Woman in the Dark (1934)

★★★★ · Good flick · Dr Feel Rotten · 2010-11-28

Ralph (Bellamy) gets out of jail on a manslaughter charge then wants to go straight, but the sheriff is in for him with his buddy the bad guy, but Ralph also happens to e pals with the sheriffs daughter and then some mysterious woman the bad guy had is running from him and ends up at Ralphs place. Bad guy shows up up to get her back, but she doesn't want to go and Ralph falls for her himself..Ralph gets in trouble when bad guys pal shoots Ralph's dog and Ralph punches him knocking him out and bad guy presses fake charges on Ralph. This was believable for the most part. A few segments weren't…

★★★★ · Ditto · WINSTON SMITH3353 · 2013-03-10

Ditto what everyone below said. Sound is only slightly scratchy, but that's easily filtered out with GOM or VLS media player equalizers, but not necessary to enjoy this great 79 year old film with an excellent plot. 4 stars. Melvin Douglas, Ralph Bellamy, and Fay Wray. Written by Dashiel Hammet. Can't beat that in 1934! Thank you IA!

★★★ · Three big stars on Poverty Row · djuma · 2011-04-25

It's amazing that they got these three actors for such a low-budget production. They really elevate the story, and make it a better film than it would otherwise be. All three stars had been appearing in big studio films- at RKO, Warners, MGM, and other classy studios. Fay Wray made "King Kong" just the year before, Douglas had already co-starred with Garbo and Gloria Swanson, and Bellamy had appeared with Barbara Stanwyck, Katharine Hepburn, and lots of others. So they weren't your usual Poverty Row actors- new kids just starting out, or old-timers on their way down. It makes you wonder how…

★★★ · It was pretty good · kareneliot · 2010-11-19

I really liked the characters a lot. Pretty good story, moved OK, adequate acting. Enjoyable.