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Subgenre Sampler
He Walked By Night (1948)- Dir. Alfred L. Werker
Feat. Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts - High–tension film noir shot in semi documentary style follows Richard Basehart as a psychopathic loner being doggedly pursued by LAPD's finest.
Naked City, The (1948)- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart… - Classic crime thriller has its eye on a young woman's murder in the 'naked city' of New York, and the two veteran cops in charge of tracking down her…
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
- Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster - The great Barbara Stanwyck cracks up in this crime melodrama, an enjoyably overrought 'visualisation' of what was a gripping and highly successful…
Street With No Name, The (1948)- Dir. William Keighley
Feat. Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, Lloyd Nolan… - One of the grittier film noirs of the 1940s, evokes its tale of corruption, mob violence and FBI infiltration with a semi–documentary surface.…
Velvet Touch, The (1948)- Dir. Jack Gage
Feat. Rosalind Russell, Leon Ames, Leo Genn… - Film noir with Rosalind Russell (HIS GIRL FRIDAY) playing a Broadway star who accidentally kills her producer during an argument, then stands by as a…
Born to Kill (1947)- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor, Audrey Long… - Cracking, hard–edged B–movie thriller, with studly Lawrence Tierney as a ‘homme fatale’ who seduces his way into a cushy marriage in…
Brute Force (1947)- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford… - Surprisingly visceral and violent for its time, this prison drama sees Lancaster play a tough inmate in Westgate Penitentiary who decides to wage war…
Dark 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…
Desert Fury (1947)- Dir. Lewis Allen
Feat. Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak, Burt Lancaster… - Small town Nevada desert set suspense focusing around a gambling empire obstinately led by a tough woman whose perfect monopoly is interrupted by her…
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)- Dir. Robert Hamer
Feat. Googie Withers, John McCallum, Jack Warner - Overlooked masterpiece of British crime noir which blends kitchen sink realism with the poetic sensibilities of 30's French cinema. An escaped…
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