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Subgenre Sampler
Velvet Touch, The (1948)- Dir. Jack Gage
Feat. Rosalind Russell, Leon Ames, Leo Genn… - Film noir with Rosalind Russell (HIS GIRL FRIDAY) playing a Broadway star who accidentally kills her producer during an argument, then stands by as a…
A Double Life (1947)- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Shelley Winters… - Ronald Colman won a Best Actor Oscar as a Broadway idol who immerses himself in the role of Othello and allows his off–stage cruel streak to…
Born to Kill (1947)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor, Audrey Long… - Cracking, hard–edged B–movie thriller, with studly Lawrence Tierney as a ‘homme fatale’ who seduces his way into a cushy marriage in…
Brighton Rock (1947)- Dir. John Boulting
Feat. Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell - One of the coolest British crime flicks sees Richard Attenborough give an attention–grabbing portrayal of a delinquent gang leader who wants…
Brute Force (1947)- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford… - Surprisingly visceral and violent for its time, this prison drama sees Lancaster play a tough inmate in Westgate Penitentiary who decides to wage war…
Crossfire (1947)- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan… - Controversial Best Picture nominee, with Robert Mitchum investigating an anti–Semitic murder committed amongst American soldiers recently…
Dark Passage (1947)- Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall - Smokey Bogie and Bacall noir thriller in which his convicted murderer flees prison and changes his face to prove his innocence. The first third is…
Desert Fury (1947)- Dir. Lewis Allen
Feat. Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak, Burt Lancaster… - Small town Nevada desert set suspense focusing around a gambling empire obstinately led by a tough woman whose perfect monopoly is interrupted by her…
Golden Earrings (1947)- Dir. Mitchell Leisen
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Ray Milland, Murvyn Vye - Romantic spy film set the eve of World War II in which Ray Milland plays an English officer on an espionage mission in Nazi Germany to recover a…
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)- Dir. Robert Hamer
Feat. Googie Withers, John McCallum, Jack Warner - Overlooked masterpiece of British crime noir which blends kitchen sink realism with the poetic sensibilities of 30's French cinema. An escaped…
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