Cornered (1945)

This was from Powell's post-crooner period. In fact, if you liked him in "Murder, My Sweet," you probably will like him in this. Good, tense plot throughout. He plays a Canadian WWII pilot who goes back to France to track down the killer of his wife. A passport will take too long, so he enters the country illegally. He finds his father-in-law, who names the Vichy official who ordered his wife and others killed. Officially, Jarnac is dead, but neither of them believes it, so Powell sets out to find him. He finds a lead on Mme. Jarnac from a partly-burned scrap of paper, and the trail leads to Argentina. There he runs afoul of the law and is scheduled for deportation in 48 hours. Jarnac (Luther Adler) finally shows up at the very end of the show.



Dick Powell


Luther Adler