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Call, The (2013)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 27, 2014
US / 94 minutes / color / TriStar, WWE, Troika, Stage 6, Amasia, Apotheosis Dir: Brad Anderson Pr: Jeff Graup, Michael J. Luisi, Michael A. Helfant, Robert L. Stein, Bradley Gallo Scr: Richard D’Ovidio Story: Richard D’Ovidio, Nicole D’Ovidio, Jon Bokenkamp Cine: Thomas Yatsko Cast read more
Teckman Mystery, The (1954)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 25, 2014
UK / 88 minutes / bw / Corona, British Lion Dir: Wendy Toye Pr: Josef Somlo Scr: Francis Durbridge, James Matthews Story: Francis Durbridge Cine: Jack Hildyard Cast: Margaret Leighton, John Justin, Meier Tzelniker, Michael Medwin, Roland Culver, George Coulouris, Jane Wenham, Duncan Lamont, Raymond read more
Stark Fear (1962)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 23, 2014
US / 84 minutes / bw / Burke–Hockman–Swain Dir: Ned Hockman Pr: Joe E. Burke, Ned Hockman, Dwight V. Swain Scr: Dwight V. Swain Cine: Robert Bethard Cast: Beverly Garland, Skip Homeier, Kenneth Tobey, Hannah Stone, George Clow, Paul Scovil, Edna Newman, John Arville, Cortez Ewing, Barbara Freeman, read more
Secret Six, The (1931)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 21, 2014
US / 83 minutes / bw / George Hill–Cosmopolitan, MGM Dir & Pr: George Hill Scr: Frances Marion Cine: Harold Wenstrom Cast: Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, John Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Marjorie Rambeau, Paul Hurst, Clark Gable, Ralph Bellamy, John Miljan, DeWitt Jennings, Murray Kinnell, Fletcher read more
Public Eye, The (1992)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 19, 2014
US / 98 minutes / color with some bw / Zemeckis, Universal Dir & Scr: Howard Franklin Pr: Sue Baden-Powell Cine: Peter Suschitzky Cast: Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Stanley Tucci, Jerry Adler, Jared Harris, Gerry Becker, Dominic Chianese, Del Close, Richard Foronjy, Tim Gamble, Richard Riehle, Da read more
Night Train (2009 DTV)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 17, 2014
US, Germany, Romania / 91 minutes / color / A-Mark, Rifkin/Eberts, FilmTiger Dir & Scr: M. Brian King Pr: Brian Etting, Wendy Park, Bruce McNall, Steve Markoff, Arnold Rifkin, Christopher Eberts, Michael Philip Cine: Christopher Popp Cast: Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn, Matthias Schw read more
Morton Thompson’s Not as a Stranger (1955)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 15, 2014
vt Not as a Stranger
US / 136 minutes / bw / Kramer, UA Dir & Pr: Stanley Kramer Scr: Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt Story: Not as a Stranger (1954) by Morton Thompson Cine: Franz Planer Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Charles Bickford, M read more
Love the Hard Way (2001/2003)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 12, 2014
vt Hard Attraction Germany, US / 104 minutes / color / Vif, P’Artisan, Time, Open City, Vine, Kino Dir: Peter Sehr Pr: Wolfram Tichy Scr: Peter Sehr, Marie Noëlle Story: Yi Ban Shi Huo Yan, Yi Ban Shi Hai Shui (n.d.) by Wang Shuo Cine: Guy Dufaux Cast: Adrien Brody, Charlotte Ayanna, Jon Seda, read more
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 10, 2014
US / 84 minutes / bw / Rampart, Universal–International Dir: Max Opuls (i.e., Max Ophüls) Pr: John Houseman Scr: Howard Koch Story: Brief einer Unbekannten (1922; vt Letter from an Unknown Woman) by Stefan Zweig Cine: Frank Planer Cast: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, read more
Hotel Noir (2012)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 6, 2014
US / 97 minutes / bw / Shangri-La, FotoKem, Gato Negro Dir & Scr: Sebastian Gutierrez Pr: Steve Bing, Sebastian Gutierrez, Zach Schwartz Cine: Cale Finot Cast: Malin Akerman, Kevin Connolly, Rosario Dawson, Danny DeVito, Robert Forster, Carla Gugino, Mandy Moore, Rufus Sewell, Aaron Behr, John C read more
