NIGHTFALL (1956, USA, 78m, PG) ***½ Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller dist. Columbia Pictures; pr co. Copa Productions; d. Jacques Tourneur; w. Stirling Silliphant (based on the novel by David Goodis); pr. Ted Richmond; ph. Burnett Guffey (B&W | 1.85:1); m. George Duning; ed. William A. Lyon; ad. Ross Bellah. cast: Aldo Ray (James Vanning),…
Tag: Film Noir
Film Review – I, THE JURY (1953)
I, THE JURY (1953, USA, 87m, 12) **½ Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller dist. United Artists; pr co. Parklane Pictures Inc.; d. Harry Essex; w. Harry Essex (based on the novel by Mickey Spillane); pr. Victor Saville; ph. John Alton (B&W | 1.37:1); m. Franz Waxman; ed. Fredrick Y. Smith; ad. Wiard Ihnen. cast: Biff Elliot…
Film Review – DEAD END (1937)
DEAD END (1937, USA, 93m, PG) ***½ Crime, Drama, Film-Noir dist. United Artists; pr co. The Samuel Goldwyn Company; d. William Wyler; w. Lillian Hellman (based on the play by Sidney Kingsley); pr. Samuel Goldwyn; ph. Gregg Toland (B&W | 1.37:1); m. Alfred Newman (uncredited); ed. Daniel Mandell; ad. Richard Day. cast: Sylvia Sidney (Drina),…
Film Review – STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951, USA, 101m, PG) ****½ Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller dist. Warner Bros.; pr co. Warner Bros.; d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde, Whitfield Cook (based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith); pr. Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited); ph. Robert Burks (B&W | 1.37:1); m. Dimitri Tiomkin; ed. William H. Ziegler; ad. Ted…
Film Review – THE GLASS KEY (1942)
THE GLASS KEY (1942, USA, 85m, PG) ***½ Crime, Drama, Film-Noir dist. Paramount Pictures; pr co. Paramount Pictures; d. Stuart Heisler; w. Jonathan Latimer (based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett); ph. Theodor Sparkuhl (B&W | 1.37:1); m. Victor Young; ed. Archie Marshek; ad. Haldane Douglas, Hans Dreier. cast: Brian Donlevy (Paul Madvig), Veronica Lake…
Film Review – THE BIG HEAT (1953)
THE BIG HEAT (1953, USA, 89m, 15) **** Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller dist. Columbia Pictures; pr co. Columbia Pictures; d. Fritz Lang; w. Sydney Boehm (based on the Saturday Evening Post serial by William P. McGivern); pr. Robert Arthur; ph. Charles Lang (B&W | 1.37:1); m. Henry Vars; ed. Charles Nelson; ad. Robert Peterson. cast: Glenn…
Film Review – UNDER SUSPICION (1991)
UNDER SUSPICION (1991, UK) *** Crime, Drama, Thriller dist. Rank Film Distributors (UK), Columbia Pictures (USA); pr co. Carnival Film & Television / Columbia Pictures / London Weekend Television (LWT) / The Rank Organisation; d. Simon Moore; w. Simon Moore; pr. Brian Eastman; ph. Vernon Layton (Colour. 35mm. Panavision (anamorphic). 2.35:1); m. Christopher Gunning; ed….
Film Review – ON DANGEROUS GROUND (1951)
ON DANGEROUS GROUND (1951, USA) ***½ Drama, Film-Noir dist. RKO Radio Pictures; pr co. RKO Radio Pictures; d. Nicholas Ray; w. A.I. Bezzerides, Nicholas Ray (based on the novel “Mad with Much Heart” by Gerald Butler); pr. John Houseman; ph. George E. Diskant (B&W. 35mm. Spherical. 1.37:1); m. Bernard Herrmann; ed. Roland Gross; ad. Ralph…
Film Review – THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946)
THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946, USA) ***½ Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller dist. Paramount Pictures; pr co. Paramount Pictures; d. George Marshall; w. Raymond Chandler; pr. John Houseman ; ph. Lionel Lindon (B&W. 35mm. Spherical. 1.37:1); m. Victor Young; ed. Arthur P. Schmidt; ad. Hans Dreier, Walter H. Tyler; rel. 16 April 1946 (USA), 1 June 1946…
Film Review – THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (1947)
LADY FROM SHANGHAI, THE (1947, USA) ***½ Crime, Drama, Mystery dist. Columbia Pictures; pr co. Mercury Productions; d. Orson Welles; w. Orson Welles (based on the novel “If I Die Before I Wake” by Sherwood King); exec pr. Harry Cohn (uncredited); pr. Orson Welles; assoc pr. William Castle, Richard Wilson; ph. Charles Lawton Jr. (B&W….