Subgenre Sampler
To Have and Have Not (1944)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart - In the upper–bracket of Bogart films, this first time match–up with Lauren Bacall still sets the screen alight. Adapted from the…
Woman in the Window, The (1944)- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey - Fritz Lang applies his quietly gripping style to this highly–ranked film–noir in which Criminology Professor Edward G Robinson is led…
Hangmen Also Die (1943)- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee… - Moody political thriller with Donlevy on the run after assassinating a prominent Nazi and finding shelter with a Czech family as the manhunt consumes…
Across the Pacific (1942)- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor - Bogie and director Huston reunite with other MALTESE FALCON leads for a similarly toned WW2 spy adventure set on the eve of Pearl Harbour. Huston was…
Glass Key, The (1942)- Dir. Stuart Heisler
Feat. Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy - Alan Ladd re–teams with blonde siren Veronica Lake in this almighty film noir of divided loyalties, crooked politicians, and underworld snares.…
Ossessione (1942)- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani - Visconti's awesome debut interprets James Cain's novel of lust, greed, murder and recrimination, The Postman Always Rings Twice. Its stark rendering…
This Gun for Hire (1942)- Dir. Frank Tuttle
Feat. Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston… - Dynamite film noir, with Alan Ladd leaping to prominence as an unsmiling hitman embroiled in a vicious revenge quest for a traitorous confederate,…
Maltese Falcon, The (1941)- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre… - A remarkable debut from director Huston hires Bogart's detective Sam Spade to locate a priceless statuette. Prototype film noir based on Dashiell…
They Drive by Night (1940)- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, George Raft, Ida Lupino - Freelance truckies Humphrey Bogart and George Raft do night–runs to deliver their cargo on time, making the first–half an…
You Only Live Once (1937)- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Henry Fonda, Sylvia Sidney - An awesome early film noir from dir. Lang with Fonda playing a career criminal determined to go straight, but compelled by fate into murdering a…
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