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Enforcer, The (1950): Dir. Bretaigne Windust
Feat. Humphrey Bogart; Gripping, well–characterized crime drama leads D.A. Humphrey Bogart into the seedy underworld to trail the leader of a notorious murder ring.
House by the River (1950): Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Louis Hayward, Lee Bowman, Jane Wyatt…; Crime noir which chillingly evokes the Victorian era thanks to director Fritz Lang's characteristic attention to detail and mood. When a rich…
Panic in the Streets (1950): Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes…; Early New Orleans–set Kazan noir, follows the hunt for a killer who may be spreading a bubonic plague. Tense, detailed examination of morality…
So Long at the Fair (1950): Dir. Antony Damborough, Terence Fisher
Feat. Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson…; Spooky urban legend gets the cinematic treatment in this accomplished chiller. At the 1896 World Fair in Paris two siblings check into a hotel, in…
Stage Fright (1950): Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding…; Aspiring actress Jane Wyman investigates her friend's claims of innocence after he's imprisoned for murder. A polished job from Hitch, notable for a…
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…
Black Magic (1949): Dir. Gregory Ratoff
Feat. Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff; Orson Welles excels an 18th century hypnotist, part Gypsy charlatan, part demonic master of the black arts, who uses his powers for revenge against…
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…
Man on the Eiffel Tower, The (1949): Dir. Burgess Meredith
Feat. Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith…; Solid early outing for Inspector Maigret has Laughton in the iconic role pursuing a murderer against some splendid Parisian locales.

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