat, Marriage Is A Private Affair, Desert Fury, CommandDecision) before his untimely death in 1955. But he never brought theillumination  the star quality  to his work that would elevate it from thecompetent to the classic. So he stays generic through his picaresqueordeals, without the specific anguish that distinguished, for example, JohnPayne or even Gordon MacRae and Edmond O'Brien as they underwent theirs (in,respectively, The Crooked Way, Backfire and D.O.A.).Mankiewicz' first go as director comes as a surprise. Most vividlyremembered as writer/director of A Letter To Three Wives and the immortalAll About Eve (movies whose sparkling scripts camouflaged their lack ofvisual interest), he generates a menacing look in his nightscapes for theCity of Angels, camping out in Bunker Hill walk-ups and on Skid Row. Thestoryline's almost as complicated as The Big Sleep's, and as murky, but thenclockwork plots never sat well in film noir  the universe it dwells instays random, volatile, unfathomable.
T Y 08 May 2012
Plot by the pound
This is not good. It's some sort of generic, B-movie, noir epic ...withall of those ideas in conflict. Twenty "developments" get teased out,to no discernible entertainment value. It's a very, very long movietrying hard to believe it has peaks and structure, but themeaninglessness begins piling up quite early. The actors drift, becauseMankewicz isn't doing anything to shape the movie. It ain't deep, sowhy is it the length of an opera? I'll give you twenty minutes todetect the big twist. You'll still be ahead of the characters by 80 or90 minutes. The script is overdeveloped, and can't bear inspection forits two hour length. The cast of characters is rather extended. It'sjust a mess, going through the noir motions, and a uniform texture oftedium. It's uninvolving in the extreme. Hodiak has leading man looks but very little presence. He's exactly thesame from scene to scene; inexpressive, diffuse. He's like a prop thatcan talk.Eddie Muller seems silently aware of the problems, and doesn't evenbother with any framing remarks in his glib, unhelpful commentary. Hejust starts describing things on the screen. If Eddie Muller can't helpyou find the merit in a noir, you're in for a long ride. I can't thinkof a single reason you should watch this. This and 'The Big Knife' arethe two most tedious movies I've seen in the last ten years. Notrecommended.
08 May 2012
Underrated, unusual, and lots of fun
An interesting, off-the-beaten-track film noir about an amnesiac soldier, recently discharged from the Marines, who returns to civilian life to rediscover his own past. Actor John Hodiak (who bears an uncanny resemblance to Val Kilmer...) plays his role with a sleepy-yet-cool reserve -- for a guy who thinks he's just an average joe, he sure seems to handle himself well when things start getting weird and dangerous in his old hometown of LA. Lee Strasberg (later of the Actor's Studio) delivers a compelling though flawed script... The first half of the film has an odd, stylish charm -- the flip, tough-guy rhetoric of the genre is tempered with a hefty dose of absurdism and playfulness. There are some great sequences and fun, zippy dialogue, although the prologue is far superior to the action part of the film. The second half lumbers along, and while it becomes clumsy, it's still entertaining and definitely a notch above many B-grade efforts of the same era. One particular treat is an extended role for Lloyd Nolan, who plays a too-cool, insouciant police detective -- his introduction is a real hoot, where he effortlessly steals the scene and leaves the audience wanting more... Lots more. You might not have heard of this film before -- I sure hadn't -- but it's definitely worth checking out!
Gloede_The_Saint 08 May 2012
Good and incredibly weird film
I will just make a few comments about this film.This is a highly irrational and illogical film noir. It's somethingquite rare I must say that, but in a good way? The answer to that ismore or less yes. A lot of it was genius but some of it was quite poor. It was also way too sarcastic. Felt like they tried to make a jokeabout, well just about everything. I did laugh a few times though, butit didn't fit! This wasn't a black comedy though it could have been onehell of a genius black comedy if they changed a few things.It's both unexpected in some parts yet quite predictable in others.I love Mankiewicz and his direction was fabulous, that must be said!But I'm not so sure about the story.I will say this though. It is good! See it if you have a chance! Iwon't directly recommend it since I only like to recommend films I lovebut yeah it is a nice little film!
