Robert Young, Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan star in this noir classic, the first Hollywood film to confront anti-Semitism. When a police detective and an army sergeant investigate the murder of a Jewish man, their search leads to a soldier whose strong feelings of anti-Semitism became violent during a night of drinking.
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Glenn Ford is down and his luck, but stumbles into 10% of a silver mine after a driving accident in a small town. He meets a lovely waitress and becomes her patsy in a scheme to defraud the local bank. She murders her accomplice and blames him. He’s is Framed for the murder.
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In A Long Night, a worker and a no-longer-very-young magician compete for the love of a young woman. The latter resorts to the most shameless lies to eliminate his rival, who kills him in a fit of rage. Then he locks himself in a hotel room, besieged by the police and recalls the whole story in flashback.
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Movie review of the classic film noir, Nightmare Alley, possibly Tyrone Power’s best role as a carny hustler who becomes a mentalist, then a spiritualist, then begins his downfall as guilt eats away at him
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Merton of the Movies is set in the silent movie era of Hollywood. Red Skelton plays the part of Gil Merton, a naive, movie-struck young man. He’s given a chance to be a star…. But he doesn’t realize it. A very funny, and sweet, Red Skelton movie co-starring Virginia O’Brien.
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