So Dark the Night

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So Dark the Night (1946)

NR 10/10/1946 (US) Crime, Mystery 1h 11m

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Inspector Cassin, a renowned Paris detective, departs to the country for a much-needed break. There he falls in love with the innkeeper’s daughter, Nanette, who is already betrothed to a local farmer. On the evening of their engagement party, Nanette and the farmer both disappear. Cassin takes up the case immediately to discover what happened to them and who is responsible.

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Steven Geray

Henri Cassin
Micheline Cheirel

Nanette Michaud
Eugene Borden

Pierre Michaud
Ann Codee

Mama Michaud
Egon Brecher

Dr. Boncourt
Helen Freeman

Widow Bridelle
Theodore Gottlieb

Georges
Gregory Gaye
Jean Del Val
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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on April 5, 2014

Le Cheval Noir.

So Dark the Night is directed by Joseph H. Lewis and written by Dwight V. Babcock, Martin Berkeley and Aubrey Wisberg. It stars Steven Geray, Micheline Cheirel, Eugene Borden, Ann Codee and Egon Brecher. Music is by Hugo Friedhofer and cinematography by Burnett Guffey.

Henri Cassin (Geray) is a well regarded Parisian detective who while on a much earned vacation falls in love with innkeeper's daughter Nanette Michaud. However, with Nanette already having a boyfriend, and a tempestuous one at that, true love does not run smooth, especially when murder enters the fray and Ca... read the rest.

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