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Two O'Clock Courage

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Two O'Clock Courage
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnthony Mann
Screenplay by
Based onTwo O'Clock Courage
1934 novel
by Gelett Burgess
Produced byBenjamin Stoloff
Starring
CinematographyJack MacKenzie
Edited byPhilip Martin
Music byRoy Webb
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Pictures
Release date
  • April 13, 1945 (1945-04-13) (United States)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Two O'Clock Courage is a 1945 American film noir directed by Anthony Mann and written by Robert E. Kent, based on a novel by Gelett Burgess. The drama features Tom Conway and Ann Rutherford.[1] It is a remake of Two in the Dark (1936).

Plot

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An amnesiac who fears he's the mystery man in a high-profile murder case searches for the truth with the help of a female cabdriver.

Cast

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Production

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The film was based on a 1934 novel that had been filmed by RKO in 1936 as Two in the Dark. It was directed by Benjamin Stoloff who produced Two O'Clock Courage. The film starred Tom Conway, who was appeared in The Falcon series at RKO. Ann Rutherford had just left MGM studios. Filming started August 1944.

Reception

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The New York Times called the film "a modest little item of second-rate cinematic fun".[2]

Variety called it a "slow paced, drab mystery... situations are obvious, the dialog routine" although it felt the leads "give film some story strength."[3] Has been shown on the Turner Classic Movies show 'Noir Alley' with Eddie Muller.

References

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  1. ^ Two O'Clock Courage at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
  2. ^ "THE SCREEN; Amnesia and Murder". The New York Times. 1945-04-14. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
  3. ^ "Two O'Clock Courage". Variety. 18 April 1945. p. 12.
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