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The cinematic genre of the film noir and the literary genre of noir fiction arose from the evils of World War II, Central themes of noir include being set up for a crime one did not commit, of being lured by a femme fatale
from concern for the benefits & dangers of nuclear weapons, and from the fear & paranoia of the Cold War –
H.U.A.C. and McCarthyism and the infamous blacklist.
into some trap, of being scapegoated by persons unknown, of Fate stopping the clock so that the protagonist
has only hours or days to solve his/her own murder, to catch the real criminal, and-or to save mankind.
Film Noir genre at Internet Movie Database
film noir poster catalog at AllPosters.com
Books About Film Noir (and some music)
film noir on DVD at Amazon.com • • film noir on VHS at Amazon.com
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"Tough Guy Wisdom: The Ultimate In Tough Guy Movie Quotes & Trivia" [2011] by Alain Burrese Kindle Edition from T.G.W. Books [12/2011] for 99¢ {sic} T.G.W. Books 8x5 pb [12/2011] for $9.99 "Tough Guy Wisdom II: Return of The Tough Guy" [2011] Kindle Edition from T.G.W. Books [2/2012] for 99¢ {sic} T.G.W. Books 8x5 pb [2/2012] for $9.99 "Tough Guy Wisdom III: Revenge of The Tough Guy" [2011] Kindle Edition from T.G.W. Books [3/2012] for 99¢ {sic} T.G.W. Books 8x5 pb [3/2012] for $9.99 |
 | "Film Noir, The Directors" [2012] Edited by Alain Silver & James Ursini Limelight 9¼x7½ pb [3/2012] for $18.24 |
The Masters of Hardboiled/Noir Fiction
Dashiell Hammett [1894-1961]
movies include "The Maltese Falcon" [1931], "City Streets" [1931], "Woman In The Dark" [1934],
"The Thin Man" movies [1934-47], "Mister Dynamite" [1935], "Satan Met A Lady" [1936],
"The Maltese Falcon" [1941], "The Glass Key" [1942], "Yojimbo" [1962],
"The Dain Curse" [1978 miniseries], "Miller's Crossing" [1990] & "Last Man Standing" [1996]
Raymond Chandler [1888-1959]
movies include "Time To Kill" [1942], "Murder, My Sweet" [1944], "Double Indemnity" [1944], "The Big Sleep" [1946],
"The Blue Dahlia" [1946], "The Brasher Doubloon" [1947], "Lady In The Lake" [1947], "Strangers On A Train" [1951],
"Marlowe" [1969], "The Long Goodbye" [1973], "Farewell, My Lovely" [1975], "The Big Sleep" [1978],
"Philip Marlowe, Private Eye" miniseries [1983 & 1986] & "Poodle Springs" [1998 tv movie]
Noir Films of America {A to E}
movies F to J • movies K to O • movies P to U • movies V to Z
"A Life At Stake" [Gibraltar 1954] /tt0047178/
watch film online [1:15:37] at YouTube
"A Stolen Face"
[Hammer/Lippert June 1952]
Rejected by an American concert pianist, a London plastic surgeon refashions the face of a convict
(face burned in the blitz) to look like his lost love, then marries her. Then the original shows up.
Directed by Terence Fisher; starring {blacklistee} Paul Henreid, Lizabeth Scott, Mary
Mackenzie, André Morell, John Wood, Susan Stephen, Arnold Ridley, Everley Gregg,
Cyril Smith, Grace Gavin, Terence O'Regan & Diana Beaumont
Kit Parker/VCI b&w Double Feature DVD [7/2006] for $13.99 - with "Blackout" [1954]
full credits from IMDb
"The American" [Focus Features Sept 2010]
 | This is a noir love story. Roger Ebert compares the film to Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" [1967], but for me it resonates more with Jean-Luc Godard's "Breathless" [1960]. The attempt to kill an American in Sweden is unsuccessful; the assassin flees to Italy and hides out in a mountaintop village. He is a maker of illegal weapons, and can trust no one, not even the beautiful prostitute who has fallen in love with him. Co-produced by & starring George Clooney; directed by Anton Corbijn; script by Rowan Joffe, based on a novel by Martin Booth; cinematography by Martin Ruhe; also starring Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli, Johan Leysen, Bruce Altman, Irina Björklund, Samuli Vauramo, Filippo Timi & Björn Granath
Focus Features widescreen color Blu-ray [6/2011] 2 disks for $14.14 Focus Features widescreen color DVD [6/2011] for $5.95 11"x17" orange poster from Amazon for $9.84 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "A Very Private Gentleman: A Novel" [2004] by Martin Booth Picador 8x5½ movie tie-in pb [8/2010] for $10.08 Picador 8x5½ pb [1/2005] for $12.24 Thomas Dunne Books 8¾x5¾ hardcover [1/2004] out of print/used |
"The American Side" [The Orchard April 2016] 
 | Pop-noir thriller filmed in Upstate New York; a low-rent detective is hired to locate an electronic engineer, who mysteriously commits suicide at Niagara Falls; the detective's attempt to get to the bottom of the case unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention designed by enigmatic scientist Nikola Tesla [1856-1943]. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Jenna Ricker; co-written by & starring Greg Stuhr; music by David Shire; also starring Alicja Bachleda, Camilla Belle, Matthew Broderick, Robert Forster, Janeane Garofalo, Grant Shaud, Robert Vaughn, Harris Yulin, Joe Grifasi, Stephen Henderson, Norm Sham, Kelsey Siepser, Don Stuhr, Daniela Galli, Todd Benzin, Brian Mysliwy, Tracey B. Wilson, Vincent O'Neill, Wendy Higgins, Peter Palmisano, Rolando Gomez
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site • no entry at Wikipedia watch 3/2016 official trailer [2:16] at YouTube |
"Angel Face" [R.K.O. Dec 1952]
 | The step-daughter of a wealthy woman poisoned by gas hires a sappy ambulance driver as chauffeur. Suspecting the woman to be dangerous, he pulls away, but she schemes to keep him tied to her. When her parents' car plummets off a cliff, the schemer and the innocent are both charged with murder. 'Presented by' Howard Hughes; directed by Otto Preminger; music by Dimitri Tiomkin; starring Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall, Leon Ames, Barbara O'Neil & Jim Backus
Turner Home Ent. b&w DVD [1/2007] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"Angel's Flight" [Crown Intl. 1965]
A hard-drinking reporter investigates a series of murders in the seedy Bunker Hill area
of Los Angeles; filmed on location just before the area was demolished for redevelopment.
