Blind Alley (film)
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| Directed by | Charles Vidor |
| Produced by | Jack Fier (uncredited) |
| Written by | James Warwick (play) Philip MacDonald Michael Blankfort Albert Duffy Lewis Meltzer (uncredited contribution to dialogue) |
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Chester Morris Ralph Bellamy |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Blind Alley is a 1939 crime drama film directed by Charles Vidor.
Chester Morris plays a prison escapee who hides out with his gang in the home of a noted psychologist, played by Ralph Bellamy. Though a prisoner, the doctor begins delving into his captor's psyche.
The film was adapted from the Broadway play of the same name by James Warwick. It was remade as The Dark Past, with William Holden in the Morris role and Lee J. Cobb in Bellamy's.
David Sterritt of TCM praised Blind Alley's cinematography, and noted its influence on the home invasion subgenre.
Blind Alley was presented on The Screen Guild Theatre February 25, 1940. The adaptation starred Edward G. Robinson and Joseph Calleia.
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