The Dark Corner (1946) Crime Film Noir Starring Lucille Ball

When Bradford Galt (Mark Stevens), a tough private investigator, realizes that he's being followed, he confronts his assailant, a shifty fellow named Fred Foss (William Bendix). Galt's encounter with Foss leads to a web of intrigue involving prosperous art collector Hardy Cathcart (Clifton Webb) and his young wife, Mari (Cathy Downs). Soon Galt is in over his head -- but luckily for him, his tenacious secretary, Kathleen Stewart (Lucille Ball), is on hand to help him out.

Lucille Ball as Kathleen Stewart
Clifton Webb as Hardy Cathcart
William Bendix as Stauffer aka Fred Foss
Mark Stevens as Bradford Galt
Kurt Kreuger as Anthony Jardine
Cathy Downs as Mari Cathcart
Reed Hadley as Police Lt Frank Reeves
Constance Collier as Mrs. Kingsley
Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra

[rhinohouse]

"You sow a nice seam. Got any other talents?" "I can cook." Classic...

[thelaughingtiger]

Take it for what it is, an experience in noir. I enjoyed seeing a young Lucille Ball in a drama. Thank you! ❤😊

[sugarcookiecube]

Interesting to see Lucille Ball in a dramatic role.

[conniewojahn]

People never connect Lucille Ball with the Star Trek sagas. She was the head of the film studio which took on the very first Star Trek pilot when no one else wanted it. Against strong opposition, she authorized the Star Trek television series. It ran for three years and gained enough following for additional Star Trek series to be produced. From there, motion pictures, and Star Wars. Without her, none of the Star Trek or Star Wars films would have been made.

[thomastimlin]

Movie theme in beginning has strains of George Gershwin in it, nice for a musician like me. Lucille Ball really carries her character very well in this movie. I kept wanting William Bendix to say "What a revoltin' development."

[reds]

❤❤❤❤ NOW TO ME THIS IS LUCY'S FIRST AND BEST MOVIE BESIDES THE LONG, LONG TRAILER ..PLUS SHE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL IN THIS MOVIE ALONG WITH OUTSTANDING FIRST TIME LEAD LADY WENT ON TO GREATER THINGS ..LUCY YOU HELPED MAKE TV WHAT ITS WAS WHEN TV WAS WORTH WATCHING ..THANK LUCILLE BALL.🎉🎉🎉RIP

[xmillion]

@23:50 Pianist appears to be suavely playing this boss blues riff for real. Rolling up ascending arpeggios with his left hand culminating in octave stabs with his right. Cool stuff! Overall a really fun, entertaining film with the great, Lucille Ball.

[bergy-]

Great 40's big band background music, including "Do you love me"...Clifton Webb is a great villain.

[revjay]

So good, would've made a better series than The Thin Man to see these two muscle their way through a series of murders

[irenedow]

Another strong independent thinking woman role for Miss Ball. High for the 40 s. Set her standard.

[marbleblue]

That theme sounds so familiar. I wonder if it ended up being a popular record. Either I heard it in other old movies or in those classic 1940s/1950s cartoons.

[bergy-]

Eddie Heywood Band does a great version of "Coquette" in the night club scene with Mark and Lucy.

[lisalasoya]

My whole energy came crashing down when the story-line in this movie got worse, what did it is when Brad confessed to Lucy "that his prior life had been a criminal and so he decided to be a private dick." Other, than Lucy having a flawless body & beautiful legs a woman does notice another woman's fatigue." I wanted the nearest exit because it was getting poonparara....Sheila W. v. Saul, 395 F. Supp. 3d 974, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 165155, 2019 WL 4678443