video not available; full credits from IMDb
"Armored Car Robbery" [R.K.O. June 1950]
 | A mastermind unknown to the law plans a holdup in meticulous detail, but two robbers and a cop get killed, so he hides out and forms a plan to escape pursuit by a friend of the dead cop, a relentless & clever fellow officer.
Directed by Richard Fleischer; starring Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman, Douglas Fowley, Steve Brodie, Don McGuire, James Flavin & Gene Evans
video not available • full credits from IMDb |
"The Asphalt Jungle"
[M.G.M. May 1950]
 | 27"x39" one-sheet poster available at AllPosters.com Just out of prison, a legendary criminal recruits a safecracker, a driver, a financial backer, and a strong-arm man for a million-dollar burglary; at first the plan goes like clockwork, but little accidents accumulate and each partner proves to have his own fatal weakness. Co-written & directed by John Huston; starring Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire, Marilyn Monroe & Anthony Caruso; Oscar nominated for Best Picture, Best Script, Best Cinematography & Best Supporting Actor [SJ]; remade in 1958 as a cowboy movie, "The Badlanders", and in 1972 as the 'blaxploitation' film "Cool Breeze". Warner b&w DVD [7/2004] for $17.99 Turner Home Video b&w VHS [2/92] for $19.99 full credits from IMDb |
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based on W.R. Burnett's novel [Knopf 1949] Prion Books 7½x5 pb [9/99] out of print/used Wm. Morrow pb [4/84] out of print/used |
"Bad Blonde"
aka 'The Flanagan Boy' [Hammer/Lippert April 1953]
A young man signs up with an Italian boxing promoter just returned from America with a lusty wife. The boxer and the wife
have a torrid affair, then she convinces him that she is pregnant and that they need to murder the husband.
Directed by Reginald Le Borg; based on the pulp novel by Max Catto; starring Tony Wright,
Barbara Payton, Frederick Valk, John Slater & Sid James
Kit Parker/VCI b&w Double Feature DVD [7/2006] for $13.99 - with "Man Bait" [1952]
full credits from IMDb
"Beyond A Reasonable Doubt" [RKO Radio Pictures 1956] /tt0049006/
A newspaper reporter and his publisher manipulate evidence to show that the district attorney is convicting innocent people.
"Beyond A Reasonable Doubt" remake
[RKO Pictures Sept 2004] /tt1183251/
TV reporters versus unethical district attorney; starring Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn & Michael Douglas
"The Big Clock"
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Paramount b&w feature film [April 1948] When a publishing tycoon commits a murder of passion, he quickly begins to frame an innocent man seen with the victim. The innocent man enlists an editor to help trap the killer, not knowing that the 'killer' and the editor are the same person. Directed by John Farrow; adapted by Jonathan Latimer; starring Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, George Macready, Harry Morgan, Elsa Lanchester, Rita Johnson, Dan Tobin & Richard Webb Universal b&w DVD [7/2004] for $12.99 Universal b&w VHS [9/96] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
 | "No Way Out" color remake [Orion Aug 1987]
A Navy officer is posted to the Pentagon, reporting to the Secretary of Defense. He starts an affair not knowing that the woman is the Secretary's mistress. When she is found dead, he is assigned to the case, and scrambles to find the killer before evidence at the crime scene pointing to him is uncovered. Directed by Roger Donaldson; script by Robert Garland; starring Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, Howard Duff, George Dzundza, Jason Bernard & Fred Dalton Thompson M.G.M. color DVD [4/2000] for $12.99 M.G.M. color VHS [10/99] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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Based on the 1946 novel by Kenneth Fearing NYRB 8x5 pb [7/2006] for $10.78 |
"The Big Combo"
[Allied Artists Feb 1955]
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When a police lieutenant is ordered to shut down his surveillance of a mob boss for lack of results, he makes a move on the crook's girlfriend.
