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Subgenre Sampler
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…
Dead Reckoning (1947)- Dir. John Cromwell
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott - Minor Bogart vehicle, playing a war veteran out to avenge the murder of his buddy. Femme Fatale Lizabeth Scott is undoubtedly involved.
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…
Dishonored Lady (1947)- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder - Hedy Lamarr and then–husband John Loder star in this deliciously ludicrous, dated melodrama, with Lamarr as a fashion editor and lively party…
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…
Kiss of Death (1947)- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray… - Fantastic film noir about a career criminal whose attempts to start a new life entangle him with a psychopathic murderer bent on revenge. Richard…
Lured (Personal Column) (1947)- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Charles Coburn… - Earlier work in the oeuvre of cult director Douglas Sirk isn’t up there with his later masterworks but is more than just a footnote, with a first…
Nightmare Alley (1947)- Dir. Edmund Goulding
Feat. Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray… - Cast against type, Tyrone Power smolders as a nefarious conman whose powers of seduction are employed to crib a secret mind–reading act from a…
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