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Red Hill (2010)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 5, 2013
Australia / 98 minutes / color / Arclight, Hughes House, Wildheart, Wolf Creek, McMahon, Screen Australia Dir & Scr: Patrick Hughes Pr: Patrick Hughes, Al Clark Cine: Tim Hudson Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tom E. Lewis, Claire van der Boom, Christopher Davis, Kevin Harrington, Richard Suth read more
Perfect Host, The (2010)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 3, 2013
US / 93 minutes / color / STI, Mark Victor, Perfect Host, Preferred Content, Magnet Dir: Nick Tomnay Pr: Mark Victor, Stacey Testro Scr: Nick Tomnay, Krishna Jones Cine: John Brawley Cast: David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker, Megahn Perry, Helen Reddy, Tyrees Allen, Cooper Barnes, A read more
Night for Crime, A (1943)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 1, 2013
US / 72 minutes / bw / PRC Dir: Alexis Thurn-Taxis Pr: Lester Cutler Scr: Arthur St. Claire, Sherman Lowe, John Vlahos Story: Jimmy Starr Cine: Marcel Le Picard Cast: Glenda Farrell, Lyle Talbot, Ralph Sanford, Lina Basquette, Lynn Starr, Donald Kirke, Forrest Taylor, Ruby Dandridge, Florence O̵ read more
Green Man, The (1956)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 30, 2013
UK / 77 minutes / bw / Grenadier, British Lion Dir: Robert Day Pr & Scr: Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat Story: Meet A Body (1954 play) by Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat Cine: Gerald Gibbs Cast: Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams, Raymond Huntley, Colin Gordon, Avril Angers, John C read more
Gallant Lady (1942)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 28, 2013
vt Prison Girls US / 68 minutes / bw / Motion Picture Associates, PRC Dir: William Beaudine Pr: Lester Cutler Scr: Arthur St. Claire Story: “Gallant Lady” (1939, Collier’s Magazine) by Octavus Roy Cohen Cine: Marcel Le Picard Cast: Rose Hobart, Sidney Blackmer, Claire Rochelle, Lyn read more
Dolan’s Cadillac (2010 DTV)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 26, 2013
Canada, UK / 105 minutes (European release; US release is cut to 89 minutes) / color / Film Bridge, Minds Eye, Footprint, Prescience Dir: Jeff Beesley Pr: Alain Gagnon, Stephen Onda, Rhonda Baker Scr: Richard Dooling Story: “Dolan’s Cadillac” (1985, Castle Rock) by Stephen King Cin read more
Delivered (2011)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 25, 2013
US / 89 minutes / color / Nelson Madison, Indie Rights Dir: Michael Madison Pr: Linda Nelson Scr: Branson Manbeck Story: Linda Nelson, Michael Madison Cine: Ricky Fosheim Cast: Michael Madison, Jeanette Steiner, Toshi Toda, Alana Stewart, Chic Daniel, Ludwig Manukian, Robert Rusler, Kenny Lombino, T read more
Dark Harbor (1998)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 23, 2013
US / 87 minutes / color / Hart Sharp, Killer, ACC Dir: Adam Coleman Howard Pr: John N. Hart Jr., Jeffrey Sharp, Justin Lazard Scr: Adam Coleman Howard, Justin Lazard Cine: Walt Lloyd Cast: Alan Rickman, Polly Walker, Norman Reedus, Janet Mecca. Bickering as they drive through a downpour, late for th read more
Close-Up (1948)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 21, 2013
US / 75 minutes / bw / Marathon (A Harry Brandt Production) Dir: Jack Donohue Pr: Frank Satenstein Scr: John Bright, Max Wilk, Jack Donohue, Martin Rackin Story: James Poe Cine: William Miller Cast: Alan Baxter, Virginia Gilmore, Richard Kollmar, Loring Smith, Philip Huston, Joey Faye, Russell Colli read more
o/t: definitional dreaming
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 19, 2013
Last night I had the oddest dream . . . no, no, wait, wait. It’s not the dream itself that’s going to be the focus of attention here: it’s something that came out of it. I dreamt I was being asked a string of dumb questions by a journalist about my film noir encyclopedia, and I was read more
