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Velvet Touch, TheVelvet Touch, The (1948)
Dir. Jack Gage
Feat. Rosalind Russell, Leon Ames, Leo Genn
Film noir with Rosalind Russell (HIS GIRL FRIDAY) playing a Broadway star who accidentally kills her producer during an argument, then stands by as a…
Body and SoulBody and Soul (1947)
Dir. Robert Rossen
Feat. John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, William Conrad
Vital companion–piece to FORCE OF EVIL with John Garfield again lined up for the fall, as a naive, get–ahead young boxer whose propensity…
Born to KillBorn to Kill (1947) Recommended
Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor, Audrey Long
Cracking, hard–edged B–movie thriller, with studly Lawrence Tierney as a ‘homme fatale’ who seduces his way into a cushy marriage in…
Brute ForceBrute Force (1947) Recommended
Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford
Surprisingly visceral and violent for its time, this prison drama sees Lancaster play a tough inmate in Westgate Penitentiary who decides to wage war…
Dead ReckoningDead Reckoning (1947)
Dir. John Cromwell
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott
Minor Bogart vehicle, playing a war veteran out to avenge the murder of his buddy. Femme Fatale Lizabeth Scott is undoubtedly involved.
Desert FuryDesert Fury (1947)
Dir. Lewis Allen
Feat. Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak, Burt Lancaster
Small town Nevada desert set suspense focusing around a gambling empire obstinately led by a tough woman whose perfect monopoly is interrupted by her…
Dishonored LadyDishonored Lady (1947)
Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder
Hedy Lamarr and then–husband John Loder star in this deliciously ludicrous, dated melodrama, with Lamarr as a fashion editor and lively party…
It Always Rains on SundayIt Always Rains on Sunday (1947) Recommended
Dir. Robert Hamer
Feat. Googie Withers, John McCallum, Jack Warner
Overlooked masterpiece of British crime noir which blends kitchen sink realism with the poetic sensibilities of 30's French cinema. An escaped…
Kiss of DeathKiss of Death (1947) Recommended
Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray
Fantastic film noir about a career criminal whose attempts to start a new life entangle him with a psychopathic murderer bent on revenge. Richard…
Nightmare AlleyNightmare Alley (1947) Recommended
Dir. Edmund Goulding
Feat. Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray
Cast against type, Tyrone Power smolders as a nefarious conman whose powers of seduction are employed to crib a secret mind–reading act from a…

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