Robert J. Maxwell 06 May 2012
Derivative mystery.
This was directed and co-written by Joseph Mankiewicz. The castincludes John Hodiak and Richard Conte. Almost all the scenes are shotat night around Los Angeles and on the lot. It ought to be good but infact it's no more than routine.Let's recall John Huston's superb "The Maltese Falcon," in which thehero, Sam Spade, is hired to find a fabulously expensive statue of abird whose trip through time has left a trail of dead bodies behind.Spade searches for the statue, discovering a little more about it eachtime he runs into the colorful and quirky figures that are associatedwith its pursuit. The Fat Man, the Gay Levantine, the dame with thepast, the Gunsel -- they come crawling out of the woodwork, enough ofthem to make a minion. In the climactic scene they are all broughttogether in Spade's apartment, where all is explained. And they leave,only to have Spade ring up the police and clue them in, except for theAmbiguous Dame who is revealed as the chief villain.I suspect "The Maltese Falcon" must have provided the model for thisdark mystery, though enough cosmetic surgery has been performed todisguise the features of the original mold. Instead of the mysterious"black bird", John Hodiak, the man with no memory, pursues his own pastand the two million dollars hidden somewhere within it. He runs into agang of colorful and quirky characters. The Fat Man here is just a guywith a sinister face and a German accent and a classy phraseology. TheGunsel is a huge "tub of lard" who is barely able to string threesentences together. There's no Gay Levantine, but a few othercharacters make up for his absence. The Ambiguous Dame is split intoher two constituents -- the louche broad who slings around Frenchclichés and the honest, brave Nancy Guild who falls in love with Hodiak(and vice versa) two minutes after they meet. Hodiak is beaten up bythe hoods, just as Spade was. At the end, he demands a "fall guy" forthe police, just as Spade did. The hoodlum gang, instead of leaving,just shrug and their leader tells them philosophically that "the jig isup." The friend turns out to be the real scheming murderer -- Spade'sAmbiguous Dame there, a secondary but likable character here.The direction is okay. Mankiewicz was no slouch. And some of thewriting is passable, as is Hodiak's performance as George Taylor and,especially, Lloyd Nolan's as the police lieutenant. The rest are pallidfacsimiles. There are, in fact, too many quirky and colorful charactersand none of them could act. Neither could Nancy Guild, although she wasattractive enough.Hodiak's pursuit of his own identity, his pal Larry Cravat, and the twomillion bucks grows tiresome -- and confusing too. There are too manyleads, too many red herrings. We watch Hodiak travel from place toplace, mostly meeting with hostility from people who don't even knowhim, garnering little scraps of information which may lead somewhere,or maybe not. The musical score has no lilt to it. And the charactershave only one note on their instruments, except for Nolan who deliverssarcasm and irony with effortless aplomb.Mankiewicz was to do much better, later on. These semi-noir mysterieswere not his forte, though he made another one of them and that one,"No Way Out," was pretty damned good.
Alex da Silva 06 May 2012
Worth another look
George Taylor (John Hodiak) wakes up in a hospital with amnesia. Hedoesn't even know who he is and he spends the rest of the film tryingto track down Larry Cravat who has left him some money. His journeytakes him to a nightclub called "The Cellar" where he meets Christy(Nancy Guild) and they form an alliance. So where is the mysterious MrCravat.....? It is so bleeding obvious where Mr Cravat is. You should guess thatpart of the plot within 10 minutes. However, there are other twists andturns that keep you guessing and I didn't expect the final plotdevelopment. The story is confusing at times, especially at thebeginning, but it becomes more enjoyable as the film progresses. Youneed to just go along with it even though it is a little too long. Thecast are fine - my favourite character being Lloyd Nolan's PoliceLieutenant. Nancy Guild is a cross between Lauren Bacall and EllaRaines, and while many reviewers have given her a hard time about heracting (my girlfriend didn't think much of her either), I thought shewas fine, especially in her first scene with Hodiak at the nightclub.The film starts with an overlong narration and there are dumb parts tothe story, eg, why does Taylor run out of the bank when he is asked tostay and have a quick word with the manager when he goes to cash hischeque from Larry Cravat. Surely, he would be only too pleased to speakto someone who may shed light on his past life or give him informationabout Larry Cravat. Another ludicrous concept that you have to acceptis that Taylor fell onto a bomb when it exploded. He looks pretty goodto me. What a nonsense! However, there are also good moments thatprovide tension, eg, the episode at the asylum and the scene at thedocks where Taylor and Christy go in search of the missing £2 million.There is also a moment that will make you jump when an attempt is madeon Taylor's life. You'll know the one I mean. That would have properlybeen game over! It's a film that I'm keeping onto to watch again at a later date. Ithink it's worth a second look.
