Out of the Past (1947)

Release date: 1947-01-01
Country: USA
Language: English|American Sign Language
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Production Co: RKO Radio Pictures
Genre: Thriller, Romance, Drama, Crime
Rating: 8.0/10
Length: 1h 37min

Storyline

Jeff Bailey, small-town gas pumper, has his mysterious past catch up with him one day when he's ordered to meet with gambler Whit Sterling. En route to the meeting, he tells girlfriend Ann his story. Flashback: Once, Jeff was a private eye hired by Sterling to find his mistress Kathie who shot Whit and absconded with $40,000. He traces her to Acapulco...where the delectable Kathie makes Jeff forget all about Sterling... Back in the present, Whit's new job for Jeff is clearly a trap, but Jeff's precautions only leave him more tightly enmeshed...

Plot Keywords

secret past, double cross, coffee, dead body, dead man, deafness, driving a car, cigarette smoking, cigarette case, car, car won't start, car crash, black woman, black man, being followed, earring, elevator, father daughter relationship, murderess, movie theatre

Short Review

The players acquit themselves histrionically if not morally. Mitchum, [Kirk] Douglas and the Misses [Jane] Greer and [Rhonda] Fleming are all commendable.