All Entries in the "Film-Noir" Category
Pickup (1951)
Murder was her mistake – marrying her was his! Director(s): Hugo Haas Writer(s): Hugo Haas, Josef Kopta Cast(s): Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Allan Nixon, Howland Chamberlain, Jo-Carroll Dennison, Bernard Gorcey, Mark Lowell, Jack Daly, Art Lewis, Marjorie Beckett Plot: Low-budget, tabloid-lurid story with high camp value of older man falling for much younger beauty who’s…
Party Girl (1958)
ROUGH AND READY! THE TRUTH ABOUT THE 'MODELS,' 'ACTRESSES' AND 'DANCERS' WHO PLAY WITH FIRE…AND OFTEN GET BURNED! (original print ad – all caps) Director(s): Nicholas Ray Writer(s): Leo Katcher, George Wells Cast(s): Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb, John Ireland, Kent Smith, Claire Kelly, Corey Allen, Lewis Charles, David Opatoshu, Kem Dibbs, Patrick [...]
Out of the Past (1947)
A MAN – Trying to run away from his past… A WOMAN – Trying to escape her future! Director(s): Jacques Tourneur Writer(s): Daniel Mainwaring, Daniel Mainwaring Cast(s): Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Webb, Steve Brodie, Virginia Huston, Paul Valentine, Dickie Moore, Ken Niles Plot(s): Out of the Past its all in [...]
O drakos (1956)
The most biting, the most daring social satire. Director(s): Nikos Koundouros Writer(s): Iakovos Kabanellis Cast(s): Dinos Iliopoulos, Margarita Papageorgiou, Giannis Argyris, Thanasis Vengos, Theodoros Andrikopoulos, Maria Lekaki, Frixos Nassou, Kostas Stavrinoudakis, Manolis Vlachakis, Kostas Spagopoulos, Zizi Viopoulou, Kassi Janet Plot: A peaceful, frightened little man (Dinos Iliopoulos) is mistakenly identified as “the dragon” (“o drákos”)…
Nora Prentiss (1947)
A mouth like hers is just for kissing not for telling Director(s): Vincent Sherman Writer(s): Paul Webster, Jack Sobell Cast(s): Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett, Robert Alda, Rosemary DeCamp, John Ridgely, Robert Arthur, Wanda Hendrix, Helen Brown, Rory Mallinson, Harry Shannon, James Flavin, Douglas Kennedy, Don McGuire, Clifton Young Plot: Quiet, organised Dr Talbot [...]
No Way Out (1950)
Is it a question …or an answer Director(s): Joseph L. Mankiewicz Writer(s): Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lesser Samuels Cast(s): Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Sidney Poitier, Mildred Joanne Smith, Harry Bellaver, Stanley Ridges, Dots Johnson Plot: The Biddle brothers, shot while robbing a gas station, are taken to the prison ward of the County Hospital; [...]
No Questions Asked (1951)
Director(s): Harold F. Kress Writer(s): Berne Giler, Sidney Sheldon Cast(s): Barry Sullivan, Arlene Dahl, George Murphy, Jean Hagen, Richard Anderson, Moroni Olsen, Danny Dayton, Dick Simmons, Howard Petrie, William Phipps, William Reynolds, Mauritz Hugo, Mari Blanchard, Robert Sheppard, Michael Dugan Plot: Steve Keiver, young lawyer working for an insurance company, hears his boss remark that [...]
No Man of Her Own (1950)
Director(s): Mitchell Leisen Writer(s): Sally Benson, Catherine Turney Cast(s): Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl, Phyllis Thaxter, Lyle Bettger, Henry O'Neill, Richard Denning, Carole Mathews, Harry Antrim, Catherine Craig, Esther Dale, Milburn Stone, Griff Barnett Plot: Helen Ferguson, pregnant, penniless and dumped by her boyfriend Steve Morley, takes the identity of the pregnant Patrice Harkness…