The Dark Past Page #5

Synopsis: When a detective scoffs at his suggestion that an 18 year-old criminal be referred for psychiatric examination Dr. Andrew Collins, the police psychiatrist, tells him the story of his encounter with Al Walker. Walker had a history of violence and killed the prison warden during an escape. He and his gang took the Collins family and their friends hostage but when Dr. Collins learns that Walker has a violent recurring dream, he offers to help him decipher the dream and determine exactly what has driven him to a life of crime and violence.
Director(s): Rudolph Maté
Production: Columbia Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
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Year:
1948
75 min
110 Views


How'd you hurt your hand?

I'm sorry.

Hey, Al...

there's a car coming -

It's turning into the driveway.

Send everybody downstairs

except the kid.

Betty... get upstairs

and take care of the kid.

Right.

That must be Fred Linder,

the neighbor I told you about.

All right, over there,

all of you.

Mike, cover the kitchen,

that way.

Pete, take the dining room.

Now, look, act natural,

like nothing's happened.

I'll be watching you.

Good evening, andy.

I'm sorry to be so late.

Good evening, Fred.

Well, here it is.

First I was delayed

at the university.

We were experimenting.

Good evening, ruth.

Hello, Fred.

I hope I'm not intruding.

Oh, no, no, of course not, Fred.

I haven't met your guests yet.

Oh, excuse me.

Mr. And Mrs. Stephens,

Mr. Talbot,

This is Fred Linder.

How do you do?

How do you do?

Glad to meet you.

Is there anything wrong, andy?

Everything's all right,

I assure you.

On my way,

I was stopped by the police.

They are looking

for an escaped convict.

Do they think

he's around this neighborhood?

Yes -

I was about to turn in.

I know you're tired, too.

We must get an early start

for that hunting tomorrow.

I'll see you

the first thing in the morning.

Andy, why don't you

turn this in for a new one?

The trigger is broken.

It's almost impossible to load.

That's far enough.

Put that gun down.

Trigger's broken, huh?

We'll try it and see.

Walker...

we'll do a little experiment.

Experiments are in your line,

aren't they, professor?

Walker!

Don't anyone move.

Mike...

get outside.

Somebody might have heard that shot.

And get rid of this guy's car!

Aaaaaahh!

during the day,

Al Walker has blazed

a bloody trail of murders

So brutal and fiendish that

the whole nation stands aghast.

In breaking out of prison,

This ruthless gunman

killed two guards

And took along as shield,

warden benson,

Carrying him over the state line

before murdering him.

The search for al Walker

continues

With undiminished activity...

hey, al?

You listening to the radio?

Never mind the radio.

Don't let that kid

get out again.

...in the hunt for al Walker.

You, uh, seem interested.

Would you like me

to teach you the moves?

Eh, that's kids' stuff.

It's a game

for intelligent people.

Besides, when you're tense,

There's nothing so relaxing

as a good game of chess...

or some music.

You're

a pretty cool customer...

but you got sore

when mike clipped you.

I didn't like it.

You got a lot of nerve,

professor -

Jumping me for that gun.

You're a peculiar man, Walker.

What do you mean peculiar?

You admire courage, you pretend

to be afraid of nothing,

Yet you're afraid

to face yourself.

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Philip MacDonald

Philip MacDonald (5 November 1900, London – 10 December 1980, Woodland Hills, California) was a British author of thrillers. more…

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