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Tricky Dicks (1953)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 3, 2015
US / 16 minutes / bw / Columbia Dir & Pr: Jules White Scr: Felix Adler Cine: William E. Whitley Cast: Shemp, Larry, Moe, Benny Rubin, Connie Cezan, Ferris Taylor, Phil Arnold, Murray Alper, Suzanne Ridgeway. It is a truth universally acknowledged that, given the option between watching a Three S read more
o/t: a reminder
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 2, 2015
The site has been showing some odd activity over the past couple of days. This is just a reminder that all the material here is copyright. Sheeshk. It feel so tedious having to do this. It must be even more tedious reading this reminder: my apologies. Normal service will resume tomorrow morning. whe read more
Tantei Wa Bar ni Iru (2011)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 31, 2014
vt The Detective is in the Bar; vt Phone Call to the Bar
Japan / 126 minutes / color / Toei Dir: Hajime Hashimoto Pr: Yasushi Suto Scr: Yasushi Suto, Ryota Kosawa Story: Bar ni Kakatte Kita Denwa (1996) by Naomi Azuma Cine: Kazunari Tanaka Cast: Yo Oizumi, Ryuhei Matsuda, Koyuki, Toshiyuki Nishida, read more
o/t: oh, it’s New Year, is it?
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 30, 2014
Many thanks to everyone whose visits and comments through 2014 have made it seem worth my while continuing with Noirish. The year has seen a steady growth in the site’s traffic; golly, but I felt as if I was channeling Mitt Romney when I typed that. It’s not a feeling I much wish to revi read more
Special Investigator (1936)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 27, 2014
US / 61 minutes / bw / RKO Dir: Louis King Scr: Louis Stevens, Thomas Lennon, Ferdinand Reyher Story: “Fugitive Road” (1935; New York Herald Tribune) by Erle Stanley Gardner Cine: Edward Cronjager Cast: Richard Dix, Margaret Callahan, Erik Rhodes, Owen Davis Jr, Ray Mayer, Harry Jans, Jo read more
Sheng Dan Mei Gui (2013)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 25, 2014
vt Christmas Rose
HK / 90 minutes / color / Bona, Creative Alliance, Distribution Workshop Dir & Story: Charlie Yeung/Young Pr: Tsui Hark, Jacob/Cheung Chi-leung Scr: Philip Lui Cine: Henry Chung, Chung Tung-leung, Chan Chi-ying Cast: Aaron Kwok, Gwei Lun-mei, Xia Yu, Qin Hai-lu, Chang Chen, Liu read more
Silenzio dei Prosciutti, Il (1994)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 24, 2014
vt The Silence of the Hams
Italy, US / 78 minutes / color / Thirtieth Century Wolf, Silvio Berlusconi Communications Dir & Scr: Ezio Greggio Pr: Ezio Greggio, Julie Corman Cine: Jacques Haitkin Cast: Ezio Greggio, Dom DeLuise, Billy Zane, Joanna Pacula, Charlene Tilton, Martin Balsam, Stuart Pan read more
Send for Paul Temple (1946)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 20, 2014
vt The Green Finger
UK / 84 minutes / bw / Butcher’s Dir & Pr: John Argyle Scr: John Argyle, Francis Durbridge Story: Send for Paul Temple (1938 radio play) by Francis Durbridge Cine: Geoffrey Faithfull Cast: Anthony Hulme, Joy Shelton, Tamara Desni, Jack Raine, Beatrice Varley, Hylton All read more
o/t: In My Hot Little Hands
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 19, 2014
My new story collection, Tell No Lies, has just been published by Alchemy Press, and my author copies have arrived. The book looks surprisingly handsome, despite the cover pic. The stories in it are: The book can be bought from Amazon here (US) and here (UK). For review queries, try Alchemy Press. read more
Rossiter Case, The (1951)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 17, 2014
UK / 74 minutes / bw / Hammer, Exclusive Dir: Francis Searle Pr: Anthony Hinds Scr: Kenneth Hyde, John Hunter, Francis Searle Story: The Rossiters (1947 play) by Kenneth Hyde Cine: Walter Harvey Cast: Helen Shingler, Clement McCallin, Sheila Burrell, Frederick Leister, Henry Edwards, Ann Codrington, read more
