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The Frozen Ghost [Inner Sanctum Mystery]

The Frozen Ghost (1945) starring Lon Chaney Jr., Evelyn Ankers
The Frozen Ghost (1945) starring Lon Chaney Jr., Evelyn Ankers The Frozen Ghost is a film noir mystery film directed by Harold Young. It is the fourth of the six “Inner Sanctum” mystery films. Cross the wax museum horror genre with hypnosis gone wrong, and you get this...
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Kansas City Confidential

Kansas City Confidential (1952) starring John Payne, Preston Foster, Coleen Gray
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
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, starring Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame
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...
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Moontide [Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell]

Bobo (Jean Gabin) and Anna (Ida Lupino) in 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...
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