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Dark Passage Overview:

Dark Passage (1947) was a Film Noir - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Delmer Daves and produced by Jack L. Warner and Jerry Wald.

SYNOPSIS

Bogart and Bacall headline a wild tale of an escapee from a San Quentin murder sentence who has his face surgically altered to allow him the freedom to find his wife's real killer. Now a man without a past, he meets a sultry stranger willing to put him up until his face heals and they can solve the mystery.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Dark Passage BlogHub Articles:

Film Noir Review: Dark Passage (1947) Is Bogie & Bacall’s Unsung Classic

By Danilo Castro on May 29, 2019 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

“It’s wonderful when guys like you lose out. Makes guys like me think maybe we got a chance in this world.” Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall remain one of the most famous couples in Hollywood history. Between the former’s gruff cynicism and the latter’s razor-sharp wit, they were a... Read full article

Prisioneiro do Passado / Dark Passage (1947)

By Lê on Dec 5, 2016 From Critica Retro

Prisioneiro do Passado / Dark Passage (1947) Bogie e Bacall, juntos novamente, na vida e nas telas. O belo e talentoso casal fez quatro filmes juntos, e o noir “Prisioneiro do Passado” é o terceiro deles. Não é tão romântico e cheio de flertes quanto “Uma Aventura na Ma... Read full article

Warner Archive Blu-ray: Bogie and Bacall in Dark Passage (1947)

By KC on Jul 8, 2016 From Classic Movies

The four film partnership between Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall worked because the growing affection they felt for each other off-screen translated so well to the characters they played. That love is most evident in Dark Passage (1947), which despite all its bitterness and hard edges is also an ... Read full article

THE 1947 BLOGATHON: DARK PASSAGE

By Crystal Kalyana on Jul 14, 2015 From In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood

This is my first contribution for the 1947 blogathon, hosted by Speakeasy and Shadows And Satin. Check out the other entries being exhibited during the event here! When discussing the decades of cinema, 1939, has always been considered to be the greatest year for movies, and that is indeed correc... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: DARK PASSAGE (1947)

By Jennifer Garlen on Jun 24, 2015 From Virtual Virago

Delmer Daves' Dark Passage (1947) is the third picture to pair Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, who had become Mr. and Mrs. Bogart in 1945, after their steamy introduction to one another and the world in To Have and Have Not (1944). Dark Passage is not as celebrated as that first film or The Big S... Read full article

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Dark Passage Quotes:

Baker: I got the license number. I always had a good head for figures.
Vincent Parry: My only interest in your head is how easy it'll crack open.
Cabby: Where do you want to go to?
Vincent Parry: Might as well make it the police station.
Cabby: Don't be like that. You're doing alright. You're doing fine.
Vincent Parry: If it was easy for you to spot me, it'd be easy for others.
Cabby: That's where you're wrong. Unless you'd be happier back in Quentin.
Vincent Parry: Yeah... yeah, sure. That's why they sent us up there. To make us happy.
Vincent Parry: [looking in a mirror after the bandages are taken off] Same eyes. Same nose. Same hair. Everthing else seems to be in a different place. I sure look older. That's all right, I'm not. If it's all right with me, it ought to be all right with you.
Irene Jansen: Can you shave?
Vincent Parry: The Doc said that I could.
Irene Jansen: Why don't you get dressed. I'll wait downstairs and sort of get a fresh impression.
Baker: I learned some things that even I never knew before.
Irene Jansen: [seeing Vincent after he shaves] It's unbelievable. but it's good. I think I even like you better.
Vincent Parry: Well, don't let it give you any ideas.
Irene Jansen: What kind?
Vincent Parry: Don't change yours. I like it just as it is.
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Dark Passage Facts
When Humphrey Bogart is riding in the car with Clifton Young during his escape, the voice on the radio is supplied by Dane Clark, another Warner's player.
The actual Art Deco apartment building used in the film (located at 1360 Montgomery St in San Francisco) is still standing as of December, 2008. The actual apartment is marked by a cardboard cut-out of Humphrey Bogart, which can be seen from the street. The site is visited frequently by fans of vintage film noir.
The third of four films made by husband and wife Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
Warner Bros. paid $25,000 for the rights to the David Goodis novel, which was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post from 20 July-September 7, 1946.
The first film in which Humphrey Bogart wore a full hairpiece.
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