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A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after the discovery of a human skeleton on a Massachusetts beach.Read More »
250 Quintessential Film Noirs
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John Sturges – Mystery Street (1950)
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Raoul Walsh – High Sierra (1941) (HD)
1941-1950250 Quintessential Film NoirsDramaFilm NoirRaoul WalshUSASynopsis:
After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.Read More » -
Robert Siodmak – The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945) (HD)
Robert Siodmak1941-1950250 Quintessential Film NoirsDramaFilm NoirUSABachelor Harry Quincey, head designer in a small-town cloth factory, lives with his selfish sisters, glamorous hypochondriac Lettie and querulous widow Hester. His developing relationship with new colleague Deborah Brown promises happiness at last…thwarted by passive, then increasingly active opposition from one sister. Will Harry resort to desperate measures?Read More »
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Norman Foster & Orson Welles – Journey Into Fear (1943)
Orson Welles1941-1950250 Quintessential Film NoirsFilm NoirNorman FosterThrillerUSAAn American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by German agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.Read More »
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Henry Hathaway – Kiss of Death (1947)
Henry Hathaway1941-1950250 Quintessential Film NoirsCrimeFilm NoirUSASmall-time crook Nick Bianco gets caught in a jewel heist and despite urgings from well-meaning district attorney D’Angelo, refuses to rat on his partners and goes to jail, assured that his wife and children will be taken care of. Learning that his depressed wife has killed herself, Nick informs on his ex-pals and is paroled. Nick remarries, gets a job and begins leading a happy life when he learns one of the men he informed on, psychopathic killer Tommy Udo, has been released from custody and is out for revenge against Nick and his family.Read More »
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Curtis Bernhardt – Conflict (1945)
Curtis Bernhardt1941-1950250 Quintessential Film NoirsFilm NoirMysteryUSAUnhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he’ll be free to marry her sister.Read More »
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Robert Siodmak – Cry of the City (1948)
Robert Siodmak1941-1950250 Quintessential Film NoirsDramaFilm NoirUSASynopsis:
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles’ allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he’ll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?Read More » -
Jean Negulesco – The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
Jean Negulesco1941-1950250 Quintessential Film NoirsClassicsFilm NoirUSASydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre make a marvelous team in this exhilarating and atmospheric Film-Noir that Daily Variety hailed as “one of the most brilliant crime dramas yet filmed.” When the body of Dimitrios Makropoulos (Zachary Scott) washes ashore in Istanbul, there is cause for celebration all across Europe. The devious sociopath has left as his legacy an array of crimes including blackmail, thievery, murder and high treason. Interested in chronicling the dead man’s unscrupulous exploits, mystery writer Cornelius Leyden (Lorre) takes up his trail, aided by a mysterious man named Peters (Greenstreet).Read More »
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Fred Zinnemann – Act of Violence (1948)
Fred Zinnemann1941-1950250 Quintessential Film NoirsFilm NoirThrillerUSAAct of Violence (1948) Synopsis: A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.Read More »
