After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.
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Film Noir
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An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
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Friday Film Noir White Heat has James Cagney so hot not even the world can stop him……
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Port of New York— an Underrated gem featuring a magnetic Yul Brynner
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputFriday Film Noir Ports, much like airports and border crosses, are among the most important gates through…
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Friday Film Noir Travelling by bus through the muggy Florida Keys, Maj. Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart) finally…
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Friday Film Noir A detective is obsessed with a case, tracking down either a killer or a…
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The Man Who Cheated Himself has a phenomenal climax
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputA veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
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Man-Trap— A long-forgotten Heist Film from Edmond O’Brien
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputTwo Korean War veterans re-unite to pull off a heist at a San Francisco airport but find themselves running for their lives.
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‘Strangers in the Night’ gave Anthony Mann an Opportunity to Flex some Muscles
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputFriday Film Noir Strangers in the Night mixes style and substance in a very eerie tale Coping…
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‘Detour’ is a one way ticket to one man’s personal hell…
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputChance events trap hitch-hiker Al Roberts in a tightening net of film noir trouble.
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‘Pickup on South Street’ is a Dirty, Grimy Film with Almost no Hope
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputA pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.
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Friday Film Noir Marilyn Monroe’s legacy in popular culture and film varies greatly depending on whom one…
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‘Laura’— More than Enough to Satisfy Fans of Film Noir
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputFriday Film Noir A detective’s work is challenging enough already without the complications that arise when he…
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Friday Film Noir
Ida Lupino’s ‘The Hitch-Hiker’ is as Simple as they Come, but Damn is it Good
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputFriday Film Noir How is it that when the topic of film noir comes up, most of…
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Friday Film Noir
‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’ — One of the All-Time Greats
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputA married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
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Friday Film Noir
‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’ is Undoubtedly a Once in a Lifetime Film
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputFriday Film (neo)Noir: Visual effects have come a long way since the 1920s when pioneering directors the…
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Friday Film Noir
Howard Hawks’ ‘The Big Sleep’ Earns a Tepid Recommendation
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputFriday Film Noir There are, arguably, two minds when it comes to intricately plotted, complex mystery stories.…
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Friday Film Noir
Bullets and Mixed Emotions are a Flying in ‘Gun Crazy’
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputFriday Film Noir An argument can be made that almost every movie made is, in some fashion…
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Rififi is a testament to the evocative power of noir, returning the genre to the land that coined the term itself.
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‘King Creole’— Starring Elvis Presley and Directed by Michael Curtiz
by Edgar Chaputby Edgar ChaputFriday Film Noir Trying to make ends meet in New Orleans’ legendary French Quarter, high school student…
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