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis; script by Philip Yordan; cinematography by John Alton; starring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, Robert Middleton, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman, Helen Walker & Whit Bissell
Geneon/Pioneer b&w DVD [10/2005] for $5.99 Image Ent. b&w VHS [2/2000] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"The Big Heat" [Columbia Oct 1953]
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A police detective's routine investigation of a cop's suicide takes a turn when a B-girl offering evidence is found murdered. He puts pressure on the local rackets boss, which causes the bombing death of the cop's wife, leading to white-hot vengeance.
Directed by [blacklistee] Fritz Lang; starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Peter Whitney, Carolyn Jones & John Doucette
Sony b&w DVD [12/2001] for $21.99 Sony b&w VHS [5/2000] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"Blackout"
aka 'Murder By Proxy' [Hammer/Lippert March 1954]
 | A down-on-his-luck American meets a blonde in a London bar; next day, he wakes up in a strange room and finds that she tricked him into marrying her, there is blood on his coat and £500 in the pocket, and the woman's father has been murdered.
Directed by Terence Fisher; based on a novel by Helen Nielsen; starring Dane Clark, Belinda Lee, Betty Ann Davies, Eleanor Summerfield, Andrew Osborn, Harold Lang & Michael Golden
Kit Parker/VCI b&w Double Feature DVD [7/2006] for $13.99 full credits from IMDb |
"Blood Simple" [Circle Films Jan 1985]
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A Texas saloonkeeper hires a sleazy detective to spy on his cheating wife, then to kill her and her lover. But the detective has other plans, and the misunder- andings and deceit and double- & triple-crosses build to a bloody climax.
Co-written & co-directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen; starring John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams & Deborah Neumann
Universal widescreen color Director's Cut DVD [9/2001] for $10.99 Universal color VHS [1/95] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb "Blood Simple: The Screenplay" [1989] St. Martin's Griffin 8¼x5½ pb [3/89] for $10.95 |
"The Blue Dahlia"
[Paramount April 1946]
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A bomber pilot returns from the war and finds his wife in the arms of the owner of the Blue Dahlia nightclub. He runs off, leaving his gun behind, and someone uses his gun to murder her. Seeking the real killer, he dodges the cops with the aid of the nightclub owner's estranged wife.
Directed by George Marshall; script by Raymond Chandler [1888-1959]; starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Hugh Beaumont & Tom Powers; Oscar nominated for Best Original Screenplay Universal b&w VHS [4/98] for $13.99 full credits from IMDb "The Blue Dahlia" screenplay by Raymond Chandler Warner pb [2/89] out of print/used |
"Border Incident" [M.G.M. Oct 1949]
A Mexican federal agent infiltrates a smuggling ring, and soon he and his American
counterpart are in deadly danger from the sinister rancher ringleader.
Directed by Anthony Mann; b&w cinematography by John Alton; starring Ricardo Montalban,
George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell, Arnold Moss, Alfonso Bedoya & Arthur Hunnicutt
video not available; full credits from IMDb
"Borderline" [Universal March 1950]
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Two federal agencies send undercover agents, unknown to each other, to infiltrate a drug gang along the U.S.-Mexico border. An odd combination of romance & comedy & noir.
Directed by William A. Seiter; starring Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor & Raymond Burr Good Times b&w DVD [1/2005] for $5.98 VCI b&w VHS [11/97] for $14.24 full credits from IMDb |
"Bordertown" [Warner Bros. 1935]
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The newly-promoted partner in a border town casino has eyes for a society dame, while his partner's wife loves him. The wife kills her husband, then out of jealousy blames the man who scorns her.
Directed by Archie Mayo; starring Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay & Eugene Pallette
video not available; full credits from IMDb |
"Born To Kill" [R.K.O. May 1947]
 | A man kills two strangers in Reno, Nevada; a just-divorced woman finds the bodies but chooses not to become involved. Unbeknownst, they meet on the train to San Francisco. Directed by Robert Wise; starring Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak, Phillip Terry, Audrey Long, Elisha Cook Jr. & Esther Howard Turner b&w DVD [7/2005] for $11.47 Turner b&w VHS [10/91] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com |
"The Bribe" [M.G.M. Feb 1949]
 | An F.B.I. agent is sent to a Caribbean island to break up a stolen aircraft engine racket, and finds the wife of the local mobster boss a temptation that he cannot resist.
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard; written by Marguerite Roberts, based on a story by Frederick Nebel; original music by Miklós Rózsa; starring Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price & John Hodiak
M.G.M./Warner Bros. Home Ent. b&w DVD [1/2010] for $26.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Brick" [Focus March 2006]
 | Noir plot, noir dialog & noir visuals: Teenagers at a high school in a California beach town caught in a web of deceit & lust & death. Written & directed by Rian Johnson; starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary & Emilie de Ravin; won Special Jury Prize at Sundance
Universal widescreen color DVD [DUE August 2006] for $22.49 full credits from IMDb; official movie site |
"Broken City" [StudioCanal/Fox Jan 2013]
Announced 6/2011: A noir-style drama about an ex-cop turned private detective who is hired by the mayor
to find out whether his wife is cheating on him; co-produced by director Allen Hughes & star Mark Wahlberg;
screenplay by Brian Tucker; also starring Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Barry Pepper, Kyle Chandler,
Justin Chambers & Alona Tal •
latest info at IMDb
"Broken Triangle" [indep 2011]
film noir short by Charles Frisby •
watch video [4:10] free online at Vimeo
"The Burglar" [Columbia June 1957]
 | A petty thief and his gang pull off a jewel heist at a wealthy woman's mansion only to discover that his sister is dating the cop investigating the crime. Directed by Paul Wendkos; script by David Goodis (from his 1953 novel); starring Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha Vickers, Peter Capell & Mickey Shaughnessy
video not available; full credits from IMDb |
"The Captive City"
[United Artists March 1952]
A crusading editor exposes the stranglehold on his city of a mob boss who has the entire police force under his thumb.
