Subgenre Sampler
      Film Noir: 241 Films to Buy & Rent
	  		 
	        
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
 
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Dana Andrews, Karl Malden, Gary Merrill… 
- In one of his keynote roles, Dana Andrews plays an over–aggressive cop on the dirty sidewalks of New York who takes matters into his own hands…
 
Woman on the Run (1950) 
- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith… 
- Twisty, San Fransisco–set noir spins a gripping yarn around a mob witness on the run and his estranged wife in grave danger. Excellent and…
 
56 Rue Pigalle (1949) 
- Dir. Willy Rozier
Feat. Raymond Cordy, Marie Dea 
- Distinctive French noir telling the tale of a boss, suspected of murdering his blackmailing manservant, who flees to Africa with his mistress once…
 
Act of Violence (w/ Mystery Street) (1949-1950) 
- Dir. Fred Zinnemann, John Sturges
Feat. Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh… 
- Van Heflin's blissful small–town existence is upended when a returning WWII–vet arrives, determined to settle an old score. Disturbingly…
 
Big Steal, The (w/ Illegal) (1949-1955) 
- Dir. Don Siegel, Lewis Allen
Feat. Robert Mitchum, William Bendix, Jane Greer… 
- On the run after being framed for a payroll robbery, GI Robert Mitchum evades William Bendix, teaming up with Jane Greer enroute to Mexico. Exciting…
 
Caught (1949) 
- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Robert Ryan, Barbara Bel Geddes, James Mason 
- Noir–melodrama hybrid has half–mad millionaire Robert Ryan (a role based on Howard Hughes), wrapping Barbara Bel Geddes in the coils of a…
 
House of Strangers (1949)
 
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte… 
- A tour–de–force performance from Edward G. Robinson as a wealthy Italian American patriarch whose controlling presence in his sons' lives…
 
Reckless Moment, The (1949)
 
- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks… 
- Masterful suspenser in which concerned parent Joan Bennett covers up an apparent murder in order to protect her vulnerable daughter and…
 
Stray Dog (Nora Inu) (1949)
 
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune 
- An early film noir from Japan’s best–known director tracks police detective Toshiro Mifune into the underbelly of Tokyo in search of a pistol…
 
Thieves' Highway (1949)
 
- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb… 
- One of dir. Dassin's early noir triumphs, this has Conte seeking to avenge his father's maiming at the hands of a corrupt Californian fruit…