Quartile rating: 8/10 · 1 rating
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.
Dark Passage is a distinctive noir distinguished by its bold first-person POV cinematography for the film's first half, a technique rarely used so extensively in Hollywood cinema. Bogart and Bacall deliver magnetic performances with natural chemistry. The plot is solid noir fare — wrongly convicted man seeks exoneration — though not especially complex. The ending feels rushed and somewhat unsatisfying, failing to fully capitalize on the tension built throughout. The film's real achievement is its audacious visual conception and the star power driving it.