Directed by Robert Wise; starring John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy,
Marjorie Crossland, Victor Sutherland, Ray Teal & Martin Milner
video not available;
full credits from IMDb
"City of Fear" [Columbia Feb 1959]
An escaped convict steals what he thinks is heroin, but is actually a radioactive substance called copat 60;
if authorities cannot track him down, the result could be the destruction of Los Angeles.
Directed by Irving Lerner; starring Vince Edwards, Lyle Talbot, John Archer,
Steven Ritch & Patricia Blair;
video not available;
full credits from IMDb
"The Crooked Way"
[United Artists April 1949]
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An amnesiac war hero returns to L.A. and is met by cops, who say he worked for a local mob boss and has an ex-wife; he is hounded by the cops, beaten by the mob, and soon framed for murder.
Directed by Robert Florey; cinematography by John Alton; starring John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew, Rhys Williams, Percy Helton, John Doucette, Charles Evans & Greta Granstedt
Geneon/Pioneer color DVD [11/2005] for $5.99 full credits from IMDb |
"Dark Passage"
[Warner Bros./First National Sept 1947]
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A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes San Quentin and returns to San Francisco to prove his innocence. Even after plastic surgery, he is hounded by the woman who testified against him.
Adapted & directed by Delmer Daves, from the David Goodis novel; starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett, Agnes Moorehead, Tom D'Andrea, Clifton Young, Rory Mallinson & Houseley Stevenson
Warner b&w DVD [11/2003] for $17.99 Warner b&w VHS [3/2000] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb "Dark Passage" posters at AllPosters.com 1946 novel by David Goodis Trafalgar Square 7¾x5¼ pb [4/99] out of print/used |
"Dead Reckoning"
[Columbia Jan 1947]
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Two former Army officers are called to testify in Washington, DC; one runs away, and the other trails him to a Gulf Coast town, where he finds his friend killed and accused of murder, and then gets involved with the murder victim's widow. Directed by John Cromwell; starring Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane, William Prince, Marvin Miller & Wallace Ford
Sony b&w DVD [1/2003] for $21.99 Sony b&w VHS [6/94] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com |
"Detour"
Fate provides a hitchhiking loser with a car, and he picks up a hitchhiking sadistic femme fatale.
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Producers Releasing original b&w feature [Nov 1945]
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer; script by Martin M. Goldsmith, from his novel {below}; starring Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake & Edmund MacDonald; listed on the National Film Registry in 1992; listed on Time Magazine's "All-Time 100 Best Films" (2005) Alpha Video b&w DVD [10/2002] for $7.98 Timeless Multimedia b&w VHS [12/91] for $12.99 full credits from IMDb |
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color remake [1992 video release]
Directed by Wade Williams; based on the prior script, with additional scenes; starring Tom Neal Jr., Lea Lavish, Susanna Foster, Erin McGrane, Duke Howze & Brad Hittiker Ventura Home Ent. color VHS [9/98] out of prodn/rare full credits from IMDb |
 | "Detour: An Extraordinary Tale" [1939 novel] by Martin M. Goldsmith O'Bryan House pb [10/2005] for $14.95 |
"D.O.A."
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United Artists b&w original [April 1950]
A small-town accountant visiting San Francisco on a business trip is told he's been poisoned and has only a few days to live, so he tries to find out who killed him and why. Directed by Rudolph Maté; cinematography by Ernest Laszlo; starring Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Beverly Garland, Lynn Baggett, William Ching, Lawrence Dobkin & Neville Brand R.O.A.N. b&w DVD [11/2003] for $12.99 Timeless Multimedia b&w VHS [12/91] for $9.99 full credits from IMDb |
 | Touchstone color remake [March 1988]
An English professor finds out that he's been poisoned and has only a few days to live, so he tries to find out who killed him and why. Co-directed by Annabel Jankel & Rocky Morton; starring Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Charlotte Rampling, Daniel Stern, Jane Kaczmarek, Christopher Neame & Robin Johnson Disney widescreen color DVD [10/2003] for $9.99 Disney color VHS [10/95] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb |
"Double Indemnity"
An insurance salesman plots with a beautiful client to murder her elderly husband for the insurance.
