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Subgenre Sampler
On Dangerous Ground (1951)
- 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…
Prowler, The (1951)- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, John Maxwell… - This underseen "perv noir" deliciously subverts archetypes by twisting its menacing male lead (a terrific Van Heflin) into a 'homme fatale', replete…
Racket, The (1951)- Dir. John Cromwell
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Lizabeth Scott… - An incorruptible police captain's attempts to clean up the streets of his town leads to confrontation with the local mob boss. Minor noir, previously…
Clouded Yellow, The (1950)
- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard, Kenneth More… - Superior British noir with Howard as a jaded ex–secret service agent pressed into service when he falls for the charms of mysterious young…
House by the River (1950)- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Louis Hayward, Lee Bowman, Jane Wyatt… - Crime noir which chillingly evokes the Victorian era thanks to director Fritz Lang's characteristic attention to detail and mood. When a rich…
Panic in the Streets (1950)- Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes… - Early New Orleans–set Kazan noir, follows the hunt for a killer who may be spreading a bubonic plague. Tense, detailed examination of morality…
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Dana Andrews, Karl Malden, Gary Merrill… - In one of his keynote roles, Dana Andrews plays an over–aggressive cop on the dirty sidewalks of New York who takes matters into his own hands…
Woman on the Run (1950)- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith… - Twisty, San Fransisco–set noir spins a gripping yarn around a mob witness on the run and his estranged wife in grave danger. Excellent and…
House of Strangers (1949)- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte… - A tour–de–force performance from Edward G. Robinson as a wealthy Italian American patriarch whose controlling presence in his sons' lives…
Reckless Moment, The (1949)- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks… - Masterful suspenser in which concerned parent Joan Bennett covers up an apparent murder in order to protect her vulnerable daughter and…
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