Pretty entertaining movie, based on the evergreen "amnesia" premise : our male protagonist finds himself wandering around bloodied and confused, without remembering his own name. Things get hairy when he turns out to be connected to a murder case, but happily he's met a resourceful young actress who's taken a shine to him...
"Two in the Dark" is an amusing mix of comedy and mystery, with two engaging protagonists. (The female half of the duo is especially clever.) The story zips along quickly, with twists and flourishes that might have been plotted by a Hitchcock at his most playful. Swallowing the amnesia premise whole does, of course, require a generous suspension of disbelief, since any head wound serious enough to cause amnesia would also be serious enough to cause considerable physical damage. As a result it's far more likely that our hero would spend the picture crawling around on all fours in the gutter, puking his poor guts out.
The plot is notable for the ease with which the police inspectors investigating the crime allow bystanders to pollute not only the murder scene but the investigation itself. All comers are welcome to put in their two cents, including suspects, witnesses and journalists. It's like some kind of interactive detective game open to any random biped. Now I realize that our modern ideas about criminology are, well, modern, but still.
"Two in the Dark" is an amusing mix of comedy and mystery, with two engaging protagonists. (The female half of the duo is especially clever.) The story zips along quickly, with twists and flourishes that might have been plotted by a Hitchcock at his most playful. Swallowing the amnesia premise whole does, of course, require a generous suspension of disbelief, since any head wound serious enough to cause amnesia would also be serious enough to cause considerable physical damage. As a result it's far more likely that our hero would spend the picture crawling around on all fours in the gutter, puking his poor guts out.
The plot is notable for the ease with which the police inspectors investigating the crime allow bystanders to pollute not only the murder scene but the investigation itself. All comers are welcome to put in their two cents, including suspects, witnesses and journalists. It's like some kind of interactive detective game open to any random biped. Now I realize that our modern ideas about criminology are, well, modern, but still.