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Subgenre Sampler

 
Reckless Moment, TheReckless Moment, The (1949) Aro Favourite
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…
ShockproofShockproof (1949)
Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Cornel Wilde
Written by Samuel Fuller. A parole officer falls in love with a beautiful parolee, and tries to keep her away from her gambling ex–boyfriend.…
Thieves' HighwayThieves' Highway (1949) Recommended
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…
Third Man, TheThird Man, The (1949) Aro Favourite
Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard
Superb romantic thriller about a writer in post–war Vienna whose old friend fails to meet him – under mysterious circumstances. Justly…
TrappedTrapped (1949)
Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John Hoyt
U.S. Treasury Department agents go after a ring of counterfeiters in this fast–paced B–noir.
WhirlpoolWhirlpool (1949)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, Jose Ferrer
Tierney stars as Mrs Ann Sutton, a beautiful woman who seems to be living the dream in LA with her successful psychoanalyst husband William (Conte),…
A Woman's VengeanceA Woman's Vengeance (1948)
Dir. Zoltan Korda
Feat. Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy
Murder caper based on the short story "The Gioconda Smile" by Aldous Huxley. Charles Boyer (GASLIGHT) plays a philanderer who's accused of…
Blanche FuryBlanche Fury (1948)
Dir. Marc Allegret
Feat. Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger, Michael Gough
Gothic melodrama set around a sombre English country estate, soon to be home to upwardly–ambitious Valerie Hobson. When her secret lover…
Call Northside 777Call Northside 777 (1948) Recommended
Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. James Stewart, Lee J. Cobb, Richard Conte
An enjoyable 'noir' yarn, based on the true story of a man unjustly imprisoned for the murder of a policeman in 1930s Chicago. Jimmie Stewart…
Cry of the CityCry of the City (1948) Recommended
Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark
Dying cop–killer Conte refuses to confess to a crime, and worries that childhood friend turned flinty cop Mature, will implicate his girlfriend…

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