HarveyA 05 May 2012
Plenty here to enjoy
If you want to be hypercritical about it and you delight in pointingout plot holes, you may give this movie a bad review, while at the sametime flaunting your critical chops. That's anyone's privilege.But if you're just looking for an enjoyable film, you can't go wrongwith this one. The performances are good, the settings suggestive, thescript often clever and funny and the whole experience quiteentertaining. Can't quite figure out the plot? Well, that won't matter.The characters on the screen seem to understand it and that's enough.By all means, catch it on cable or rent it. It's fun. And it willremind you why you find film noir so entertaining. So it isn't theMaltese Falcon. So what?
Alex da Silva 04 May 2012
Why do detectives wear hats?
John Hodiak (George Taylor) wakes up in a hospital with amnesia. Hedoesn't even know who he is and he spends the rest of the film tryingto track down Larry Cravat who has left him some money. His journeytakes him to a nightclub called "The Cellar" where he meets Nancy Guild(Christy) and they form an alliance. So where is the mysterious MrCravat.....? It is so bleeding obvious where Mr Cravat is. You should guess thatpart of the plot within the first 15 minutes. However, there are othertwists and turns that keep you guessing and I didn't expect the finalplot development. As for the story, it can get a little complicated soyou need to just go along with it even though it is too long. The castare fine - my favourite character being Lloyd Nolan's Police Lieutenantwho has a way of letting people know that he pretty much knowseverything already. He's like Peter Falk's "Columbo". Nancy Guild lookslike a cross between Lauren Bacall and Ella Raines, and while manyreviewers have given her a hard time about her acting (my girlfriendincluded), I thought she was fine. It's something about her mannerisms,smugness and trying to act older than she is which seems to annoy.The film starts with an overlong narration and there are dumb parts tothe story, eg, why does Hodiak run out of the bank when he is asked tostay and have a quick word with the manager when he goes to cash hischeque from Larry Cravat. Surely, he would be only too pleased to speakto someone who may shed light on his past life or give him informationabout Larry Cravat. Another ludicrous concept that you have to acceptis that Hodiak fell onto a bomb when it exploded. He looks pretty goodto me. What a nonsense! However, there are a few moments that providetension, eg, the episode at the asylum and the scene at the docks whereHodiak and Guild go in search of $2 million. There is also a momentthat will make you jump when an attempt is made on Hodiak's life.You'll know the one I mean. That would have properly been game over! Overall, the film is a bit boring. Every scene, particularly at thebeginning, takes ages and you'll get fed up with the name of LarryCravat. Sadly, John Hodiak died unexpectedly while having a shave 9years after this film was made at the age of 41.
planktonrules 02 May 2012
This should have been a lot better...
