
Bogart plays a man convicted of murdering his wife who escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence. Bogart finds that his features are too well known, and is forced to seek some illicit backroom plastic surgery. The entire pre-knife part of the film is shot from a Bogart's-eye-view, with us seeing the fugitive for the first time as he starts to recuperate from the operation in the apartment of a sympathetic young artist (played by Bacall) for whom he soon finds affect... (Full plot summary below)
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Bogart plays a man convicted of murdering his wife who escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence. Bogart finds that his features are too well known, and is forced to seek some illicit backroom plastic surgery. The entire pre-knife part of the film is shot from a Bogart's-eye-view, with us seeing the fugitive for the first time as he starts to recuperate from the operation in the apartment of a sympathetic young artist (played by Bacall) for whom he soon finds affection. But what he's really after is revenge.
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| Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonThe structure and character sense of the David Goodis novel are intact, and a full-throttle supporting cast has a ball with meaty parts. |
| Seanax.comSean AxmakerThe plot is a stretch even in the realm of classic crime melodrama and film noir, not that it's an issue when you have the chemistry of Bogie and Bacall and great use of San Francisco locations. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliDark Passage is a must see for fans of Bogart/Bacall. |
| The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayDark Passage is usually ranked as the least of the four Bogart-Bacall collaborations, but it's a practically perfect little noir exercise, with Bogart as a prison escapee tracking his wife's killer. |
| Film FrenzyMatt BrunsonJust because Dark Passage is considered the runt of the Humphrey Bogart-Lauren Bacall litter doesn't mean it lacks its own measure of shaggy-dog charm. |
| The Retro SetNathanael HoodBut even though the Bogart and Bacall relationship is put on the back-burner here, it's as sizzling as the romances in their first two movies... |
| DVDLaserDouglas PrattThe plot has some admirable twists and turns and Agnes Moorehead, as the villainess, has three wonderfully showy scenes. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe film is almost stolen by bizarre performances by both Agnes Moorhead and Clifton Young. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumAn odd, atmospheric 1947 thriller with a San Francisco setting, adapted by writer-director Delmer Daves from a David Goodis novel and starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. |
| The New York TimesBosley CrowtherIndeed, it is in the bizarre contacts of Mr. Bogart with shady characters such as those played by these well-directed actors that Dark Passage achieves tension and drive. Perhaps he should be given more time with them. |