Premier Cercle, Le (2009)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 13, 2014
vt Inside Ring; vt The Dead List; vt Ultimate Heist; vt The First Circle France, Italy / 92 minutes / color with bw stock footage before credits / Alter, Thelma, TF1, Canal+, CNC, TFM, Medusa Dir: Laurent Tuel Pr: Alain Terzian, Christine Gozlan Scr: Laurent Tuel, Simon Moutaïrou, Laurent Turner Cin read more
Pokrajina Št.2 (2008)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 10, 2014
vt Landscape #2 Slovenia / 91 minutes / color / Forum Ljubljana, Delirium, TV Slovenija, VPK Dir & Scr: Vinko Möderndorfer Pr: Eva Rohrman Cine: Dušan Joksimovic Cast: Marko Mandic, Slobodan Custic, Barbara Cerar, Maja Martina Merljak, Janez Hocevar, Jaka Lah, Janez Škof, Peter Musevski, Slavko read more
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 6, 2014
US / 96 minutes / bw / TCF Dir: Jean Negulesco Pr & Scr: Nunnally Johnson Story: I.A.R. Wylie Cine: Milton Krasner Cast: Shelley Winters, Gary Merrill, Michael Rennie, Keenan Wynn, Evelyn Varden, Warren Stevens, Beatrice Straight, Ted Donaldson, Craig Stevens, Helen Westcott, Bette Davis, Hugh B read more
Musta Jää (2007)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 3, 2014
vt Black Ice Finland, Germany / 100 minutes / color / Making Movies, Schmidtz Katze Dir & Scr: Petri Kotwica Pr: Kai Nordberg, Kaarle Aho, Leander Carell, Patrick Knippel, Steffen Reuter Cine: Harri Räty Cast: Outi Mäenpää, Martti Suosalo, Ria Kataja, Sara Paavolainen, Ville Virtanen, Philipp read more
o/t: these books wot I read
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 1, 2014
Everyone seems to be reeling out their end-of-year Best lists at the moment. I have difficulty thinking that way: as soon as I decide Something is my favorite movie of the year I suddenly realize that Otherthing was pretty good too, maybe even better than Something — and, hey, wait a minute, w read more
Night Boat to Dublin (1946)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 29, 2014
UK / 96 minutes / bw / Trans-World, Pathe Dir: Lawrence Huntington Pr: Hamilton G. Inglis Scr: Lawrence Huntington, Robert Hall Cine: Otto Heller Cast: Robert Newton, Raymond Lovell, Guy Middleton, Muriel Pavlow, Herbert Lom, John Ruddock, Martin Miller, Brenda Bruce, Gerald Case, Julian Dallas (i.e read more
Missing Million, The (1942)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 26, 2014
UK / 78 minutes / bw / Signet, ABFD Dir: Phil Brandon Pr: Hugh Perceval Scr: James Seymour Story: The Missing Million (1923) by Edgar Wallace Cine: Stephen Dade Cast: Linden Travers, John Warwick, Patricia Hilliard, John Stuart, Ivan Brandt, Brefni O’Rorke, Charles Victor, Marie Ault, Eric Cla read more
Midnight Episode (1950)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 22, 2014
UK / 77 minutes / bw / Triangle, Columbia Dir: Gordon Parry Pr: Theo Lageard Scr: Reeve Tyler, Rita Barisse, Paul Vincent Carroll, David Evans, William Templeton Story: Monsieur La Souris (1938) by Georges Simenon Cine: Hone Glendining Cast: Stanley Holloway, Leslie Dwyer, Reginald Tate, Meredith Ed read more
Manche et la Belle, Une (1957)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 19, 2014
vt A Kiss for a Killer France / 98 minutes / bw / Michel Safra, Speva, Cinedis Dir: Henri Verneuil Pr: Michel Safra Scr: Henri Verneuil, Annette Wademant, François Boyer Story: The Sucker Punch (1954) by James Hadley Chase Cine: Christian Matras Cast: Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot, Isa Miranda, Jean read more
o/t: translated crime fiction
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 17, 2014
The highly recommended blog Euro Crime has just published a list of the foreign crime novels published/to be published in English translation in the period June 2014 to May 2015. Most of the books are European (lots of Scandinoir), but countries like Japan, South Africa, Croatia and even Saudi Arabi read more