But a company investigator suspects foul play, the old man's daughter accuses the woman of murdering her mother
in order to marry him, and suddenly the salesman fears a double cross.
 | Paramount feature film [Sept 1944]
11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com Co-written & directed by Billy Wilder; script co-written by Raymond Chandler [1888-1959] from the James M. Cain novel; starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Tom Powers & Edward G. Robinson; Oscar noms for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script, Best Actress [BS], Best Cinematography, Best Music Score, Best Sound; listed on National Film Registry 1992; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (/2005) Universal b&w VHS [4/98] for $13.99 Image Ent b&w DVD [10/2000] out of stock/used full credits on IMDb |
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"Double Indemnity" script by Billy Wilder & Raymond Chandler Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [12/2000] for $11.17 critical textbook [1992] by Richard Schickel
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 | 1936 novel by James M. Cain [1892-1977] Vintage 8x5¼ pb [5/89] for $8.76 Amereon 9x6¼ hardcover [9/96] out of print/rare Caedmon UNABR audio CD [5/2005] for $18.87 |
Directed by Jack Smight; starring Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Samantha Eggar & Robert Webber;
video not available; full credits from IMDb
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Film Noir Collections
Nordic Noir Collection from Arrow Films
Nordic Noir is a brand at Arrow Films offering Region 2 DVDs to the U.K.; TV series include
"Borgen", "The Bridge",
"The Killing", "The Protectors", "Sebastian Bergman", "Unit One", "Van Veeteren", and "Wallander"
Bad Girls of Film Noir Collection
 | Volume 1: Sony/Columbia DVD set [2/2010] 2 disks for $19.29
contains 4 feature films: "The Killer That Stalked New York" [1950] starring Evelyn Keyes; "Two of A Kind" [1951] starring Terry Moore & Edmund O'Brien; "Bad For Each Other" [1953] starring Lizabeth Scott & Charleton Heston; and "The Glass Wall" [1953] starring Gloria Grahame & Vittorio Gassman; bonus features include Terry Moore interview & Ford All-Star Theatre episode "The Payoff" [NBC-TV May 1956] starring Janet Blair & Howard Duff |
 | Volume 2: Sony/Columbia DVD [2/2010] 2 disks for $19.99
contains 4 feature films: "Night Editor" [1946] starring Janis Carter & William Gargan; "One Girl's Confession" [1953] starring Cleo Moore & producer-writer-director Hugo Haas; "Over-Exposed" [1956] starring Cleo Moore & Richard Crenna; "Women's Prison" [1955] starring Ida Lupino, Audrey Totter & Howard Duff; bonus features include Ford All-Star Theatre episode "Remember To Live" [NBC-TV Nov 1954] starring Cleo Moore, Barbara Hale, Judy Nugent & Dane Clark |
Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics Collection
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Volume I [2009]: Sony/Columbia DVD set [11/2009] 5 disks for $41.08
contains 5 feature films: "The Sniper" [1952] directed by Edward Dmytryk; "The Big Heat" [1953] directed by Fritz Lang, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame & Lee Marvin; "Five Against The House" [1955] starring Guy Madison, Kim Novak & Brian Keith; "The Lineup" [1958] directed by Don Siegel, starring Eli Wallach & Robert Keith; and "Murder By Contract" [1958] starring Vince Edwards; bonus features include commentary by directors Martin Scorsese & Michael Mann, and by non-fiction author Eddie Muller & fiction author James Ellroy, plus featurette "The Influence of Noir (with Christopher Nolan)" [2009] |
 | Volume II [2010]: Sony/Columbia DVD set [7/2010] for $46.93
contains 5 feature films: "Pushover" [July 1954] starring Fred MacMurray & Kim Novak; "Human Desire" [Aug 1954] directed by Fritz Lang; starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame & Broderick Crawford; "Nightfall" [Jan 1957] starring Aldo Ray; "The Brothers Rico" [Sept 1957] starring Richard Conte, James Darren & Paul Picerni; and "City of Fear" [Feb 1959] starring Vince Edwards |
 | Volume III [2012]: T.C.M. b&w DVD set [6/2012] out of prodn/used
contains 5 feature films: "My Name Is Julia Ross" [Nov 1945]; "The Mob" [Oct 1951] starring Broderick Crawford; "Drive A Crooked Road" [March 1954] starring Mickey Rooney; "Tight Spot" [1955] starring Ginger Rogers, Brian Keith & Edward G. Robinson; and "The Burglar" [June 1957] written by David Goodis, starring Dan Duryea & Jayne Mansfield |
Classic Film Noir Collection
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Volume 1 [2005]: St. Clair Vision b&w DVD set [10/2007] 3 disks for $9.98
includes "Detour" [1945]; "The Stranger" [1946]; "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" [1946] starring Kirk Douglas; "The Scar" aka 'Hollow Triumph' [1948] starring Paul Henreid; "Too Late For Tears" aka 'Killer Bait' [1949]; "D.O.A." [1950]; "The Man Who Cheated Himself" [1950]; "Quicksand" [1950]; and "The Hitch-Hiker" [1953] directed by Ida Lupino; plus bonus "About Film Noir" documentary, and noir photo gallery & noir trailers |
