Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Touch of Evil, A (1958)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Zsa Zsa Gabor… - Declaring its virtuosity right from the famous opening–shot, this late film–noir weaves a tale of murder and blackmail in a Mexican…
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer… - This bleak film noir from director Fritz Lang is a triumph of style and mood with a cynical take on fate and the human condition. An impeccably…
Killer is Loose, The (1956)- Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey - Film noir about a bank robber who escapes prison and sets out on a revenge mission to bring down the cop the killed his wife. Leaning heavily into…
Killing, The (1956)- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards - Brilliantly observed caper movie from the early career of Mr. Kubrick about an ex–con who organises a heist from a racetrack. You'll be glued…
Please Murder Me (Please Murder Me!) (1956)
- Dir. Peter Godfrey
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Raymond Burr, Dick Foran… - Raymond Burr and Angela Lansbury square off in this tough–minded noir about a lawyers who successfully defends his client only to discover…
Unguarded Moment, The (1956)- Dir. Harry Keller
Feat. Esther Williams, George Nader, John Saxon… - Film noir with MGM star Esther Williams playing a High School music teacher and unmarried 'career woman' who is targeted by a stalker. Although…
While the City Sleeps (1956)- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders… - Considered a vastly under–rated Fritz Lang noir, this newspaper drama provides plenty of social commentary depicting the story of the "Lipstick…
Bob Le Flambeur (Bob the Gambler) (1955)- Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corney - Superb French noir from the dir. of LE SAMOURAI, here debuting with a taut plan to rob the Deauville casino, that grows ever more perilous for…
Desperate Hours, The (1955)- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy… - A bunch of escaped convicts, led by Bogart, hold a family hostage in this domestic noir thriller based on the Broadway play by Joseph Hayes.…
Killer's Kiss (1955)- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane - Early Kubrick moodily accounts the tooth–and–nail conflict between a washed–up boxer and a sleazeball club owner, after a club…
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