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20 people. Sort by List order. 1. Robert Siodmak. Director. Writer. Producer. The Devil Strikes at Night (1957) Robert Siodmak (8 August 1900 - 10 March 1973) was a German-born, American film director. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for a series of stylish, unpretentious Hollywood films noirs he made in the 1940s.
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- Edward Dmytryk (1908 – 1999) One of the infamous "Hollywood Ten,"Edward Dmytryk was the son of Ukrainian immigrant parents, and grew up in San Francisco.
- Jacques Tourneur (1904 – 1977) A French-American filmmaker who came to prominence during the Golden Age, Jacques Tourneur was known for a range of styles that featured many famous horror and atmospheric suspense films among them.
- Raoul Walsh (1887 – 1980) High Sierra. Release Date. January 23, 1941. Director. Raoul Walsh. Cast. Ida Lupino , Humphrey Bogart , Alan Curtis , Arthur Kennedy , Joan Leslie , Henry Hull.
- Carol Reed (1906 – 1976) The Fallen Idol. Release Date. September 30, 1948. Director. Carol Reed. Cast. Ralph Richardson , Michèle Morgan , Sonia Dresdel , Bobby Henrey , Denis O'Dea , Jack Hawkins.
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Oct 4, 2017 · Top 10 Film Noir Directors. Nicholas Ray. Robert Siodmak holds the top spot on the strength of three of his greatest works, The Killers ('46), Criss Cross ('49) & The File on Thelma Jordan ('50). As is often the case in Noir, all 3 films deal with protagonists who allow themselves to be manipulated and destroyed by the wrong woman.
Film-Noir: According to the Oxford Dictionary, film-noir is "a style or genre of cinematographic film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace. The term was originally applied (by a group of French critics) to American thriller or detective films made in the period 1944–54 and to the work of directors such as Orson Welles, Fritz Lang, and Billy Wilder."
Nov 3, 2023 · Voodoo plays a prominent role in this Alan Parker noir, equal parts hard-boiled detective mystery and horror movie. As gumshoe Harry Angel in 1950s Harlem, Mickey Rourke is at his best, hired by a ...
Apr 12, 2019 · 100. House of Bamboo (Samuel Fuller, 1955) House of Bamboo wants to be a lush, romantic CinemaScope thriller and a Samuel Fuller movie at once. The director’s admirers will recognize those aims as almost genetically contradictory, as Fuller thrives on bold, often vitally threadbare aesthetics that suggest the visual embodiment of a tabloid headline.
92 Metascore. A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder. Director Roman Polanski Stars Jack Nicholson Faye Dunaway John Huston. 8. The Big Heat.