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Volume 2 [2006]: St. Clair Vision b&w DVD set [11/2006] 3 disks for $8.99
includes "Buried Alive" [1939]; "The Chase" [1946]; "Whistle Stop" [1946] starring George Raft & Ava Gardner; "He Walked By Night" [1948]; "Jigsaw" [1949] starring Franchot Tone; "Port of New York" [1949]; "Kansas City Confidential" [1952]; "Suddenly" [1954] starring Frank Sinatra; and "The Big Bluff" [1955]; plus bonus Raymond Chandler "Trouble Is My Business" 1947 radio program starring Van Heflin, and noir photo gallery & noir trailers |
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Volume 3 [2007]: St. Clair Vision DVD set [10/2007] 3 disks for $9.98
includes "The Girl From Rio" [1939]; "Strange Illusion" [1945] directed by Edgar G. Ulmer; "Danger Street" [1947] starring Jane Withers & Robert Lowery; "The Devil's Sleep" [1949] starring Timothy Farrell, Lita Grey [Chaplin] & Mildred Davis; "Borderline" [1950] starring Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor & Raymond Burr; "The Second Woman" [1951] starring Betsy Drake & Robert Young; "Tokyo File 212" [1951]; "The Bigamist" [1953] directed by & starring Ida Lupino; "Postmark For Danger" aka 'Portrait of Alison' [1955]; and "The Naked Kiss" [1964] directed by Samuel Fuller; plus bonus "Sam Spade" radio program, and noir photo gallery & noir trailers |
Forgotten Noir Collection
 | "Forgotten Noir Collectors Set - Volume 1" [2006]
box set: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [9/2006] 3 disks for $26.99 disk 1: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2006] for $13.99 includes "They Were So Young" [1954] and "Portland Expose" [1957] disk 2: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [9/2006] for $13.99 includes "Loan Shark" [1952] starring George Raft, and "Arson, Inc," [1949] disk 3: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [9/2006] for $13.99 includes "Shadow Man" aka 'Street of Shadows' [1953], and "Shoot To Kill" [1947] |
 | "Forgotten Noir Collector's Set - Volume 2" [2007]
box set: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2007] 3 disks for $26.99 disk 4: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2007] for $13.99 includes "Man From Cairo" [1953] starring George Raft and "Mask of The Dragon" [1951] disk 5: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2007] for $13.99 includes "F.B.I. Girl" [1951] starring Cesar Romero & George Brent and "Tough Assignment" [1949] starring Don 'Red' Barry disk 6: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2007] for $13.99 includes "Fingerprints Don't Lie" [1951] and "I'll Get You For This" [1950] |
 | "Forgotten Noir Collector's Set - Volume 3" [2008]
box set: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2008] 3 disks for $26.99 extras include "Mr. District Attorney" radio program, "Pat Novak For Hire" radio program (source for "Pier 23"), plus featurette, interviews & trailers disk 7: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2008] for $13.49 includes "David Harding, Counterspy" [1950], "Danger Zone" [1951], and "The Big Chase" [1954] disk 8: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2008] for $13.49 includes "Mr. District Attorney" [1947], "Ringside" [1949], and "Hi-Jacked" [1950] disk 9: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2008] for $13.49 includes "Scotland Yard Inspector" aka 'Lady In The Fog' [1952] starring Cesar Romero, "Pier 23" [1951], and "The Case of The Baby-Sitter" [1947 featurette] |
 | "Forgotten Noir Collector's Set - Volume 4" [2008]
box set: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [11/2008] 3 disks for $26.99 includes "Radar Secret Service" [1950], "Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard" [1950], "Motor Patrol" [1950], "Western Pacific Agent" [1950], "Mr. District Attorney" [1941], "Highway 13" [1948], "Roaring City" [1951], "Treasure of Monte Cristo" [1949], and "Sky Liner" [1949]; extras include six trailers |
Warner Bros. Film Noir Classic Collection
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Volume 1 [2004]: Warner DVD [7/2004] 5 disks for $26.97
includes "Murder My Sweet" [1944] directed by [blacklistee] Edward Dmytryk, based on a Raymond Chandler novel; "Out of The Past" [1947]; "The Set-Up" [1949]; "Gun Crazy" aka 'Deadly Is The Female' [1949]; and "The Asphalt Jungle" [1950] directed by John Huston, based on the novel by W.R. Burnett |
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Volume 2 [2005]: Warner DVD [7/2005] 5 disks for $44.99
includes "Dillinger" [March 1945], "Crossfire" [July 1947], "Born To Kill" [May 1947], "Clash By Night" [June 1952], and "The Narrow Margin" [May 1952] |
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Volume 3 [2006]: Warner DVD [7/2006] 7 disks for $34.99
