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Journey into Fear (1942)- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio, Orson Welles… - Hitchcockian suspenser set around an American engineer's adventures in WW2 Turkey. Loaded down with a maze–like plot (written by star Joseph…
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,…
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)- Dir. Bruce Humberstone
Feat. Betty Grable - Betty Grable tackles a dramatic role for this exciting whodunnit surrounding the murder of her sister. Quality film noir with a surprise twist in its…
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…
Angels Over Broadway (1940)- Dir. Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes
Feat. Douglas Jr. Fairbanks, Rita Hayworth - Off–beat melodrama about three of life's failures who redeem themselves in one night's gambling in a New York cafe.
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…
Pulp Cinema - A sterling collection of film–noir movie trailers, including: The Big Heat, The Big Knife, The Big Sleep, Grand Central Murder, I Am A…
- World's Best Dicks
- Dir. Various
- Compilation tape of gumshoes, gangsters, broads and bombshells including Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Moto, Dick Tracy, Mr. Wong and many more.
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