Showing posts with label filmnoir. Show all posts
Showing posts with label filmnoir. Show all posts
Friday, February 16, 2024

Murder, Suspense and Mystery Take Hold in Two Films by Master Storyteller Henri-Georges Clouzot

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Simone Renant, "Quai des Orfèvres" A.K.A. "Jenny Lamour" (1947). By Paul Parcellin “Quai des Orf è vres”  is a Gaulish p...
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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Lovesick Wanderer Returns ... to a Double Cross

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Burt Lancaster, Yvonne DeCarlo, "Criss Cross" (1949). This article contains spoilers. By Paul Parcellin The magnetic attraction be...
Thursday, October 26, 2023

The Big Caper: Burning Desire For a Life of Luxury Drives Career Criminal to Score a Cool Million Bucks

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Roxanne Arlen, Paul Picerni, Corey Allen, "The Big Caper" (1957). Heist films must always be centered around a carefully thought-...
Thursday, October 19, 2023

‘Hollering Hank,’ A Director of Noble Lineage, Turned Out Landmark Semi-Documentary Crime Dramas That Capture the Unease of Post-World War II America

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Lucille Ball, Mark Stevens, "The Dark Corner" (1946).  Director Henry Hathaway is probably best known for th e westerns he made wi...
Thursday, December 29, 2022

Casual Malice: Ascots in Crime Films

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Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida, 'Beat the Devil' (1953). What’s in an ascot, you ask? Quite a lot, actually. The loosely tied...
Sunday, August 14, 2022

Hey, College Boy, Wanna Rob a Casino?

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Four vets attending college on the GI Bill and a cabaret singer try to rob a Reno casino and  pull off the perfect crime.  ‘Five Against the...
Friday, July 8, 2022

A Cache of Hot Money Fires Up ‘Private Hell 36’

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Det. Jack Farnham (Howard Duff) and wife Francey (Dorothy Malone) in 'Private Hell 36' (1955). W e’re in a New York City office buil...
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