Check out all of the posts tagged with "Film noir".
The 1940 Stranger on the Third Floor is a classic film noir thriller where menace lurks in every shadow and stairway. Peter Lorre stars as the sinister Stranger, whom a reporter (John McGuire) suspects has […]
The tense 1956 film noir crime thriller Ransom! is an impressive showcase for Glenn Ford, who dominates it with his convincing performance as a nervy but determined dad whose son is kidnapped for ransom. Despite […]
Director John Sturges’s 1950 Mystery Street is a well-plotted, fascinating police procedural film noir crime thriller, with Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Elsa Lanchester, Bruce Bennett, Marshall Thompson, Jan Sterling, Edmon Ryan and Betsy Blair starring. […]
‘When you talk to me, take that toothpick out of your mouth’ – The Kid. The young Gary Cooper stars as The Kid, a fair worker shooting gallery showman, who falls for a gangster’s daughter Nan […]
‘It is said that when a woman fights for a man, she is like an ANIMAL!’ Director Harry Keller’s kitsch 1957 film noir romantic melodrama The Female Animal stars Hedy Lamarr in her last movie, […]
Director Phil Karlson’s 1955 crime thriller Tight Spot stars Ginger Rogers, Edward G Robinson and Brian Keith, and is a vintage film noir treat. It is based on Leonard Kantor’s play Dead Pigeon, which only […]
Richard Quine’s enjoyable 1954 film noir suspense thriller Pushover stars Fred MacMurray, but is perhaps most notable as a springboard to stardom for 20-year-old Kim Novak, in her first credited film. Director Richard Quine’s 1954 film […]