Somewhere in the Night is a 1946 American film noir psychological thriller film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, written by Mankiewicz with Howard Dimsdale and Lee Strasberg from a short story by Marvin Borowsky, and starring John Hodiak and Nancy Guild. The supporting cast features Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte, Josephine Hutchinson and Sheldon Leonard. Plot The film tells the tale of a man called George Taylor (John Hodiak), who returns home to the U.S. from fighting in World War II. He is suffering from amnesia, having been badly injured by a grenade. Among his personal items is a letter, cursing him for some unknown wrong he committed against the letter writer. He chooses not to admit to his lack of knowledge, concerned he will hate himself. Demobilized into Los Angeles, he retrieves his duty bag, in which is a letter advising him that an account has been opened in his name in a local bank, with a considerable sum, by "Your friend, Larry Cravat." The bank tells him to wait, while they make a phone call, when he asks to withdraw funds. The bathhouse with the stationery used by Larry Cravat has never heard of him, but the worker suggests he try asking at a bar around the corner. When he does that, the bartender tells two muscular men about his inquiry about Cravat, and they begin to pursue him. Fleeing them, he stumbles into the dressing room of the singer Christy Smith (Nancy Guild), who leaves the room to fetch the nightclub bouncer. Once alone in the room, Taylor finds that a friend has written a postcard to Christy, announcing her impending marriage to Larry Cravat. He leaves by the window. Back at his hotel, he is accosted by a streetwalker, Phyllis (Margo Woode), whose attentions he declines. A phone call from the bartender at the nightclub informs him that Larry Cravat is known; but when he arrives, he is seized by a gangster (Fritz Kortner) who has him beaten for hours, asking him to divulge where Larry Cravat might be. Because the postcard in his pocket has Christy Smith's address, the thugs drop him at her apartment. She cares for him, and invites Mel Phillips (Richard Conte), the proprietor of the bar, to interview Taylor. Phillips arranges his police friend (Lloyd Nolan) to explain to Taylor and Christy, as well as himself, why Larry Cravat is so notorious.