Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

rodrig58 The 2nd film directed by the one who made the "All About Eve" masterpiece and the biggest financial catastrophe of all time, "Cleopatra". Joseph L. Mankiewicz is not a bad director at all, but this film has the foundation on a script written by him and four more craftsmen on their behalf: W. Somerset Maugham, Marvin Borowsky, Lee Strasberg, Howard Dimsdale. The outcome? Some sort of cabbage without meat, meaning almost total confusion. The actors are all very good and they try their best to be convincing but, the story is incredible. My personal feeling is that they tried to recreate the movie "Casablanca" unsuccessfully (different scenario but atmosphere and similar scenes). There are also stupid scenes, the truck that tries to crush Hodiak-Taylor or the ease with which Richard Conte beats the two Anzelmo men. There are other ridiculous scenes, I will leave you the "pleasure" to discover them. Not to be seen again, unless you have nothing to do and you absolutely want to have fun at the film imperfections. The biggest flaw of the film is revealed at the end, when we find out that Hodiak-Taylor is Larry Cravat, the one who wrote the note that starts the action of the whole film. That is Larry Cravat wrote to himself, to Larry Cravat, which is a non-sense.

blanche-2 John Hodiak is a war vet with amnesia who searches for his identity and possible complicity in a crime in "Somewhere in the Night," a 1946 film also starring Nancy Guild, Richard Conte, and Lloyd Nolan. The film is directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and he also co-wrote the screenplay with Howard Dimsdale.Severely wounded in the war, Hodiak's character, George Taylor, has had to have facial reconstruction. His recovery is slow, and he can't remember anything. He has a partial letter on his person telling him that he's despicable, and when he picks up his belongings, he finds a letter 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, probably because of the talent behind and in front of the camera. Nancy Guild plays a singer in a club owned by Richard Conte. She becomes interested in Taylor and tries to help him. Guild is attractive and looks like a noir heroine in the Bacall-Raines genre, but she delivers her lines in a very flat manner. Lloyd Nolan as a police detective is terrific as always, and Conte gives a smooth performance.You have to pay attention to "Somewhere in the Night" or you'll get lost - sort of like the hero does at points in the movie. Still, it's worth seeing.

edwagreen This is such a lousy film that putting it in the tradition of the 1940's film noir is an insult to that film genre.Total confusion reigns here as John Hodiak plays an injured war vet in the throws of amnesia. How he could fool a hospital that he didn't have this tells you a lot about hospital care as well as this very muddled film.Finding items in his wallet, money deposited for him along the way, suspicion that he is a killer, becoming mixed up with seedy people and finally finding out who he is has no value in this plodding film.Richard Conte, as the owner of the bar, is up to his usual no good ways in films. That's Conte and that comes as no surprise. Lloyd Nolan explains to us why the police always wear their hats. Isn't that wonderful? By the time, you hear that, you're more than satisfied that this miserably scripted film is over.

Michael O'Keefe John Hodiak stars in this piece of Film-Noir. George Taylor(Hodiak)is a bitter WWII veteran Marine with amnesia. He returns to Los Angeles with hopes of rediscovering his identity. He has only two clues linked to his past: a vicious letter of woe from a woman that hates him and another mysterious note from a "Larry Cravat". George in search of Cravat becomes involved with a winsome lounge singer(Nancy Guild)and her boss(Richard Conte). Police investigator Kendall(Lloyd Nolan)informs the three that Cravat is wanted for murder and the robbery of two million dollars. But what is Taylor's connection? For all he knows, since thugs are chasing him...hell, he himself may be the mysterious Cravat.Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz co-writes the screenplay with Howard Dinsdale. Hodiak is a passive leading man, while the attractive Guild almost steals the movie from him. Nolan plays the copper with a dry humor. Also in the cast: Sheldon Leonard, Fritz Kortner and Lou Nova.