Cornered (1945) is a film noir starring Dick Powell and directed by Edward Dmytryk, produced by Adrian Scott. This is the second teaming of Powell and Dmytryk (after Murder, My Sweet).
Many scenes shot by cinematographer Harry J. Wild and Dmytryk stand out as classic film noir. The screenplay was written by John Paxton with uncredited help from Ben Hecht.
The film had four people associated with the film who would later be blacklisted in the 1950...
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Cornered (1945) is a film noir starring Dick Powell and directed by Edward Dmytryk, produced by Adrian Scott. This is the second teaming of Powell and Dmytryk (after Murder, My Sweet).
Many scenes shot by cinematographer Harry J. Wild and Dmytryk stand out as classic film noir. The screenplay was written by John Paxton with uncredited help from Ben Hecht.
The film had four people associated with the film who would later be blacklisted in the 1950s: Edward Dmytryk, Adrian Scott, Morris Carnovsky, and Luther Adler. The political argument against Fascism, which reflected the idealistic political views of the four blacklisted film people, is an important part of the film.
Ex-P.O.W. Canadian flyer Laurence Gerard (Powell) returns to France to discover who ordered the killing of a group of Resistance fighters that included his bride of only 20 days. He identifies Vichy collaborator Marcel Jarnac, who is reported as dead himself - killed in a fire. Gerard searches through the rubble and...
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