Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Film noir"

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Railroaded! *** (1947, John Ireland, Sheila Ryan, Hugh Beaumont, Jane Randolph) – Classic Movie Review 10,448

Director Anthony Mann’s neat and well-plotted 1947 low-budget crime thriller Railroaded! stars John Ireland, Sheila Ryan, Hugh Beaumont, and Jane Randolph. It is an incisive, dour, dark-toned little 40s film-noir mobster tale with John Ireland […]

Oct, 22

Down Three Dark Streets *** (1954, Broderick Crawford, Ruth Roman, Martha Hyer) – Classic Movie Review 10,186

Broderick Crawford plays the talented FBI man Mr Ripley, who takes over investigating three cases, in the 1954 black and white film noir crime drama Down Three Dark Streets.  Director Arnold Laven’s 1954 black and […]

Aug, 16

Roadblock **** (1951, Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore) – Classic Movie Review 9756

Little-known director Harold Daniels’s 1951 thriller Roadblock is a punchy Fifties B-movie crime drama re-heating the old film noir plot about an essentially good guy (Charles McGraw) tempted into crime by a greedy femme fatale […]

May, 12

Rope of Sand *** (1949, Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Corinne Calvet) – Classic Movie Review 9688

‘A Mighty Story of Savage Greed and Sultry Love Set in the Dreaded Desert that Guards the Dark Continent’s Forbidden Diamond Fields!’ Director William Dieterle’s 1949 film noir-style action adventure thriller Rope of Sand is […]

Apr, 29

Suddenly **** (1954, Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Nancy Gates) – Classic Movie Review 9291

Director Lewis Allen’s 1954 black and white film noir crime thriller Suddenly stars Frank Sinatra follows his Oscar win in From Here to Eternity with another strong performance as John Baron, a psychotic hitman paid […]

Jan, 22

Dangerous Crossing *** (1953, Jeanne Crain, Michael Rennie, Carl Betz, Max Showalter) – Classic Movie Review 8993

Director Joseph M Newman’s 1953 black and white film noir mystery thriller Dangerous Crossing stars Jeanne Crain as young bride Ruth Bowman, whose new husband (Carl Betz) mysteriously disappears on their honeymoon on a transatlantic […]

Oct, 18

A Blueprint for Murder *** (1953, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Gary Merrill) – Classic Movie Review 8983

Writer-director Andrew L Stone’s satisfyingly labyrinthine 1953 film noir crime thriller A Blueprint for Murder stars Joseph Cotten as Whitney ‘Cam’ Cameron, who sets out to find the killer of his brother and niece by […]

Oct, 15

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