Singing in the Dark

Singing in the Dark

84 mins | Drama, Crime, Music | March 7, 1956

Leo, a holocaust survivor who suffers from total amnesia, comes to the U.S. and works as a hotel desk clerk. One night while a comedian who owns a bar in the hotel gives him a drink, he breaks out in song and discovers a great voice. Under a psychiatrist's treatment, and because of a blow to the head by some hoodlums, he realizes his name is David and that he was the son of a great Jewish Cantor, and gradually recovers his memory of losing his parents. He gives up a promising career singing in nightclubs to return to the synagogue.

Singing in the Dark

84 mins | Drama, Crime, Music | March 7, 1956

Singing in the Dark
Leo, a holocaust survivor who suffers from total amnesia, comes to the U.S. and works as a hotel desk clerk. One night while a comedian who owns a bar in the hotel gives him a drink, he breaks out in song and discovers a great voice. Under a psychiatrist's treatment, and because of a blow to the head by some hoodlums, he realizes his name is David and that he was the son of a great Jewish Cantor, and gradually recovers his memory of losing his parents. He gives up a promising career singing in nightclubs to return to the synagogue.
Producers A.N.O. Productions Inc.
Original title Singing in the Dark
Directors Boris Serratore, Solomon Mikhoels, Max Nosseck
Writers Ann Hood, Moyshe Oysher, Stephen Kandel, Max Nosseck, Aben Kandel

Cast

Moyshe Oysher

as David / Leo

Phyllis Hill

as Ruth

Joey Adams

as Joey Napoleon

Henry Sharp

as Dr. A. Neumann

Mickey Knox

as Harry

Dave Starr

as Larry

Lawrence Tierney

as Biff Lamont

Kay Medford

as Luli

Al Kelly

as Mons. La Fontaine

Cindy Adams

as Biff's Mistress

Wolfgang Zilzer

as Refugee