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Two Smart People

user — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:29:48 +0000

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. Two Smart People (1946) starring Lucille Ball, John Hodiak Product Description Director Jules Dassin (Night and the City) combines the best of film noir, crime caper and romance in this…

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The Frozen Ghost [Inner Sanctum Mystery]

user — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 03:55:00 +0000

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 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…

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Kansas City Confidential

user — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 07:35:00 +0000

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 Review Kansas City Confidential is an excellent film noir that begins with a very unusual bank robbery. First, a masked…

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The Las Vegas Story

user — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 00:41:40 +0000

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 … Synopsis of The Las Vegas Story Investment broker Lloyd Rollins insists to his…

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Sudden Fear

user — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 02:39:14 +0000

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…

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Moontide

user — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 13:08:18 +0000

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…

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In a Lonely Place

user — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 01:15:52 +0000

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. Editorial review of In a Lonely Place,…

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