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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.
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."
The 100 Greatest Film Noirs of All-Time. Greatest Classic Film Noirs (1940-1958) The term "Film noir" (literally 'black film" or "black cinema') was coined by French film critics (first by Nino Frank in 1946) who noticed the trend of how 'dark', downbeat and black the looks and themes were of many American crime and detective films released in France to theatres during and following World War II.
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Apr 6, 2024 · Billy Wilder's classic 1944 film noir "Double Indemnity" stars Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray. Getty Images. The themes and tropes of the most famous film noirs created a blueprint for many ...
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.
Apr 12, 2019 · Indeed, Barbara Stanwyck’s anklet in Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity and Ann Savage’s icy stare in Edgar G. Ulmer’s Detour are as deadly as any bullet. Our list acknowledges the classics of the genre, the big-budget studio noirs and the cheapest of B noirs made on the fringes of the Hollywood studio system.
