Woman in the Dark (1934 film)

1934 film by Phil Rosen

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Woman in the Dark
Directed by	Phil Rosen
Written by	Dashiell Hammett (story) Sada Cowan (writer) Charles Williams Marcy Klauber (additional dialogue)
Produced by	Burt Kelly (associate producer)
Cinematography	Joseph Ruttenberg Sam Leavitt
Edited by	William P. Thompson
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	November 9, 1934 (1934-11-09)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Woman in the Dark (also released as Woman in the Shadows) is a 1934 American crime drama film directed by Phil Rosen and based on a 1933 short story by Dashiell Hammett. It was filmed at Biograph Studios by Select Pictures and released by RKO Radio Pictures.

Plot

Released from prison on parole, John Bradley plans to live alone quietly in a cabin in the country. He is visited there by the sheriff's daughter, Helen Grant, on whose account he had got into a fight and accidentally killed a man in the past. While he is trying to persuade her to leave, a beautiful disheveled woman in evening dress bursts in. This is Louise Loring, who has run away on foot from her rich "protector", Tony Robson.

With his sidekick Conroy, Robson pursues Louise, and Conroy shoots Bradley's dog. Bradley knocks out Conroy, who falls and seriously injures his head. Robson reports this to the local sheriff, who wants Bradley back in jail. Tipped off by Helen, Bradley and Louise flee to the New York flat of Bradley's old cellmate, Tommy Logan, and while staying there they fall in love.

Traced by the police, Bradley narrowly escapes but with a bullet in his shoulder. Meanwhile, Robson has accused Louise of theft in order to trace her, and then tries to persuade her to go back to him. Since she suspects he is of a vindictive nature and is trying to harm Bradley further, she agrees. Bradley arrives with Tommy Logan for a showdown, just as Robson has decided to murder Conroy so as to worsen the apparent case against Bradley. The two burst in and expose his plot at the last moment.

Cast

Fay Wray as Louise Loring
Ralph Bellamy as John Bradley
Melvyn Douglas as Tony Robson
Roscoe Ates as Tommy Logan
Ruth Gillette as Lil Logan
Joe King as Detective
Nell O'Day as Helen Grant
Frank Otto as Kraus
Reed Brown Jr. as Conroy
Granville Bates as Sheriff Grant
Charles Williams as Clerk
Frank Shannon as Prison Warden
Cliff Dunstan as Doctor

External links

Woman in the Dark at IMDb
Woman in the Dark at the TCM Movie Database
Woman in the Dark is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

v t e Films directed by Phil Rosen
Are All Men Alike? (1920) The Path She Chose (1920) The Road to Divorce (1920) The Lure of Youth (1921) The Little Fool (1921) Extravagance (1921) The World's Champion (1922) The Young Rajah (1922) Handle With Care (1922) The Bonded Woman (1922) Across the Continent (1922) Being Respectable (1924) Abraham Lincoln (1924) Lovers' Lane (1924) This Woman (1924) The Bridge of Sighs (1925) The Heart of a Siren (1925) The White Monkey (1925) Wandering Footsteps (1925) Rose of the Tenements (1926) The Adorable Deceiver (1926) The Exquisite Sinner (1926) A Woman's Heart (1926) California or Bust (1927) The Cancelled Debt (1927) Closed Gates (1927) The Woman Who Did Not Care (1927) The Cruel Truth (1927) Stolen Pleasures (1927) Heaven on Earth (1927) In the First Degree (1927) Pretty Clothes (1927) Salvation Jane (1927) Stranded (1927) Thumbs Down (1927) Burning Up Broadway (1928) Undressed (1928) Modern Mothers (1928) The Branded Man (1928) Marry the Girl (1928) The Apache (1928) The Peacock Fan (1929) The Faker (1929) Extravagance (1930) Lotus Lady (1930) The Rampant Age (1930) Second Honeymoon (1930) Worldly Goods (1930) El Codigo Penal (1930) Alias – the Bad Man (1931) Arizona Terror (1931) Branded Men (1931) The Pocatello Kid (1931) Two Gun Man (1931) Range Law (1931) Young Blood (1932) Whistlin' Dan (1932) The Gay Buckaroo (1932) The Vanishing Frontier (1932) A Man's Land (1932) Texas Gun Fighter (1932) Klondike (1932) Lena Rivers (1932) Self Defense (1932) Shadows of Sing Sing (1933) Black Beauty (1933) Devil's Mate (1933) Kiss of Araby (1933) The Sphinx (1933) The Phantom Broadcast (1933) Picture Brides (1933) Hold the Press (1933) Dangerous Corner (1934) Take the Stand (1934) Cheaters (1934) Little Men (1934) Woman in the Dark (1934) Beggars in Ermine (1934) West of the Pecos (1934) Born to Gamble (1935) The Unwelcome Stranger (1935) Death Flies East (1935) The Calling of Dan Matthews (1935) Ellis Island (1936) Easy Money (1936) The Bridge of Sighs (1936) The President's Mystery (1936) It Couldn't Have Happened – But It Did (1936) Brilliant Marriage (1936) Tango (1936) Missing Girls (1936) Three of a Kind (1936) It Could Happen to You (1937) Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937) Roaring Timber (1937) Two Wise Maids (1937) Youth on Parole (1937) The Marines Are Here (1938) Missing Evidence (1939) Ex-Champ (1939) Phantom of Chinatown (1940) Queen of the Yukon (1940) Forgotten Girls (1940) Double Alibi (1940) The Crooked Road (1940) The Deadly Game (1941) I Killed That Man (1941) Murder by Invitation (1941) Paper Bullets (1941) Roar of the Press (1941) Spooks Run Wild (1941) Road to Happiness (1941) The Man with Two Lives (1942) The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942) A Gentle Gangster (1943) You Can't Beat the Law (1943) Wings Over the Pacific (1943) Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944) The Chinese Cat (1944) Call of the Jungle (1944) Return of the Ape Man (1944) Army Wives (1944) Black Magic (1944) Captain Tugboat Annie (1945) In Old New Mexico (1945) The Jade Mask (1945) The Scarlet Clue (1945) The Red Dragon (1946) The Shadow Returns (1946) Step By Step (1946) The Strange Mr. Gregory (1946) The Secret of St. Ives (1949)

