DARK PASSAGE (1947) Photo – 1

David Goodis (source) [Hollywood]: Warner Brothers, [1944]. Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white print still photo, fine. With blindstamp of National Screen Service on bottom right.

Delmer Daves was writer-director for this film noir classic, in which Humphrey Bogart undergoes plastic surgery to change his appearance after he escapes from San Quentin, where he has been sent after being convicted of the murder of his wife. He hitches a ride with Lauren Bacall at the start of this film noir classic to find out who killed his wife.

This scene, with Bogart clenching Bacall’s hand, is coded #675-64.