The film begins with John Hodiak in a military hospital. It seems he'shad a horrific injury while serving in WWII. The wound is so bad thathe has no recollection who he is--which is strange, as he hasn't got asingle scar throughout the film! This seemed sloppy--a couple nice bigscars on his head would have been appropriate and made the film seemless contrived. This is exactly the sort of injury that happens inmovies--not in real life. Armed only with a few tiny bits and pieces onhim, he tracks down who he might be once he's discharged.It's obvious early on that who Hodiak is and who is old 'friends' wereis pretty bad--as the trail leads him to thugs and creeps galore. And,on top of that, people start making attempts on his life and beat thecrap out of him! Now you'd think that in a situation like this, he'deither give up his search OR he'd get the police involved. After all,with no memory, he's just blindly walking into one dangerous situationafter another! Herein lies the problem--with him running about like aproverbial bull in a china chop, he should have been killed early on inthe film. But because he ultimately is able to unravel the mystery, itall seems very contrived and totally unbelievable.Despite a good cast and Joseph L. Mankiewicz co-writing and directing,it's only a so-so film. There were a few decent story elements (such asthe film noir look and some of the acting). However, you might expectmore, as in the late 40s and early 50s, Mankiewicz was perhaps THEpreeminent film maker--with such wonderful credits as "A Letter toThree Wives" and "All About Eve" to his credits. This film simplydoesn't show the Mankiewicz brilliance--plus this sort of idea has beendone better (such as with Edmond O'Brien in "Man in the Dark").It's odd. After looking at the reviews, I noticed that what peoplethought was all over the place--many hated it, many thought is wasbrilliant. I thought it was neither.By the way, was it just me or was Richard Conte's move to disarm thelady with the gun near the end of the film a bit hard to believe?!
David 02 May 2012
A little bit of everything adds up to a great big nothing
I love film noir. And this was new to me, amazingly. So I definitelyenjoyed it.However, it is not good. The plot has red herrings and scenes unrelatedto anything else more than any other movie by a major director hat Ican think of.OK. It doesn't make much sense. The narrative logic is filled withholes.Still, it is enjoyable.First off, my hat is off to Nancy Guild. I swear I had never heard ofher before this. But, even at age 19, she's very good. She beautiful --a little like Alexis Smith and even more like one of my great favoritesPatricia Neal. She is no Duse but she does an excellent job in apivotal role.John Hodiak is good, though perhaps encouraged to overdo the vacantlooks even when the amnesia plot seems to have been forgotten.Margo Woode, with what looks like a bird's nest on her head, is lots offun as a bad girl. And Josephine Hutchinson is very poignant in a smallscene that doesn't seem to me to make sense in the overall plot but hasan exciting payoff: Her scream through a window saves our hero frombeing run over.The others are good, of course. Lloyd Nolan always was. Ditto RichardConte. Lou Nova is strangely affecting in a small role.This is a sprawling big-studio noir from the forties. The short,cheaply made ones are often better. And often they aren't. One neverknows on the street of dreams.
george_chabot 01 May 2012
Paint by numbers derived from many noirs
I wanted to like Somewhere in the Night and at first was impressed bythe off kilter style of the opening in the WWII field hospital with theheavily bandaged amnesia victim played by John Hodiak, but when itswitched to its stateside development I soon realized it was derivedfrom several predecessors and didn't really have a clue where to goitself. Hodiak and leading lady Nancy Guild, while meant to evoke Bogeyand Bacall, are about as interesting as watching paint dry in thisoverlong derivative production. Supporting cast is the high point withRichard Conte, Lloyd Nolan, and several other familiar faces doingtheir small parts to make the movie memorable. Eddie Muller'scommentary on the Fox DVD is fun. Only recommended for noircompletists.
Michael O'Keefe 30 April 2012
Amnesia, a mysterious letter and two million dollars.
John Hodiak stars in this piece of Film-Noir. George Taylor(Hodiak)is abitter WWII veteran Marine with amnesia. He returns to Los Angeles withhopes of rediscovering his identity. He has only two clues linked tohis past: a vicious letter of woe from a woman that hates him andanother mysterious note from a "Larry Cravat". George in search ofCravat becomes involved with a winsome lounge singer(Nancy Guild)andher boss(Richard Conte). Police investigator Kendall(LloydNolan)informs the three that Cravat is wanted for murder and therobbery of two million dollars. But what is Taylor's connection? Forall he knows, since thugs are chasing him...hell, he himself may be themysterious Cravat.Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz co-writes the screenplay with HowardDinsdale. Hodiak is a passive leading man, while the attractive Guildalmost steals the movie from him. Nolan plays the copper with a dryhumor. Also in the cast: Sheldon Leonard, Fritz Kortner and Lou Nova.