Two in the Dark

Two in the Dark
Directed by	Benjamin Stoloff
Screenplay by	Willis Goldbeck Seton I. Miller
Based on	Two O'Clock Courage 1934 novel by Gelett Burgess
Produced by	Zion Myers
Starring	Walter Abel Margot Grahame Wallace Ford Gail Patrick Alan Hale
Cinematography	Nicholas Musuraca
Edited by	George Crone
Music by	Alberto Colombo
Production company	RKO Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release date	January 10, 1936 (1936-01-10)
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Two in the Dark is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Gail Patrick, and Alan Hale. The screenplay concerns an amnesiac suspected of murder.

In 1945, Stoloff produced a remake, Two O'Clock Courage, directed by Anthony Mann and starring Tom Conway and Ann Rutherford.

Plot

Wandering around in the darkness, an amnesiac has the feeling that he's murdered someone. He reads that a theatrical producer has been killed and he thinks that he's guilty. However, unemployed actress Marie Smith, whom he meets while wandering around the park, isn't convinced, so she helps him reconstruct the clues and find the killer.

Cast

• Walter Abel as Ford Adams
• Margot Grahame as Marie Smith
• Wallace Ford as Harry Hillyer
• Gail Patrick as Irene Lassiter
• Alan Hale as Police Inspector Florio
• Leslie Fenton as Stuart Eldredge
• Eric Blore as Edmund Fish
• Erin O'Brien-Moore as Olga Konar
• Erik Rhodes as Carlo Gheet
• J. Carrol Naish as Burt Mansfield
• Addison Randall as Duke Reed
• Ward Bond as Policeman in Park

Critical reception

The Film Daily described it as an "ingenious murder mystery", and wrote, "The clever unravelling of the mystery holds you tense to the final scene. The honors go to the author for a very unusual plot, ably seconded by smart direction and a very competent cast throughout."

External links

• Two in the Dark at IMDb
• Two in the Dark at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
• Two in the Dark at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films