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Subgenre Sampler
Woman on the Run (1950)- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith… - Twisty, San Fransisco–set noir spins a gripping yarn around a mob witness on the run and his estranged wife in grave danger. Excellent and…
Black Magic (1949)- Dir. Gregory Ratoff
Feat. Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff - Orson Welles excels an 18th century hypnotist, part Gypsy charlatan, part demonic master of the black arts, who uses his powers for revenge against…
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…
Man on the Eiffel Tower, The (1949)- Dir. Burgess Meredith
Feat. Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith… - Solid early outing for Inspector Maigret has Laughton in the iconic role pursuing a murderer against some splendid Parisian locales.
Obsession (The Hidden Room) (1949)- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Robert Newton, Phil Brown - Loaded film noir of jealously gone awry, with Robert Newton kidapping his wife’s latest adulterous fling, and threatening, among other things, a…
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…
Shockproof (1949)- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Cornel Wilde - Written by Samuel Fuller. A parole officer falls in love with a beautiful parolee, and tries to keep her away from her gambling ex–boyfriend.…
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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