Dark Passage
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Agnes Moorehead
Director: Delmer Daves
Writer: Delmer Daves, David Goodis
Producer: Jerry Wald
Dark Passage is a 1947 American film noir by director Delmer Daves and starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The film is based on the 1946 novel of the same title by David Goodis. It was the third of four films real-life couple Bacall and Bogart made together. The story follows protagonist Vincent Parry's attempt to hide from the law and clear his name of murder.
Trivia
- Based on Dark Passage (1946 crime novel).
- Pictures paid author David Goodis $25,000 for the rights to the story, which had originally been serialized in The Saturday Evening Post from July 20 to September 7, 1946, before being published in book form.
- Bogart himself had read the book and wanted to make it into a movie.
- Robert Montgomery had made the film Lady in the Lake (1946) which also uses a "subjective camera" technique, in which the viewer sees the action through the protagonist's eyes.
Filming Locations
- San Francisco
- At the time that Dark Passage was shot, Bogart was the best-paid actor in Hollywood, averaging $450,000 a year.
- Parts of the film were filmed on location in San Francisco, California, including the Filbert Steps and the cable car system.
Previous Showings
7 Runs • 5 Festivals
5,499 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (October 12, 1947)
Original Run: October 12, 1947 (Sunday - Wednesday)
All runs on record (7):
- October 12, 1947 (Sunday - Wednesday)Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
- January 14 - 16, 1997Featuring Humphrey Bogartw/ Dead Reckoning
- January 14 - 16, 1998 · 843 ticketsw/ Dead Reckoning
- October 10 - 13, 2013 · 1,556 ticketsThe Best of Bogart and Film Noir Classicsw/ The Blue Dahlia
- October 24 - 26, 2014 · 1,221 ticketsRemembering Lauren Bacallw/ The Big Sleep
- February 13 - 14, 2019 · 582 ticketsHumphrey Bogart Festivalw/ The Big Sleep
- June 10 - 14, 2026 · 1,297 ticketsSummer 2026 including the Films of Marilyn Monroew/ Key Largo