Archive for the ‘Film-Noir’ Category

Pushover (1954)

15 Jun 2010 20:28
PushoverGenres: Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
Countries: USA
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A bank heist yields $210,000. Soon, sultry Lona McLane, girlfriend of one of the robbers, meets Paul Sheridan and has a torrid affair. When she finds out Paul's a cop, to save herself she sets out to corrupt him. He's a pushover. But it won't be easy for Paul to get his hands on the money when he's part of a complex, peeping-tom stakeout. Soon, he's in much deeper than he'd planned, amid atmospheric night scenes.

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Sunset Blvd. (1950)

15 Jun 2010 18:58
Sunset Blvd.Genres: Drama | Film-Noir
Countries: USA
Directors: Billy Wilder
Actors: William Holden | Gloria Swanson | Erich von Stroheim | Nancy Olson | Fred Clark | Lloyd Gough | Jack Webb | Franklyn Farnum | Larry J. Blake | Charles Dayton | Cecil B. DeMille | Hedda Hopper | Buster Keaton | Anna Q. Nilsson | H.B. Warner
In Hollywood of the 50's, the obscure screenplay writer Joe Gillis is not able to sell his work to the studios, is full of debts and is thinking in returning to his hometown to work in an office. While trying to escape from his creditors, he has a flat tire and parks his car in a decadent mansion in Sunset Boulevard. He meets the owner and former silent-movie star Norma Desmond, who lives alone wit her butler and driver Max von Mayerling. Norma is demented and believes she will return to the cinema industry, and is protected and isolated from the world by Max, who was his director and husband in the past and still loves her. Norma proposes Joe to move to the mansion and help her in writing a screenplay for her comeback to the cinema, and the small-time writer becomes her lover and gigolo. When Joe falls in love for the young aspirant writer Betty Schaefer, Norma becomes jealous and completely insane and her madness leads to a tragic end.

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Notorious (1946)

14 Jun 2010 01:13
NotoriousGenres: Film-Noir | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Directors: George Tillman Jr.
Actors: Brandon A. Bailey | Tim 'Single' Braddock | Donald Calliste | Duane Nakia Cooper | Rico Devereaux | Mohamed Dione | Edwin Freeman | Corey Hibbert | Mike Hurt | Marc John Jefferies | Derek Luke | Anthony Mackie | Kevin Navayne | Robert Oppel | Kevin Phillips
In 1946, in Miami, John Huberman is convicted for treason against the United States of America. His daughter Alicia Huberman, who is notorious for her affairs and drinking problem, but loyal to her country, is contacted by the cynical government agent T.R. Devlin for an assignment in Rio de Janeiro spying a network of Nazi's friends of her father. They travel together and Alicia falls in love with Devlin. However, when she is ordered to meet with the German Alexander Sebastian who has a crush on her, she feels disappointed with the lack of attitude of Devlin. Sooner Alexander proposes her and Devlin does not object when Captain Prerscott asks her to marry Alexander. Alicia snoops around the mansion and discovers that the wine cellar is locked. Devlin suggests to her that she asks Alexander to throw her a party to introduce her to the society in Rio and invites him.
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M (1931)

12 Jun 2010 04:43
MGenres: Crime | Film-Noir | Thriller
Countries: Germany
Directors: Fritz Lang
Actors: Peter Lorre | Ellen Widmann | Inge Landgut | Otto Wernicke | Theodor Loos | Gustaf Gründgens | Friedrich Gnaß | Fritz Odemar | Paul Kemp | Theo Lingen | Rudolf Blümner | Georg John | Franz Stein | Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur | Gerhard Bienert
A psychotic child murderer stalks a city, and despite an exhaustive investigation fueled by public hysteria and outcry, the police have been unable to find him. But the police crackdown does have one side-affect, it makes it nearly impossible for the organized criminal underground to operate. So they decide that the only way to get the police off their backs is to catch the murderer themselves. Besides, he is giving them a bad name.
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His Kind of Woman (1951)

09 Jun 2010 06:43
His Kind of WomanGenres: Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller
Countries: USA
Directors: John Farrow
Actors: Robert Mitchum | Jane Russell | Vincent Price | Tim Holt | Charles McGraw | Marjorie Reynolds | Raymond Burr | Leslie Banning | Jim Backus | Philip Van Zandt | John Mylong | Carleton G. Young | Tol Avery | Richard Bergren
Nick Ferraro, deported crime boss, needs to re-enter the USA. His plan involves "honest" gambler Dan Milner, who's subjected to a series of "misfortunes," then bribed to take a trip to Mexico. En route, Dan meets chanteuse Lenore Brent, truly his kind of woman. But on arrival at posh Morros Lodge in Baja California, Dan finds the ostensibly rich, carefree guests all playing roles...except, possibly, ham actor Mark Cardigan. What does Ferraro want with him? Can he trust anyone?
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Call Northside 777 (1948)

