The Dark Past - 1948

I was scrolling through the Leaving Soon category on Tubi and was intrigued by the summary for this film.

A criminal breaks out of prison and takes a bunch of hostages. One of them happens to be a psychologist, who immediately puts his pipe in his mouth and starts analyzing. There's a woman hanging out with the killer, and she tells the doctor about the killer's nightmare while he sleeps.

From there, it's a race to discover what the dream means and cure him. The doctor believes he can cure the killer, so why not? On the other hand, this dude has killed a bunch of people, so it might be a bit late. I mean, once they capture him, he's probably going to get put to death or just spend the rest of his life in prison. He murdered the warden in cold blood, so I'm leaning toward them giving him the death penalty, especially in 1948.

The point of the movie is that if the doctor had been allowed to treat the killer when he was a child, he may have prevented the whole murdering thing. He's telling the story to a cop who is questioning his choice to pull a criminal from the lineup to have chats with him. I mean the policeman got smacked in the head by the kid, so you can't blame the cop for his skepticism. 

Anyway, I did find the mystery of the dream interesting, and the story itself was cool. I was glad Fred lived, because I was going to riot if he got killed. I liked the dynamic between the killer and the doctor, and I think it was well acted. I'm recommending this one to my daughter who is minoring in psychology. I hope she likes it. Good Movie!