All Entries in the "Film-Noir" Category
Fear (1946)
Director(s): Alfred Zeisler Writer(s): Alfred Zeisler, Dennis J. Cooper Cast(s): Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne, Francis Pierlot, Nestor Paiva, James Cardwell, Almira Sessions, William Moss, Harry Clay, Johnny Strong, Ernie Adams, Charles Calvert Plot: A medical student–broke, hungry and desperate for money–is hired to murder a loan shark. After the…
Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
Director(s): Lance Comfort Writer(s): Jack Roffey, Gordon Harboard Cast(s): Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell, Derek Farr, Ian Hunter, Maurice Denham, Bruce Seton, Lily Kann, Harry Welchman, Kynaston Reeves, Eithne Dunne, Cheryl Molineaux, Totti Truman Taylor, Robert Adair, Grace Arnold, David Hannaford Plot: Taxicab driver Tom Banning is led to an abandoned bomb-site by an eight-year-old girl [...]
Edge of the City (1957)
Tense drama of frightened men! Director(s): Martin Ritt Writer(s): Robert Alan Aurthur Cast(s): John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Kathleen Maguire, Ruby Dee, Val Avery, Robert F. Simon, Ruth White, William A. Lee, John Kellogg, David Clarke, Estelle Hemsley Plot: Two New York City longshoremen Axel Nordmann (John Cassavetes), an Army deserter and Tommy Tyler [...]
Edge of Doom (1950)
SHOCKINGLY SENSATIONAL! (original print ad – all caps) Director(s): Mark Robson Writer(s): Leo Brady, Philip Yordan Cast(s): Dana Andrews, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Robert Keith, Paul Stewart, Mala Powers, Adele Jergens, Harold Vermilyea, John Ridgely, Douglas Fowley, Mabel Paige, Howland Chamberlain, Houseley Stevenson, Jean Inness, Ellen Corby Plot: A mentally unbalanced young man kills a [...]
Dial 1119 (1950)
Director(s): Gerald Mayer Writer(s): Hugh King, Don McGuire Cast(s): Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field, Andrea King, Sam Levene, Leon Ames, Keefe Brasselle, Richard Rober, James Bell, William Conrad, Dick Simmons, Hal Baylor Plot: A former mental patient murders a bus driver, then takes refuge in a bar, where he holds the patrons hostage.
Desperate (1947)
MURDER at any moment! SUSPENSE… in every step!!! Director(s): Anthony Mann Writer(s): Harry Essex, Martin Rackin Cast(s): Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Douglas Fowley, William Challee, Jason Robards Sr., Freddie Steele, Lee Frederick, Paul E. Burns, Ilka Grüning Plot: A young married couple flee both police and a gangster out for revenge.
Dead Reckoning (1947)
He Doesn't Trust Anyone . . . especially Women ! Director(s): John Cromwell Writer(s): Gerald Drayson Adams, Sidney Biddell Cast(s): Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane, William Prince, Marvin Miller, Wallace Ford, James Bell, George Chandler Plot(s): Dead Reckoning begins with a bruised Rip Murdock (Humphrey Bogart) running in and out of shadowy [...]
Dark City (1950)
Director(s): William Dieterle Writer(s): Ketti Frings, Larry Marcus Cast(s): Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors, Dean Jagger, Don DeFore, Jack Webb, Ed Begley, Harry Morgan, Walter Sande, Mark Keuning, Mike Mazurki Plot: Gamblers who “took” an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.