09 Jun 2010 02:43
Call Northside 777Genres: Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | History | Mystery
Countries: USA
Directors: Henry Hathaway
Actors: James Stewart | Richard Conte | Lee J. Cobb | Helen Walker | Betty Garde | Kasia Orzazewski | Joanne De Bergh | Howard Smith | Moroni Olsen | John McIntire | Paul Harvey | Robert Adler | Richard Bishop | Larry J. Blake | John Bleifer
The whole story takes place in Chicago. A policeman is murdered in a cold-blooded way in one of some illicit taprooms. Tomek Zaleska who on the ill-fated night was staying at Franek's flat is suspected of the homicide. They are both sentenced to 99 years of prison, with the conviction based merely on the testimony of one witness. Frank's mother who believes that her son is innocent after eleven years places an announcement in the local newspaper in which she offers 5000 dollars reward for anybody who would prove the innocence of her son. The chief editor of Chicago Times gets interested in the case and commissions to one of his journalists, McNeal (in this part great James Stewart) writing an article about it. Initially his view on the issue is quite skeptical, but later on he gradually starts to believe that Frank is innocent. He also faces the growing resistance from the local authorities.
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Born to Kill (1947)

09 Jun 2010 02:28
Born to KillGenres: Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
Countries: USA
Directors: Robert Wise
Actors: Claire Trevor | Lawrence Tierney | Walter Slezak | Phillip Terry | Audrey Long | Elisha Cook Jr. | Isabel Jewell | Esther Howard | Kathryn Card | Tony Barrett | Grandon Rhodes | Demetrius Alexis | Sayre Dearing | Joe Dixon | Neal Dodd
For a simple social slight, Sam Wild murders two innocent people. He chances to meet Helen Trent and aggressively pursues her even as he marries her half-sister. The two disturbed characters parlay their dark secrets into a morass of trouble.
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The Dark Mirror (1946)

09 Mar 2010 22:42
The Dark MirrorGenres: Film-Noir | Thriller
Countries: USA
Directors: Robert Siodmak
Actors: Olivia de Havilland | Lew Ayres | Thomas Mitchell | Richard Long | Charles Evans | Garry Owen | Lela Bliss | Lester Allen | Rodney Bell | Lane Chandler | Jack Cheatham | Ben Erway | Jack Gargan | William Halligan
A man is murdered, and several witnesses can place Ruth Collins at the scene of the crime. But Ruth has a twin sister, Terry, who has been diagnosed as a psychotic. When Ruth falls for the psychiatrist who evaluates the two sisters, will Terry strike again?
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Spellbound (1945)

17 Feb 2010 17:57
SpellboundGenres: Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Gregory Peck | Ingrid Bergman | Michael Cheklov | Leo G. Carroll | Rhonda Fleming | John Emery | Norman Lloyd | Bill Goodwin | Steven Geray | Donald Curtis | Wallace Ford | Art Baker | Regis Toomey | Paul Harvey
The head of the Green Manors mental asylum Dr. Murchison is retiring to be replaced by Dr. Edwards, a famous psychiatrist. Edwards arrives and is immediately attracted to the beautiful but cold Dr. Constance Petersen. However, it soon becomes apparent that Dr. Edwards is in fact a paranoid amnesiac imposter. He goes on the run with Constance who tries to help his condition and solve the mystery of what happened to the real Dr. Edwards.
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The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

10 Dec 2009 01:12
The Hitch-HikerGenres: Drama | Film-Noir
Countries: USA
Directors: Ida Lupino
Actors: Edmond O'Brien | Frank Lovejoy | William Talman | José Torvay | Sam Hayes | Wendell Niles | Jean Del Val | Clark Howat | Natividad Vacío | Gordon Barnes | Rodney Bell | Orlando Beltran | Wade Crosby | Joe Dominguez | Henry A. Escalante
Two friends on a fishing trip pick up a stranded motorist who turns out to be a psychotic escaped convict. This sociopath has already murdered other good Samaritans in his efforts to evade authorities. He sadistically taunts and threatens the two men and perversely delights in telling them that he has them both marked for death sometime before the end of the trip. His destination is a ferryboat in Baja, California, which he hopes will help him get to the mainland. The hostages hope to stay alive long enough to escape or be rescued by Mexican authorities.
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The Third Man (1949)

