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Genre
  
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Costume design
  
Robert Kalloch

Language
  
English

6.4/10
IMDb

Director
  
Charles Vidor

Production
  
Columbia Pictures

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

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Writer
  
Philip MacDonald
,
Michael Blankfort
,
Lewis Meltzer

Release date
  
May 11, 1939 (1939-05-11)

Cast
  
Chester Morris
(Hal Wilson),
Ralph Bellamy
(Dr. Shelby),
Ann Dvorak
(Mary),
Joan Perry
(Linda Curtis),
Melville Cooper
(George Curtis),
Rose Stradner
(Doris Shelby)

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,
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,
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,
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,
Toy Story 3
,
No Good Deed

Tagline
  
STAND IN HIS WAY..AND DIE!

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Blind Alley is a 1939 crime drama film directed by Charles Vidor.

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Plot

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Chester Morris plays a prison escapee who hides out with his gang in the home of a noted psychologist, played by Ralph Bellamy. Though a prisoner, the doctor begins delving into his captor's psyche.

The film was adapted from the Broadway play of the same name by James Warwick. It was remade as The Dark Past, with William Holden in the Morris role and Lee J. Cobb in Bellamy's.

Cast

  • Chester Morris as Hal Wilson
  • Ralph Bellamy as Dr. Shelby
  • Ann Dvorak as Mary
  • Joan Perry as Linda Curtis
  • Melville Cooper as George Curtis
  • Rose Stradner as Doris Shelby
  • John Eldredge as Dick Holbrook (as John Eldridge)
  • Ann Doran as Agnes
  • Marc Lawrence as Buck
  • Stanley Brown as Fred Landis
  • Scotty Beckett as Davy Shelby
  • Milburn Stone as Nick
  • Marie Blake as Harriet
  • Critical reception

    David Sterritt of TCM praised Blind Alley's cinematography, and noted its influence on the home invasion subgenre.

    Radio adaptation

    Blind Alley was presented on The Screen Guild Theatre February 25, 1940. The adaptation starred Edward G. Robinson and Joseph Calleia.

    References

    Blind Alley (film) Wikipedia
    Blind Alley (film) IMDbBlind Alley (film) LetterboxdBlind Alley (film) themoviedb.org