Johnny O’Clock (1947)
In this Columbia feature from writer/director Robert Rossen, our title character is played by Noir regular, Dick Powell. He’s a partner in a gambling house with Thomas Gomez and mainly […]
My Forbidden Past (1951)
Picture this. New Orleans, Ava Gardner and Robert Mitchum. Sounds like a sure fire Noir thriller with Mitch and Ava flirting in the jazz clubs on Bourbon Street dodging bullets and […]
99 River Street (1953)
Proving once again that he was an actor who perfectly fit the mold of the Noir leading man, John Payne, stars as an ex-boxer in a dead end marriage doing […]
The Crooked Way (1949)
This John Payne Noir effort could easily serve as an introduction to the genre for those unfamiliar with the flavor that us connoisseurs have come to expect from the shadowy […]
Snowbound (1948)
It’s films like these that I’ll occasionally come across that remind me of the fact that there are so many enjoyable movies from the past to discover and put forth […]
Background to Danger (1943)
Warner Brothers Studios attempts to recapture that Casablanca feeling by once again giving theater goers international intrigue, the pairing of Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre opposite Humphr……. scratch that, opposite George […]
Pitfall (1948)
1948’s Pitfall offers us a somewhat cynical and moody insurance investigator played by Noir regular Dick Powell. Who better than Lizabeth Scott to join him in this Andre de Toth […]
Rogues’ Regiment (1948)
Dick Powell’s U.S. agent goes undercover in the French Foreign Legion tangling with Vincent Price and Stephen McNally to the beat of a Noir themed hunt for a Nazi war […]
Manhandled (1949)
Manhandled starring Dorothy Lamour………. hmmmmm. Sure sounds like 1949’s exploitation title of the year. Next question to be asked is in what manner of speaking is she being manhandled? Is […]