04 Jun 2009 16:12
Third Man, TheGenres: Film-Noir | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: UK
Directors: Carol Reed
Actors: Joseph Cotten | Alida Valli | Orson Welles | Trevor Howard | Bernard Lee | Paul Hörbiger | Ernst Deutsch | Siegfried Breuer | Erich Ponto | Wilfrid Hyde-White | Hedwig Bleibtreu | Harold Ayer | Harry Belcher | Leo Bieber | Paul Birch
An American pulp writer arrives in post-WWII Vienna only to find that the friend who waited for him is killed under mysterious circumstances. The ensuing mystery entangles him in his friend's involvement in the black market, with the multinational police, and with his Czech girlfriend.
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Kiss Before Dying, A (1956)

16 Feb 2009 12:45
Kiss Before Dying, AGenres: Crime | Film-Noir | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Directors: Gerd Oswald
Actors: Robert Wagner | Jeffrey Hunter | Virginia Leith | Joanne Woodward | Mary Astor | George Macready | Robert Quarry | Howard Petrie | Bill Walker | Molly McCart | Marlene Felton | Robert Ivers
Bud Corliss is an ambitious college student with big plans for himself and an heiress, Dorothy Kingship. But then Dorothy goes and gets herself pregnant. It's his child, too, of course; but this ruins everything. Her moralistic father will disown her and will certainly never accept him. It seems he's trapped. Bud's mother knows something is troubling her son, but he won't talk to her about it. All she knows is that Bud doesn't want to turn out like his father, with holes in his shoes. He doesn't have to worry. As his mother says, when he turns his mind to something, he does it. Unknown to her, his thoughts have turned to murder.
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Journey Into Fear (1943)

06 Feb 2009 13:50
Journey Into FearGenres: Drama | Film-Noir | War
Countries: USA
Directors: Norman Foster
Actors: Joseph Cotten | Dolores del Rio | Ruth Warrick | Agnes Moorehead | Jack Durant | Everett Sloane | Eustace Wyatt | Frank Readick | Edgar Barrier | Jack Moss | Stefan Schnabel | Hans Conried | Robert Meltzer | Richard Bennett
L'ingegnere Graham e sua moglie stanno viaggiando attraverso la Turchia. Una notte subiscono un apparente attentato. Il colonnello Haki, capo della polizia segreta turca, consiglia ai due di lasciare immediatamente il paese. Sulla nave su cui sta viaggiando Graham incontra strani e misteriosi personaggi. Sfuggito a vari attentati alla sua vita, sfugge agli agenti nazisti e raggiunge la moglie. Banat, un agente nazista, vorrebbe uccidere l'ingegnere, ma Haki lo salva, lanciando il nazista giù dal cornicione del palazzo dove si sono scontrati all'ultimo sangue.
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Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

03 Feb 2009 16:35
Kiss Me DeadlyGenres: Crime | Film-Noir | Thriller
Countries: USA
Directors: Robert Aldrich
Actors: Ralph Meeker | Albert Dekker | Paul Stewart | Juano Hernandez | Wesley Addy | Marian Carr | Maxine Cooper | Cloris Leachman | Gaby Rodgers | Nick Dennis | Jack Lambert | Jack Elam | Jerry Zinneman | Leigh Snowden | Percy Helton
Tough L.A. private eye Mike Hammer gives a ride to Christina, a frightened young woman he finds running along the road one night. His car is run off the road by unseen thugs. Hammer is knocked out and Christina is tortured in an unsuccessful attempt to get information from her. They are put back into Hammer's car which then is forced off a cliff. Hammer wakes up in the hospital. Velda, his trusty secretary, informs him that Christina is dead. Pat Chambers, Mike's policeman friend, tells him to stay off the case, but Mike thinks it might be a big story—meaning big money for him—because the FBI is interested. He, Velda, and Nick, his garage mechanic friend, start investigating in hopes of finding out why Christina was killed.
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Cry Danger (1951)

14 Jan 2009 14:02
Cry DangerGenres: Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
Countries: USA
Directors: Robert Parrish
Actors: Dick Powell | Rhonda Fleming | Richard Erdman | William Conrad | Regis Toomey | Jean Porter | Jay Adler | Joan Banks | Gloria Saunders | Hy Averback | Renny McEvoy | Lou Lubin | Benny Burt | Robert Bice | Ralph Brooks
"Rocky" Mulloy is framed for a murder and a holdup he didn't commit and pulls a five year stretch in prison. He is finally pardoned when a friend returns from overseas to corroborate his testimony in court. "Rocky" then goes hunting for the real culprits so this his prison buddy, believed to be innocent, can also be pardoned. Nancy Morgan, wife of his friend, falls in love with him along the way, and he also has a few bullets fired at him by an oily character. "Rocky" finds the guilty party in a place he didn't think about looking.
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The Narrow Margin (1952)

