Tuesday, October 31, 2023

How a Real-Life Prison Sentence Added Another Dimension to Mitchum's Performance as a Woozy Doctor on the Run in a Nightmarish Flight From Justice

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Robert Mitchum, "Where Danger Lives" (1950). By Paul Parcellin This article contains spoilers A lot of red flags should go up whe...
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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...
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Riding an Express Train to Hell: In Noir and Thrillers, Passengers Embark on Dark Journeys Aboard Shadowy Railroad Cars Hurtling Toward Uncertain Destinations

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Charles McGraw, Don Haggerty, Marie Windsor, Don Beddoe, “The Narrow Margin” (1952). This article contains spoilers By Paul Parcellin Rail t...
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Thursday, October 5, 2023

Noir After World War II: Damaged Vets Strain to Re-enter Civilian Life as America Stares Down Fascist Conspiracies and a Seething Nuclear Nightmare

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Gaby Rodgers, "Kiss Me Deadly" (1955). This Post Contains Spoilers By Paul Parcellin American films noir changed a lot after the ...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Knockout Punch Noir: The Runyonesque, Raw-Boned World of Prizefighting Inspires Tales of Corruption, Violence and Redemption

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Humphrey Bogart, “The Harder They Fall” (1956).  By Paul Parcellin This post contains spoilers, so you may want to see the films before read...
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