Hotel Berlin (1945)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 4, 2014
vt Vicki Baum’s Hotel Berlin
US / 98 minutes / bw / Warner Dir: Peter Godfrey Pr: Louis F. Edelman Scr: Jo Pagano, Alvah Bessie Story: Hier Stand ein Hotel (1943; vt Hotel Berlin; vt Hotel Berlin ’43; vt Berlin Hotel; vt Here Stood a Hotel) by Vicki Baum Cine: Carl Guthrie Cast: Faye Eme read more
Girl in Gold Boots (1968)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 2, 2014
US / 94 minutes / color / Mikels, Geneni Dir & Pr: Ted V. Mikels Scr: Leighton J. Peatman, Arthur A. Names, John T. Wilson Cine: Bob Maxwell Cast: Jody Daniel, Leslie McRae, Tom Pace, Mark Herron, Bara Byrnes, William Bagdad, Victor Izay, Harry Lovejoy, James Victor, The “Gold Boot” read more
Flirting with Fate (1916)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 31, 2014
US / 57 minutes / bw silent / Triangle Dir: W. Christy Cabanne Story: Robert M. Baker Cine: William E. Fildew Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Jewel Carmen, Howard Gaye, W.E. Laurence (i.e., W.E. Lawrence), George Beranger, Dorothy Haydel, Lillian Langdon, Wilbur Higby, J.P. McCarty. While writing the Encyc read more
o/t: Outpouring: Typhoon Yolanda Relief Anthology UPDATED
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 29, 2014
I’m proud and honored to be a contributor to this massive charity anthology, created and edited by Dean Francis Alfar to benefit the victims and survivors of Typhoon Yolanda, which devastated the Philippines in November last year, killing over 6,000 people and rendering many thousands of other read more
Fear is the Key (1972)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 28, 2014
UK / 100 minutes / color / Kastner–Ladd–Kanter, Anglo–EMI, KLK Dir: Michael Tuchner Pr: Alan Ladd Jr., Jay Kanter Scr: Robert Carrington Story: Fear is the Key (1961) by Alistair MacLean Cine: Alex Thomson Cast: Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall, John Vernon, Dolph Sweet, Ben Kingsley, Ray McAnally, read more
Fat Man, The (1951)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 26, 2014
US / 77 minutes / bw / Universal International Dir: William Castle Pr: Aubrey Schenck Scr: Harry Essex, Leonard Lee Story: Leonard Lee Cine: Irving Glassberg Cast: J. Scott Smart, Julie London, Rock Hudson, Clinton Sundberg, Jayne Meadows, John Russell, Jerome Cowan, Emmett Kelly, Lucille Barkley, R read more
Dead Man Down (2013)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 23, 2014
US / 118 minutes / color / FilmDistrict, IM Global, WWE Studios, Original, Frequency Dir: Niels Arden Oplev Pr: Neal Moritz, J.H. Wyman Scr: J.H. Wyman Cine: Paul Cameron Cast: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard, Dominic Cooper, Isabelle Huppert, Luis Da Silva Jr., Wade Barrett, Franky G., read more
Black Hand, The: True Story of a Recent Occurrence in the Italian Quarter of New York (1906)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 21, 2014
US / c650ft (11 minutes) / bw / American Mutoscope & Biograph Dir: Wallace McCutcheon Pr: Francis J. Marion Cine: G.W. Bitzer Cast: Anthony O’Sullivan, Robert G. Vignola. Supposedly based on a real case that took place in NYC, this is often cited as the earliest surviving gangster movie. T read more
American Gangster (2007)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 19, 2014
US / 176 minutes (unrated), 158 minutes (rated) / color / Imagine, Relativity, Scott Free, Film Rites, Universal Dir: Ridley Scott Pr: Brian Grazer, Ridley Scott Scr: Steven Zaillian Story: “The Return of Superfly” (2000 magazine article, New York) by Mark Jacobson Cine: Harris Savides C read more
Amateur Crook (1937)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 16, 2014
vt Crooked but Dumb; vt Jewel Thief US / 59 minutes / bw / Victory Dir & Pr: Sam Katzman Scr: Basil Dickey Cine: Bill Hyer Cast: Herman Brix (i.e., Bruce Bennett), Joan Barclay, Monte Blue, Jack Mulhall, Fuzzy Knight, Vivien Oakland, Jimmy Aubrey, Henry Rocquemore, Edward Earle, Forrest Taylor, read more