Cornered

Cornered is a 1945 film noir starring Dick Powell, directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Adrian Scott. This is the second teaming of Powell and Dmytryk (after Murder, My Sweet). Many scenes shot by cinematographer Harry J. Wild and Dmytryk stand out as classic film noir - such as one where Powell is walking through the streets of Buenos Aires in search of Jarnac's hideout, with dark shadows obscuring his path. Screenplay by John Paxton with uncredited help from Ben Hecht.

Plot

Ex-P.O.W. Canadian flyer Laurence Gerard (Powell) returns to France to discover who ordered the killing of a group of Resistance fighters that included his bride of only 20 days. He identifies Vichy collaborator Marcel Jarnac, who is reported as dead himself - killed in a fire. Gerard searches through the rumble and finds the front page of a dossier about Jarnac. And, because of the date handwritten on it, he's convinced that Jarnac is still alive. Gerard follows the trail to Argentina where the convoluted tale becomes slightly clearer.

Related Topics:
P.O.W. - Vichy - Argentina

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