Two Smart People
Two Smart People combines the best of film noir, crime caper and romance in this little gem with Lucille Ball, John Hodiak and Lloyd Nolan.
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The Frozen Ghost [Inner Sanctum Mystery]
The Frozen Ghost (1945) starring Lon Chaney Jr., Evelyn Ankers. An Inner Sanctum mystery, set at a wax museum, with a group of odd characters
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Kansas City Confidential
Kansas City Confidential (1952) starring John Payne, Preston Foster, Coleen Gray
Treachery and betrayal abound when an ex-con is accused of an armored-car robbery in this suspenseful film noir crime drama – Kansas City Confidential
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The Las Vegas Story
The Las Vegas Story (1952) starring Victor Mature, Jane Russell, Vincent Price
In The Las Vegas Story, a casino owner’s been murdered, a diamond necklace is missing and a shady husband is suspected of the crimes. Then the police show up …
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Sudden Fear
Sudden Fear (1952) starring Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame
In this rediscovered masterpiece of film noir, Joan Crawford plays a successful playwright who marries a mediocre actor (Jack Palance) with a troubling secret. She soon discovers that he not only married her for money but that he plans to murder her with the help of his lover (Gloria Grahame). Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Actress (Crawford), Best Supporting Actor (Palance) and Best Black & White Cinematography (Charles Lang Jr.), this taut thriller also features a score by Elmer Bernstein that is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.
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Moontide
Moontide (1942) starring Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell, directed by Fritz Lang and Archie Mayo
Moontide is a variety of things — a forgotten movie with excellent acting, a character study, a film noir. It’s the story of a French wanderer named Bobo (Jean Gabin). Bobo is a handsome, hard-drinking man who considers himself a wandering gypsy. He wanders from place to place and job to job. His best friend Tiny (Thomas Mitchell) tails him. But this friend is more of a leech. He blackmails Bobo into paying his bills so that Tiny doesn’t have to work for a living.
Until they come to a small fishing town, and Bobo falls for a beautiful waitress (Ida Lupino). And after Bobo rescues her from an attempted suicide by drowning, the two begin falling in love. Then, Bobo begins to think about settling down for the first time … But that doesn’t fit in with Tiny’s plans. And an old man has been murdered. But Bobo remembers nothing about it since he was drinking at the time …
In a Lonely Place
A lesser-known, but classic Humphrey Bogart movie, possibly his best performance in the film noir genre – Bogart plays screenwriter Dixon Steele, accused of a murder that he may, or may not, have committed. It is a riveting character study that must be seen to be appreciated.