Dark Passage

Vince Parry has been sentenced to life in San Quentin for the supposed murder of his wife, but he escapes, determined to prove he did not commit the crime. On the run and sunk in despair, he finds shelter with an attractive woman while trying to untangle a sinister scheme that has closed in around him.

The story first ran as a magazine serial before it was published in book form. Its author, David Goodis, was an American writer known for hardboiled crime fiction.

In 1947 Delmer Daves filmed the story, with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in the leading roles. The film is generally counted among the classics of film noir.