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Film noir ( / nwɑːr /; French: [film nwaʁ]) is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylized Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of American film noir.
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The Spiritualist) (1948) — horror noir ; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) — adventure noir; Alias Nick Beal (a.k.a. The Contact Man) (1949) — fantasy noir and horror noir; Black Magic (1949) — 18th-century period piece noir; Reign of Terror (a.k.a. The Black Book) (1949) — French Revolution noir
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1. The Arnelo Affair (1947) Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir. 5.8. Rate. A lawyer's wife starts an affair with a mobster but is confronted by his other flame who ends up murdered and the adulterous wife is set up to take the blame for the killing.
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Police psychiatrist Dr. Andrew Collins (Lee J. Cobb) tells a detective that he believes that he can help to turn a young suspect away from crime. Through an extended flashback he illustrates his claim with the story of how he came to work for the police. While Collins (at the time a college professor), his wife, and son head to their vacation cabin...
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When the film was released the film critic at The New York Times gave the film a positive review writing: "William Holden is excellent as the dream-shackled gunman, who is at once ruthless, nervous and explosively dangerous but who grudgingly complies with the doctor's 'screwball' tactics. As counterpoint is Lee J. Cobb's equally fine portrait of the unflustered scientist who is dedicated to 'curing people not killing them.' And, Nina Foch does a competently restrained job as the gangster's m...
The Dark Past at IMDbThe Dark Past at AllMovieThe Dark Past at the TCM Movie DatabaseThe Dark Past at the American Film Institute CatalogJan 28, 2014 · 1948 1h 6m Approved 6.6 ( 112 ) Rate Stockbroker Joe Downey(Warren Douglas), mistaken in the dark for gangster "Slats" Slattery (Robert Osterloh), is brutally beaten by a rival gangster, "Knuckles" Morgan (Meyer Grace), and Downey winds up in jail on a drunk charge.
Oct 9, 2017 · More than the grim, unsettling T-Men or even the brilliantly baroque Raw Deal, He Walked by Night shows the duo at the height of their visual prowess, revolutionizing the film noir as they went along. The film opens on an appropriately grim note. We spot the titular He, Roy Martin (Richard Basehart), prowling the empty streets of Los Angeles. A ...
Top Ten Film Noir Movies - 1948 Release. by milam_ogden | created - 02 Feb 2013 | updated - 02 Feb 2013 | Public. Selby's reference guide in The Dark City: Film Noir lists 43 movies that were released in 1948 in the film noir genre. Here are my favorites with a love for Anthony Mann.
