THE DARK CORNER – Mark Stevens/Lucille Ball (1946)

Mark Stevens stars as hardboiled private eye Bradford Galt, who relocates to New York City after serving two years in stir on a manslaughter charge. Framed by his shyster ex-partner, Tony Jardine (Kurt Kreuger), Galt soon finds himself set up again -- this time for Jardine's murder. Lucille Ball portrays Galt's adoring secretary, and Clifton Webb plays an unctuous art collector in this gritty film noir from director Henry Hathaway. Also stars: Clifton Webb, William Bendix, Cathy Downs, Reed Hadley, Constance Collier, Eddie Heywood, Isabel Randolph. (99 min, B&W, Full Screen 1.33:1)