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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 442587" data-attributes="member: 5079">I haven't seen it in several years but I recall THE DARK CORNER being a nifty, minor noir.  As with a lot of Lucy's films, it's perhaps more interesting than good.  The oddness of the film is typified by the leading actor being so unassuming that he's fourth billed in his own film and Lucy, in a secondary Girl-Friday type part, is somehow the star.I think Lucille would have been great in a better noir film, had she been given the chance.  Circa the mid-40s she was gorgeous and had a melodramatic intensity that she later converted into comedic energy. Some people consider LURED (1947) to be noir, but I do not.  It's too unserious.</blockquote>