Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
56 Rue Pigalle (1949)- Dir. Willy Rozier
Feat. Raymond Cordy, Marie Dea - Distinctive French noir telling the tale of a boss, suspected of murdering his blackmailing manservant, who flees to Africa with his mistress once…
Act of Violence (w/ Mystery Street) (1949-1950)- Dir. Fred Zinnemann, John Sturges
Feat. Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh… - Van Heflin's blissful small–town existence is upended when a returning WWII–vet arrives, determined to settle an old score. Disturbingly…
Big Steal, The (w/ Illegal) (1949-1955)- Dir. Don Siegel, Lewis Allen
Feat. Robert Mitchum, William Bendix, Jane Greer… - On the run after being framed for a payroll robbery, GI Robert Mitchum evades William Bendix, teaming up with Jane Greer enroute to Mexico. Exciting…
Caught (1949)- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Robert Ryan, Barbara Bel Geddes, James Mason - Noir–melodrama hybrid has half–mad millionaire Robert Ryan (a role based on Howard Hughes), wrapping Barbara Bel Geddes in the coils of a…
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…
Stray Dog (Nora Inu) (1949)- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune - An early film noir from Japan’s best–known director tracks police detective Toshiro Mifune into the underbelly of Tokyo in search of a pistol…
Thieves' Highway (1949)- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb… - One of dir. Dassin's early noir triumphs, this has Conte seeking to avenge his father's maiming at the hands of a corrupt Californian fruit…
Third Man, The (1949)- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard - Superb romantic thriller about a writer in post–war Vienna whose old friend fails to meet him – under mysterious circumstances. Justly…
Trapped (1949)- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John Hoyt - U.S. Treasury Department agents go after a ring of counterfeiters in this fast–paced B–noir.
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