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The Dark Past

The Dark Past1948

★6.074 minCrimeThrillerDrama

A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.

Director

Writer

Michael Blankfort Albert Duffy Philip MacDonald

Score

Stars

William Holden Nina Foch Lee J. Cobb

Cast39

William Holden
as Al Walker
Nina Foch
as Betty
Lee J. Cobb
as Dr. Andrew Collins
Adele Jergens
as Laura Stevens
Stephen Dunne
as Owen Talbot
Lois Maxwell
as Ruth Collins
Berry Kroeger
as Mike
Steven Geray
as Prof. Fred Linder
Wilton Graff
as Frank Stevens
Robert Osterloh
as Pete
Kathryn Card
as Nora
Charles Cane
as Sheriff (uncredited)
B
Bill Cartledge
as Arrested Man Leaving Wagon (uncredited)
T
Tom Coleman
as Detective (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
as Al's Father (uncredited)
Ellen Corby
as Agnes (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
as First Man in Police Line-Up (uncredited)
Edward Earle
as McCoy (uncredited)
C
Charles Ferguson
as Detective (uncredited)
J
Jack Gordon
as Tough Man in Line-up (uncredited)
S
Sam Harris
as Old Man on Bus (uncredited)
H
Harry Harvey Jr.
as John Larrapoe (uncredited)
Robert Hyatt
as Bobby Collins (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
as Warden Benson (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
as Policeman in Hallway at Headquarters (uncredited)
Jimmy Lloyd
as Herb Fuller (uncredited)
M
Merrill McCormick
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
P
Pat McGeehan
as Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
John McKee
as Policeman Departing HQ (uncredited)
E
Edwin Mills
as Young Prisoner (uncredited)
G
Gay Nelson
as Starry-Eyed Girl on Bus (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
as Card Player at Bar (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
as Man in Hallway at Police Headquarters (uncredited)
Hermine Sterler
as Mrs. Linder (uncredited)
B
Bert Stevens
as State Trooper (uncredited)
B
Brick Sullivan
as Policeman Departing HQ (uncredited)
P
Phil Tully
as Bill - State Policeman at Roadblock (uncredited)
C
Chalky Williams
as Policeman Departing HQ (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
as Williams (uncredited)

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