Director: Joseph H.
Lewis
Notable Cast: Steven
Geray, Micheline Cheirel, Eugene Borden, Ann Codee, Egon Brecher, Helen
Freeman, Brother Theordore, Gregory Gaye
When it comes to digging into cinema, I tend to overlook too
many films prior to the 1960s. Mostly because there is so much to dig into that
sometimes its hard to know where to start. For that, I usually depend on
outside sources to guide my purchases. One of them being collector’s
distribution labels like Arrow Academy. When it was announced they would be
releasing a Blu Ray for Lewis’ crime noir film So Dark the Night, I was ecstatic. Lewis had his fair share of
impressive films under his belt and this film has garnered quite the cult
status over the years as an overlooked gem of both his career and the genre.
With that in mind, it’s somewhat perplexing that it took time for this film to
build its momentum. It certainly deserves the serious praise it receives for
its unique blend of style and detail that is built into what might have been a
lesser B-grade film. It’s not a reach to understand why, at the time, the film
may have been overlooked, but with the always teaching hindsight and context So Dark the Night is the kind of film
that absolutely deserves a Blu Ray release of this stature.