Films directed by Phil Rosen

Are All Men Alike? (1920)
The Path She Chose (1920)
The Road to Divorce (1920)
The Lure of Youth (1921)
The Little Fool (1921)
Extravagance (1921)
The World's Champion (1922)
The Young Rajah (1922)
Handle With Care (1922)
The Bonded Woman (1922)
Across the Continent (1922)
Being Respectable (1924)
Abraham Lincoln (1924)
Lovers' Lane (1924)
This Woman (1924)
The Bridge of Sighs (1925)
The Heart of a Siren (1925)
The White Monkey (1925)
Wandering Footsteps (1925)
Rose of the Tenements (1926)
The Adorable Deceiver (1926)
The Exquisite Sinner (1926)
A Woman's Heart (1926)
California or Bust (1927)
The Cancelled Debt (1927)
Closed Gates (1927)
The Woman Who Did Not Care (1927)
The Cruel Truth (1927)
Stolen Pleasures (1927)
Heaven on Earth (1927)
In the First Degree (1927)
Pretty Clothes (1927)
Salvation Jane (1927)
Stranded (1927)
Thumbs Down (1927)
Burning Up Broadway (1928)
Undressed (1928)
Modern Mothers (1928)
The Branded Man (1928)
Marry the Girl (1928)
The Apache (1928)
The Peacock Fan (1929)
The Faker (1929)
Extravagance (1930)
Lotus Lady (1930)
The Rampant Age (1930)
Second Honeymoon (1930)
Worldly Goods (1930)
El Codigo Penal (1930)
Alias – the Bad Man (1931)
Arizona Terror (1931)
Branded Men (1931)
The Pocatello Kid (1931)
Two Gun Man (1931)
Range Law (1931)
Young Blood (1932)
Whistlin' Dan (1932)
The Gay Buckaroo (1932)
The Vanishing Frontier (1932)
A Man's Land (1932)
Texas Gun Fighter (1932)
Klondike (1932)
Lena Rivers (1932)
Self Defense (1932)
Shadows of Sing Sing (1933)
Black Beauty (1933)
Devil's Mate (1933)
Kiss of Araby (1933)
The Sphinx (1933)
The Phantom Broadcast (1933)
Picture Brides (1933)
Hold the Press (1933)
Dangerous Corner (1934)
Take the Stand (1934)
Cheaters (1934)
Little Men (1934)
Woman in the Dark (1934)
Beggars in Ermine (1934)
West of the Pecos (1934)
Born to Gamble (1935)
The Unwelcome Stranger (1935)
Death Flies East (1935)
The Calling of Dan Matthews (1935)
Ellis Island (1936)
Easy Money (1936)
The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
The President's Mystery (1936)
It Couldn't Have Happened – But It Did (1936)
Brilliant Marriage (1936)
Tango (1936)
Missing Girls (1936)
Three of a Kind (1936)
It Could Happen to You (1937)
Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937)
Roaring Timber (1937)
Two Wise Maids (1937)
Youth on Parole (1937)
The Marines Are Here (1938)
Missing Evidence (1939)
Ex-Champ (1939)
Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
Queen of the Yukon (1940)
Forgotten Girls (1940)
Double Alibi (1940)
The Crooked Road (1940)
The Deadly Game (1941)
I Killed That Man (1941)
Murder by Invitation (1941)
Paper Bullets (1941)
Roar of the Press (1941)
Spooks Run Wild (1941)
Road to Happiness (1941)
The Man with Two Lives (1942)
The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
A Gentle Gangster (1943)
You Can't Beat the Law (1943)
Wings Over the Pacific (1943)
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
The Chinese Cat (1944)
Call of the Jungle (1944)
Return of the Ape Man (1944)
Army Wives (1944)
Black Magic (1944)
Captain Tugboat Annie (1945)
In Old New Mexico (1945)
The Jade Mask (1945)
The Scarlet Clue (1945)
The Red Dragon (1946)
The Shadow Returns (1946)
Step By Step (1946)
The Strange Mr. Gregory (1946)
The Secret of St. Ives (1949)

v t e Dashiell Hammett
Novels	Red Harvest The Dain Curse The Maltese Falcon The Glass Key The Thin Man
Characters	The Continental Op Sam Spade Ned Beaumont Nick and Nora Charles
Screenplays	After the Thin Man Shadow of the Thin Man The Glass Key Watch on the Rhine
Comics	Secret Agent X-9
Film adaptations	Roadhouse Nights (1930) City Streets (1931) The Maltese Falcon (1931) The Thin Man (1934) Woman in the Dark (1934) The Glass Key (1935) Satan Met a Lady (1936) After the Thin Man (1936) Secret Agent X-9 (1937) Another Thin Man (1939) The Maltese Falcon (1941) Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) The Glass Key (1942) The Thin Man Goes Home (1945) Secret Agent X-9 (1945) Song of the Thin Man (1947) No Good Deed (2002)
Related	Lillian Hellman (partner) Julia (1977 film) Hammett (1982 film) Dash and Lilly (1999 film)

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