Clairvoyant, The (1935)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 19, 2013
vt The Evil Mind UK / 81 minutes / bw / Gainsborough, Gaumont, Vogue Dir: Maurice Elvey Scr: Charles Bennett, Bryan Edgar Wallace Story: Der Hellseher (1929; vt The Clairvoyant) by Ernest Lothar (i.e., Ernst Lothar) Cine: G. MacWilliams Cast: Claude Rains, Fay Wray, Mary Clare, Ben Field, Jane Baxte read more
Business of Strangers, The (2001)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 17, 2013
US / 83 minutes / color / IFC, i5, HeadQuarters Dir & Scr: Patrick Stettner Pr: Susan A. Stover, Robert H. Nathan Cine: Teodoro Maniaci Cast: Stockard Channing, Julia Stiles, Frederick Weller, Marcus Giamatti. On a business trip, software company vice-president Julie Styron (Channing) fires the read more
Body Vanished, The (1939)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 14, 2013
UK / 48 minutes / bw / Venture, Worton Hall, New Realm Dir: Walter Tennyson Scr: Ian Walker Cine: Desmond Dickinson Cast: Anthony Hulme, C. Denier Warren, Ernest Sefton, Eve Foster, Frank Atkinson, Wilfred Noy, Hamilton Keene, Frederick Keen, Charles Paton, Fred Withers. Inspector Rodney Paine (Hulm read more
Bekstva (1968)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 11, 2013
Yugoslavia / 94 minutes / color / Avala Dir: Rados Novakovič Scr: Rados Novakovič, Muharem Pervič Story: Bekstva (1966) by Oskar Davičo Cine: Nenad Jovicič Cast: Dusan Djurič, Bata Zivoinovič, Ljuba Tadič, Slavko Simič, Zlatko Madunič, Rastislav Jovič, Slobodan Aligrudič, Josif Tatič, Julije read more
o/t: they’re here!
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 9, 2013
My author advance copies of A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir have arrived, and I have to admit it looks pretty damn’ splendid! My wife promptly snapped a photo of me cradling my new baby . . . On Amazon.com: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir: The Essential Reference Guide ( read more
You’re Out of Luck (1941)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 9, 2013
JUST A REMINDER THAT ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SITE IS COPYRIGHT US / 58 minutes / bw / Monogram Dir: Howard Bretherton Pr: Lindsley Parsons Scr: Edmund Kelso (i.e., Edmond Kelso) Cine: Fred Jackman Jr. Cast: Frankie Darro, Kay Sutton, Mantan Moreland, Vicki Lester (i.e., Vickie Lester), Richard Bond, Ja read more
Young Dynamite (1937)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 8, 2013
US / 58 minutes / bw / Conn Dir: Leslie Goodwins Pr: Maurice Conn Scr: Joseph O’Donnell, Stanley Roberts, Arthur Duriam Story: “The New Freedom” (1927, Cosmopolitan; vt “For His Money”) by Peter B. Kyne Cine: John Kline Cast: Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, Charlotte Henry, Wil read more
Xun Qiang (2002)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 6, 2013
vt The Missing Gun China / 89 minutes / color with some brief bw / China Film Group, Huayi & TaiHe Dir & Scr: Lu Chuan Pr: Yang Buting, Wang Zhongjun Story: “The Search for a Missing Gun” (n.d.) by Fan Yiping Cine: Xie Zhengyu Cast: Jiang Wen, Ning Jing, Wu Yujuan, Liu Xiaoning, read more
Within These Walls (1945)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 5, 2013
US / 72 minutes / bw / TCF Dir: Bruce Humberstone Pr: Ben Silvey Scr: Eugene Ling, Wanda Tuchock Story: Coles Trapnell, James B. Fisher Cine: Glen MacWilliams, Clyde DeVinna Cast: Thomas Mitchell, Mary Anderson, Edward Ryan, Mark Stevens, B.S. Pully, Roy Roberts, Harry Shannon, Charles Trowbridge. I read more
While the Patient Slept (1935)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 3, 2013
US / 66 minutes / bw / Warner, Clue Club, First National, Vitaphone Dir: Ray Enright Scr: Robert N. Lee, Eugene Solow, Brown Holmes Story: While the Patient Slept (1930) by Mignon G. Eberhart Cine: Arthur Edeson Cast: Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Lyle Talbot, Patricia Ellis, Allen Jenkins, Robert Bar read more