看破黑夜是由约翰·法罗执导的一部拍摄于1948年剧情,黑色电影片在美国上映，主演由爱德华·罗宾逊,盖尔·拉塞尔,约翰·伦德,弗吉尼亚·布鲁斯,威廉·德马雷斯特,理查德·韦伯,杰罗姆·柯万,翁斯洛·史蒂文斯,约翰·亚历山大,Roman,Bohnen,路易斯范龙腾,Henry,Guttman,Mary,Adams,道格拉斯·斯宾塞,多萝西·阿伯特,Harry,Allen,格拉迪丝·布莱克,简·克劳利,Lester,Dorr,Jim,Drum,吉米·邓迪,Edward,Earle,茱莉亚·法耶,玛格丽特·菲尔德,Antonio,Filauri,帕特·弗莱厄蒂,William,Haade,弗兰领衔。 When phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live of anonymity
If somewhere along in the beginning of this patently fancilful tale about a man who can foresee the future the audience were taken aside and told it was just so much nonsense, it might be acceptable. And even if all the antique business which clutters up the ènd were put on a strictly burlesque level, it might wind up tolerably.
But no. From the very beginning to the very end of the film, we are asked to believe that a fellow might really have supernatural sight—that an ex-vaudevillian might forecast not only what horses will win but who will be killed in accidents and what attempts will be made on peoples' lives.
Now, this sort of thing could be charming — or funny, at least — if done in a spirit of thinly veiled fooling or out-and-out fantasy. But here it is done in somber fashion, with Edward G. Robinson playing the gent as a figure of tragic proportions, fatefully chained to a crystal ball. And Gail Russell plays the young lady whom he vainly forewarns against peril in a mood of distinct melancholia, with her face all the way down to here.
But no. From the very beginning to the very end of the film, we are asked to believe that a fellow might really have supernatural sight—that an ex-vaudevillian might forecast not only what horses will win but who will be killed in accidents and what attempts will be made on peoples' lives.
Now, this sort of thing could be charming — or funny, at least — if done in a spirit of thinly veiled fooling or out-and-out fantasy. But here it is done in somber fashion, with Edward G. Robinson playing the gent as a figure of tragic proportions, fatefully chained to a crystal ball. And Gail Russell plays the young lady whom he vainly forewarns against peril in a mood of distinct melancholia, with her face all the way down to here.