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Killer is Loose, TheKiller 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, TheKilling, The (1956) Aro Favourite
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 MePlease Murder Me (Please Murder Me!) (1956) Recommended
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, TheUnguarded 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 SleepsWhile the City Sleeps (1956) Recommended
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…
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…
Bob Le FlambeurBob Le Flambeur (Bob the Gambler) (1955) Recommended
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, TheDesperate 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 KissKiller'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…
Kiss Me DeadlyKiss Me Deadly (1955) Recommended
Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart
Ralph Meeker is Mike Hammer in this high–octane film noir, shamelessly blood–soaked in B–movie / pulp novel tradition. The…

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