Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Key Largo (1948)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall - Moody, suspenseful melodrama in which war vet Humphrey Bogart is confronted with gangster nastiness on the Florida Keys. Lauren Bacall looks on.
Lady from Shanghai (1948)- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles - A bold experiment from Orson Welles in which his Irish traveller joins Rita Hayworth and others aboard a luxury yacht where a murder–mystery…
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…
Road House (1948)- Dir. Jean Negulesco
Feat. Richard Widmark - Engrossing melodrama exploring the dark side of human emotion. Psychotic club owner Richard Widmark goes into a jealous rampage when his girl decides…
Set-Up, The (1948)- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias - This film noir classic is a gripping, real–time examination of a night in the life of an aging prize–fighter who refuses to be corrupted…
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.…
They Live By Night (w/ Side Street) (1948-1950)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray, Anthony Mann
Feat. Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell - Nicholas Ray's terrific, heartfelt tragi–noir fluctuates between high tension and sweet romance, underpinning the fate of criminal lovers…
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…
Body and Soul (1947)- Dir. Robert Rossen
Feat. John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, William Conrad… - Vital companion–piece to FORCE OF EVIL with John Garfield again lined up for the fall, as a naive, get–ahead young boxer whose propensity…
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