includes "Lady In The Lake" [Jan 1947] based on the Raymond Chandler novel; "Border Incident" [Oct 1949]; "His Kind of Woman" [Aug 1951]; "The Racket" [Dec 1951]; "On Dangerous Ground" [Feb 1952]; plus bonus disk with docu "Film Noir: Bringing Darkness To Light" [2006] and M.G.M. 'Crime Does Not Pay' shorts "Women In Hiding" [June 1940], "You, The People" [Nov 1940], "Forbidden Passage" [Feb 1941], "A Gun In His Hand" [Sept 1945] and "The Luckiest Guy In The World" [Jan 1947] |
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Volume 4 [2007]: Warner DVD [7/2007] 5 disks for $42.99
includes "Act of Violence" [1948] starring Van Heflin, Robert Ryan & Janet Leigh; "The Big Steal" [1949] directed by Don Siegel, starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer & William Bendix; "Crime Wave" [1954]; "Decoy" [1956]; "Illegal" [1955] starring Edward G. Robinson; "Mystery Street" [1950] directed by John Sturges, starring Ricardo Montalban; "Side Street" [1950] directed by Anthony Mann; "Tension" [1950]; "They Live By Night" [1949] co-written & directed by Nicholas Ray; and "Where Danger Lives" [1950] starring Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains & Maureen O'Sullivan |
Hammer Film Noir Collection
 | "Hammer Film Noir Collector's Set, Volumes 1-3"
Kit Parker/VCI DVD box set [8/2006] 3 disks for $24.99 Volume 1: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [7/2006] for $13.99 includes "Man Bait" aka 'The Last Page' [1952] & "Bad Blonde" aka 'The Flanagan Boy' [1953] Volume 2": Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [7/2006] for $13.99 includes "A Stolen Face" [1952] starring Paul Henreid & "Blackout" aka 'Murder By Proxy' [1954] Volume 3: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [7/2006] for $13.99 includes "The Gambler and The Lady" [1952] & "Heat Wave" aka 'House Across The Lake' [1954] |
"Dark Crimes: 50 Classic Features"
 | Mill Creek Ent. b&w DVD set [4/2012] 12 disks for $15.38
contains 50 b&w feature films: "A Life At Stake" [1954] starring Angela Lansbury & Keith Andes; "Baby Face Morgan" [1942]; "The Capture" [1950] starring Lew Ayres & Victor Jory; "Cause For Alarm!" [1951] starring Loretta Young & Barry Sullivan; "The Chase" [1946]; "D.O.A." [1950]; "The Devil's Party" [1938] starring Victor McLaglen; "Fear In The Night" [1947] starring DeForest Kelly; "Flowers From A Stranger" [May 1949] episode of "Studio One"; "Gaslight" [U.K. 1940]; "The Great Flamarion" [1945] starring Erich von Stroheim; "Guest In The House" [1944] starring Ann Baxter; "Half A Sinner" [1940] starring Heather Angel, story by Dalton Trumbo; "The Hoodlum" [1951] starring Lawrence Tierney; "The Inner Circle" [1946]; "Inner Sanctum" [1948]; "The Last Mile" [1932]; "The Limping Man" [1953]; "Love From A Stranger" aka 'A Night of Terror' [1937] starring Basil Rathbone, story by Agatha Christie; "The Man Who Cheated Himself" [1950] starring Lee J. Cobb & Jane Wyatt; "The Man Who Had Influence" [May 1950] episode of "Studio One"; "The Mandarin Mystery" [1936] starring |
| Eddie Quillan as Ellery Queen; "The Mystery of Mr. Wong" [1939] starring Boris Karloff; "The Naked Kiss" [1964] directed by Samuel Fuller; "Parole, Inc." [1948]; "The Pay-Off" [1930] directed by & starring Lowell Sherman; "The Phantom Fiend" [1932] starring Ivor Novello; "Plan For Escape" [Nov 1952] episode of "Studio One"; "Please Murder Me" [1956] starring Raymond Burr & Angela Lansbury; "Prison Shadows" [1936]; "The Red House" [1947] starring Edward G. Robinson & Judith Anderson; "The Scar" [1948] aka "Hollow Triumph" starring Paul Henreid; "Shoot To Kill" [1947]; "Sinners In Paradise" [1938] directed by James Whale; "The Sleeping Tiger" [1954] directed by Joseph Losey; "Slightly Honorable" [1939] starring Pat O'Brien, Edward Arnold & Broderick Crawford; "Special Agent" [1949]; "Strange Illusion" [1945] directed by Edgar G. Ulmer; "The Strange Woman" [1946] directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, starring Hedy Lamar; "Sucker Money" [1933] starring Mischa Auer; "Ten Minutes To Live" [1932] written & directed by Oscar Micheaux; "There Was A Crooked Man" [June 1950] episode of "Studio One"; "Things Happen At Night" [1947]; "Trapped" [1949] directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Lloyd Bridges; "Two Sharp Knives" [Nov 1949] episode of "Studio One", story by Dashiell Hammett, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner; "Whistle Stop" [1946] starring Ava Grdner & George Raft; "The Woman Condemned" [1934]; "Woman In The Dark" [1934] story by Dashiell Hammett, starring Melvyn Douglas & Fay Wray; "Woman On The Run" [1950] starring Ann Sheridan & Dennis O'Keefe; and "The Wrong Road" [1937] directed by James Cruze |
independent film noir collections
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Film Noir from Diamond Entertainment [2003]