31 Dec 2008 13:01
Narrow Margin, TheGenres: Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
Countries: USA
Directors: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Charles McGraw | Marie Windsor | Jacqueline White | Gordon Gebert | Queenie Leonard | David Clarke | Peter Virgo | Don Beddoe | Paul Maxey | Harry Harvey | Peter Brocco | Ivan Browning | George Chandler | James Conaty
When a mobsters wife decides to testify against his evil deeds she goes undercover to avoid being killed. Now that he's coming to trial she has to be escourted across country via train in order to testify. Cop Walter Brown and his partner are assigned the task, but the mob are on their trail.
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They Live by Night (1948)

22 Dec 2008 12:18
They Live by NightGenres: Crime | Film-Noir | Romance
Countries: USA
Directors: Nicholas Ray
Actors: Cathy O'Donnell | Farley Granger | Howard Da Silva | Jay C. Flippen | Helen Craig | Will Wright | Marie Bryant | Ian Wolfe | William Phipps | Harry Harvey | Will Lee | Jim Nolan | Teddy Infuhr | Byron Foulger | Guy Beach
In the '30s, three prisoners flee from a state prison farm in Mississippi. Among them is 23-years-young Bowie, who spent the last seven years in prison and now hopes to be able to prove his innocence or retire to a home in the mountains and live in peace together with his new love, Kitty. But his criminal companions persuade him to participate in several heists, and soon the police believe him to be their leader and go after "Bowie the Kid" harder than ever.
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Out of the Past (1947)

19 Dec 2008 12:24
Out of the PastGenres: Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller
Countries: USA
Directors: Jacques Tourneur
Actors: Robert Mitchum | Jane Greer | Kirk Douglas | Rhonda Fleming | Richard Webb | Steve Brodie | Virginia Huston | Paul Valentine | Dickie Moore | Ken Niles | Brooks Benedict | Oliver Blake | Eumenio Blanco | Wesley Bly | Hubert Brill
For the last three years, Jeff Bailey has been laying low and trying to live a normal life. He's been running his own gas station but prior to that, had been a pretty good private detective. His last job had been for a gangster, Whit Sterling, who him to find Kathy Moffat, who just happens to have shot him, and recover the $40,000 she stole. Jeff found her in Mexico but fell in love with her. She eventually ran out on him and he decided it might be better if he found a new line of work. When one of Sterling's henchmen happens to see him pumping gas, he's summoned to the gangster's Lake Tahoe estate. Sterling's offer is quite simple: recover some incriminating tax files and all will be forgotten. Jeff soon realizes however that he's being set up and framed for murder.
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Deception (1946)

18 Dec 2008 15:43
DeceptionGenres: Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
Countries: USA
Directors: Marcel Langenegger
Actors: Hugh Jackman | Ewan McGregor | Michelle Williams | Lisa Gay Hamilton | Maggie Q | Natasha Henstridge | Lynn Cohen | Danny Burstein | Malcolm Goodwin | Charlotte Rampling | Frank Girardeau | Bill Camp | Bruce Altman | Andrew Ginsburg | Stephanie Roth Haberle
Music teacher Christine Radcliffe thought Karel Novak to have been killed in the war. She loves him more than ever and insists they marry. At their reception her benefactor and former lover offers Karel the chance to solo his new cello concerto. Hollenius torments Christine and she shoots him. The concert is a success and Karel promises to stand by Christine.
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Behind Locked Doors (1948)

18 Dec 2008 14:54
Behind Locked DoorsGenres: Drama | Film-Noir
Countries: USA
Directors: Budd Boetticher
Actors: Lucille Bremer | Richard Carlson | Douglas Fowley | Ralf Harolde | Thomas Browne Henry | Herbert Heyes | Gwen Donovan | Trevor Bardette | Morgan Farley | John Holland | Tony Horton | Tor Johnson | Dickie Moore | Wally Vernon | Kathleen Freeman
A well-known judge has become a fugitive from the police, with a large reward on his head. A reporter believes that the judge is hiding in a private sanitarium, so she seeks out a private investigator and asks him to pretend to be insane, so that he can get inside the sanitarium and look for the judge. The investigator is admitted to the asylum, and encounters many dangers while trying to prove that the judge is there.
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