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Female JungleFemale Jungle (1956) Recommended
Dir. Bruno VeSota
Feat. Lawrence Tierney, Jayne Mansfield, John Carradine
Lawrence Tierney, in a rare leading role, plays a hard–drinking cop who puzzles over a nightclub murder encumbered with a 'hangover'. Careful…
Big Combo, TheBig Combo, The (1955)
Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
Feat. Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy
Late period film noir borders on parody, with light and dialogue straight out of some parallel universe. Untouchables–style story has some…
On Dangerous GroundOn Dangerous Ground (1951) Aro Favourite
Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond…
Grimly rewarding noir, with real–life tough guy Robert Ryan in one of his best roles. As a cop helping with a protracted rural manhunt, he…
CaughtCaught (1949)
Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Robert Ryan, Barbara Bel Geddes, James Mason
Noir–melodrama hybrid has half–mad millionaire Robert Ryan (a role based on Howard Hughes), wrapping Barbara Bel Geddes in the coils of 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…
Dark PassageDark Passage (1947)
Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
Smokey Bogie and Bacall noir thriller in which his convicted murderer flees prison and changes his face to prove his innocence. The first third is…
Journey into FearJourney into Fear (1942)
Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio, Orson Welles…
Hitchcockian suspenser set around an American engineer's adventures in WW2 Turkey. Loaded down with a maze–like plot (written by star Joseph…
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Dir. Bruce Humberstone
Feat. Betty Grable
Betty Grable tackles a dramatic role for this exciting whodunnit surrounding the murder of her sister. Quality film noir with a surprise twist in its…
Angels Over BroadwayAngels Over Broadway (1940)
Dir. Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes
Feat. Douglas Jr. Fairbanks, Rita Hayworth
Off–beat melodrama about three of life's failures who redeem themselves in one night's gambling in a New York cafe.
World's Best Dicks
Dir. Various
Compilation tape of gumshoes, gangsters, broads and bombshells including Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Moto, Dick Tracy, Mr. Wong and many more.

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