Volume 1: Diamond Ent. DVD[12/2003] for $7.95 includes "The Red House" [1947]; "The Second Woman" [1951]; "Kansas City Confidential" [1952]; and "The Naked Kiss" [1964], directed by Samuel Fuller Volume 2: Diamond Ent. DVD [12/2003] for $7.95 includes "Strange Illusion" [1945]; "Detour" [1945]; "Scarlet Street" [1945] directed by [blacklistee] Fritz Lang, starring Edward G. Robinson; and "Impact" [1949] |
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"Film Noir Classic Collection 4-pack" [2003] Gotham b&w DVD [11/2003] for $29.95 includes "Detour" [1945]; "Impact" [1949]; "D.O.A." [1950]; and "Kansas City Confidential" [1952] |
 | "5 Film Noir Killer Classics" [2004]
Questar b&w DVD [3/2004] 6 disks for $23.99 includes "Detour" [1945]; "Scarlet Street" [1945] directed by [blacklistee] Fritz Lang, starring Edward G. Robinson; "The Stranger" [1946]; "Killer Bait" orig 'Too Late for Tears' [1949]; "D.O.A." [1950]; plus docu films "Black and Blue: The History of Noir" and "Hot-Blooded & Cold-Hearted: The Dames of Film Noir" |
 | "Film Noir: 3 Great Movies" DVD box set [2004]
Vintage Home Ent. b&w DVD [5/2004] for $6.98 includes "Scarlet Street" [1945] directed by [blacklistee] Fritz Lang, starring Edward G. Robinson; "Quicksand" [1950]; and "Suddenly" [1954] starring Frank Sinatra |
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Film Noir 10 Movie box set [2004]
Brentwood Home Video DVD [7/2004] 5 disks for $17.99 includes "Midnight" aka 'Call It Murder' [1934] starring Humphrey Bogart; "Scarlet Street" [1945] directed by [blacklistee] Fritz Lang, starring Edward G. Robinson; "Detour" [1945]; "The Stranger" [1946]; "The Red House" [1947]; "He Walked By Night" [1948]; "Borderline" [1950]; "D.O.A." [1950]; "The Second Woman" [1951]; and "Kansas City Confidential" [1952] |
 | "Film Noir: The Dark Side of Hollywood" box set [2006]
Kino Video b&w DVD [9/2006] 5 disks for $44.99 includes "Hangmen Also Die" [1943] directed by [blacklistee] Fritz Lang; "The Long Night" [1947]; "Railroaded" [1947]; "Behind Locked Doors" [1948] directed by Budd Boetticher; and "Sudden Fear" [1952] |
 | "The Ultimate Film Noir Collection" [2006]
Passport b&w DVD [5/2006] 5 disks for $14.99 includes "Scarlet Street" [1945] directed by [blacklistee] Fritz Lang, starring Edward G. Robinson; "Detour" [1945]; "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" [1946] starring Kirk Douglas; "Whistle Stop" [1946] starring George Raft & Ava Gardner; "He Walked By Night" [1948]; "Trapped" [1949]; "Impact" [1949]; "D.O.A." [1950]; "Quicksand" [1950]; "The Hitch-Hiker" [1953] directed by Ida Lupino; plus "Best of Film Noir" [1999] documentary (clips & interviews) & other extras |
 | "Johnny Legend Presents: TV Noir - Four Classic Crime Dramas From TV's Golden Age" on DVD [2007]
Legend House b&w DVD [8/2007] out of prodn/used contains five b&w half-hour TV shows: "The Trial" episode of "Hollywood Off Beat (aka 'Steve Randall')" [Dumont Sept 1952] starring Melvyn Douglas; "The Killer" episode of "I'm The Law" [July 1953] starring George Raft; "Sale Value" episode of "Racket Squad" [CBS-TV July 1953] starring Reed Hadley with guest villain Douglas Dumbrille; "The Case of The Deadly Dilemma" episode of "Treasury Men in Action" [ABC-TV March 1955] starring Charles Bronson; and an episode of "Police Station" [synd 1959] starring Baynes Barron |
 | "Deadly Dames Film Noir Collector's Set" [2007] V.C.I. Video b&w DVD set [8/2007] for $26.99 includes "Blonde Ice" [1948]; "Slightly Scarlet" [1956] based on the novel by James M. Cain, starring Rhonda Fleming: and "The Naked Kiss" [1964] directed by Samuel Fuller |
 | "Film Noir: Five Classics From The Studio Vaults" [2007]
Kino Video DVD box set [11/2007] 5 disks for $44.99 includes "Contraband" [1940]; "Scarlet Street" [1945] directed by [blacklistee] Fritz Lang, starring Edward G. Robinson; "Strange Impersonation" [1946] directed by Anthony Mann; "They Made Me A Fugitive" [1947]; and "The Hitch-Hiker" [1953] directed by Ida Lupino |
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"Film Noir Murder & Blackmail Collection, Volume 1" DVD Box Set [2008]
Alpha Home Ent. b&w DVD set [10/2008] 6 disks for $47.88 contains 7 feature films: "Whispering City" [1947] filmed in Québec, Canada; "Open Secret" [1948] starring John Ireland; "D.O.A." [1950]; "The Limping Man" [1953]; "A Life At Stake" [1954] starring Angela Lansbury & Keith Andes; "The Big Combo" [1955] starring starring Cornel Wilde; and "Please Murder Me" [1956] starring Raymond Burr & Angela Lansbury |
 | "Sony Choice: Film Noir Collection - Volume One" DVD Box Set [2012]
Sony Pictures Ent. DVD-R [12/2012] 5 disks for $55.99 contains 5 feature films: "Criminal Lawyer" [Aug 1951] starring Pat O'Brien & Jane Wyatt; "The Crooked Web" [Nov 1955] starring Frank Lovejoy; "The Shadow On The Window" [March 1957] starring Jerry Mathers, Philip Carey & John Drew Barrymore; "Escape From San Quentin" [Sept 1957] starring Johnny Desmond; and "The Case Against Brooklyn" [June 1958] starring Darren McGavin |
 | "Film Noir Collection" Blu-ray Box Set [2012]
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