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Man in the Dark is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Lew Landers released in USA on 9 april 1953 with Edmond O'Brien

Man in the Dark (1953)

Man in the Dark
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Released in USA 9 april 1953
Length 1h10
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Thriller,    Crime
Rating61% 3.0960253.0960253.0960253.0960253.096025

Man in the Dark is a 1953 film noir drama 3-D film directed by Lew Landers and starring Edmond O'Brien, Audrey Totter and Ted de Corsia. It is a remake of the 1936 Ralph Bellamy film The Man Who Lived Twice.

It was the first Columbia Pictures film released in 3-D.

Synopsis

Steve Rawley is serving a 10-year prison sentence from a Christmas Eve factory robbery that netted $130,000. He is offered an immediate parole if willing to undergo an experimental procedure by Dr. Marsden, a brain surgeon.

Actors

Edmond O'Brien

(Steve Rawley)Audrey Totter

(Peg Benedict)Nick Dennis

(Cookie)Horace McMahon

(Arnie)Ted de Corsia

(Lefty)
And :
William Tannen
Dayton Lummis, Sr.
John Harmon
Mickey Simpson
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