#FilmNoir attracted some of cinema’s greatest filmmakers, including Orson Welles, Howard Hawks, Billy Wilder and John Huston, as well as others who came to specialise in the genre, Edward Dmytryk, Robert Siodmak, Fritz Lang, Otto Preminger and Don Siegel.
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#1. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944) "Based on James M. Cain's novel, script Wilder and Raymond Chandler."
"It was a hot afternoon, I can still remember the smell of honeysuckle all along the street. How could I have known that murder can sometimes smell like honeysuckle?"
#15. Laura (also 1944) "Laura is found murdered. The detective in charge of the case is entranced by her portrait, above her fireplace."
"You better watch out McPherson, you'll end up in a psychiatric ward. I don't think they ever had a patient who fell in love with a corpse."
#10. The Killing (Stanley Kubrick, 1956) "Small time crooks plan a heist, last time, a one off, millions of dollars, race-track robbery."
"You got a great big $ sign where most dames have a heart. You'll have lots of money, George will have lots of money, so just play it safe."
#14. The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
"Adaption of a Hemingway short story of an insurance investigator piecing together the mystery an ex-boxer Burt Lancaster (his film debut). In flashback, we find out. And, a smouldering Ava Gardner has a lot to do with Lancaster’s demise."
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
"A WW2 veteran, and wrongly convicted, an ex-con, is trying to go straight as a delivery driver, but is framed in a $million armored car robbery. Beaten by police to confess, released, he follows the trail of the real culprits to clear his name."
Too Late For Tears (1949) Dir. Byron Haskin #FilmNoir
"Jane (Lizabeth Scott), and Alan Palmer (Arthur Kennedy), have a bagful of cash thrown into their open top car on a lonely highway. Alan plans on turning it in to the police but Jane has very different ideas." With Dan Duryea
Rififi (Du rififi chez les hommesa) 1955
French #filmnoir directed by US blacklisted filmmaker Jules Dassin. Stars Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, and Jules Dassin.
"Four ex-cons plan an almost impossible, perfect crime, the burglary of an exclusive jewellery shop."
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