Out of the Past

Out of the Past

OUT of the Sun, OUT of the Moonlight, OUT of the Past.

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Release Date

11/25/1947

Runtime

97 mins

Overview

Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A man running from his past watches it catch up with him in shadow and cigarette smoke. The film unfolds with the inexorable pull of fate, each revelation darkening the mood until escape becomes impossible.

Mood

ParanoidWistfulDread-soakedMelancholic

Themes

BetrayalObsessionRedemptionMemory

Tone

Detached

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Black and whiteHigh-contrastFormalist

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Graphic violence

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