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Danger! Don't go there!         Noir Films of America
movies A to E
movies F to J
movies K to O
movies P to U
movies V to Z

Film Noir Collections

Noir Films of Asia
Noir Films of France

documentary videos

links

The cinematic genre of the film noir and the literary genre of noir fiction arose from the evils of World War II,
from concern for the benefits & dangers of nuclear weapons, and from the fear & paranoia of the Cold War –
H.U.A.C. and McCarthyism and the infamous blacklist.

Central themes of noir include being set up for a crime one did not commit, of being lured by a femme fatale
into some trap, of being scapegoated by persons unknown, of Fate stopping the clock so that the protagonist
has only hours or days to solve his/her own murder, to catch the real criminal, and-or to save mankind.

Film Noir genre at Internet Movie Database

film noir poster catalog at AllPosters.com

Film Noir topic at Wikipedia

Books About Film Noir (and some music)

film noir on DVD at Amazon.com  •  •  film noir on VHS at Amazon.com

                    

101 Greatest Films of Mystery & Suspense book by Otto Penzler  
"101 Greatest Films of Mystery & Suspense" [2000] by Otto Penzler
covers "the finest Hitchcockian suspense movies, the toughest gangster flicks, the
wittiest 'Thin Man' titles, the bleakest noir films, and the best of the '80s and '90s"

I Books 8¼x5½ pb [10/2000] out of print/many used
Doubleday/Guild America hardcover [2000] out of print/used
Tough Guy Wisdom books by Alain Burrese  "Tough Guy Wisdom: The Ultimate In Tough Guy Movie
Quotes & Trivia" [2011] by Alain Burrese

Kindle Edition from T.G.W. Books [12/2011] for 99¢ {sic}
T.G.W. Books 8x5 pb [12/2011] for $9.99
"Tough Guy Wisdom II: Return of The Tough Guy" [2012]
Kindle Edition from T.G.W. Books [2/2012] for 99¢ {sic}
T.G.W. Books 8x5 pb [2/2012] for $9.99
"Tough Guy Wisdom III: Revenge of The Tough Guy" [2012]
Kindle Edition from T.G.W. Books [3/2012] for 99¢ {sic}
T.G.W. Books 8x5 pb [3/2012] for $9.99
Film Noir Directors book edited by Alain Silver & James Ursini  
"Film Noir, The Directors" [2012]
Edited by Alain Silver & James Ursini

Limelight 9¼x7½ pb [3/2012] for $18.24
Big Book of Reel Murders edited by Otto Penzler  "The Big Book of Reel Murders: Stories That Inspired Great Crime Films"  10/2019
[2019] Edited by Otto Penzler

contributors include: Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Ian Fleming, Dashiell
Hammett
, O. Henry, Dennis Lehane, W. Somerset Maugham, Joyce Carol Oates,
Edgar Allan Poe, and Robert Louis Stevenson

Kindle Edition from Vintage Crime/Random House [10/2019] for $12.99
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 9x7 pb [10/2019] for $28.95


                    

The  Masters  of  Hardboiled/Noir  Fiction

Dashiell Hammett [1894-1961]
movies include "The Maltese Falcon" [1931], "City Streets" [1931], "Woman In The Dark" [1934],
"The Thin Man" movies [1934-47], "Mister Dynamite" [1935], "Satan Met A Lady" [1936],
"The Maltese Falcon" [1941], "The Glass Key" [1942], "Yojimbo" [1962],
"The Dain Curse" [1978 miniseries], "Miller's Crossing" [1990] & "Last Man Standing" [1996]

Raymond Chandler [1888-1959]
movies include "Time To Kill" [1942], "Murder, My Sweet" [1944], "Double Indemnity" [1944], "The Big Sleep" [1946],
"The Blue Dahlia" [1946], "The Brasher Doubloon" [1947], "Lady In The Lake" [1947], "Strangers On A Train" [1951],
"Marlowe" [1969], "The Long Goodbye" [1973], "Farewell, My Lovely" [1975], "The Big Sleep" [1978],
"Philip Marlowe, Private Eye" miniseries [1983 & 1986] & "Poodle Springs" [1998 tv movie]



Noir  Films  of  America  {A to E}

movies F to J  •   movies K to O  •   movies P to U  •   movies V to Z

"A Life At Stake" [Gibraltar 1954] /tt0047178/
watch film online [1:15:37] at YouTube


"A Stolen Face" [Hammer/Lippert June 1952]
Rejected by an American concert pianist, a London plastic surgeon refashions the face of a convict
(face burned in the blitz) to look like his lost love, then marries her. Then the original shows up.

Directed by Terence Fisher; starring {blacklistee} Paul Henreid, Lizabeth Scott, Mary
Mackenzie, André Morell, John Wood, Susan Stephen, Arnold Ridley, Everley Gregg,
Cyril Smith, Grace Gavin, Terence O'Regan & Diana Beaumont
Kit Parker/VCI b&w Double Feature DVD [7/2006] for $13.99 - with "Blackout" [1954]
full credits from IMDb


"The American" [Focus Features Sept 2010]
The American 2010 movie starring George Clooney  This is a noir love story. Roger Ebert compares the film to Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" [1967], but for me it resonates more with Jean-Luc Godard's "Breathless" [1960]. The attempt to kill an American in Sweden is unsuccessful; the assassin flees to Italy and hides out in a mountaintop village. He is a maker of illegal weapons, and can trust no one, not even the beautiful prostitute who has fallen in love with him. Co-produced by & starring George Clooney; directed by Anton Corbijn; script by Rowan Joffe, based on a novel by Martin Booth; cinematography by Martin Ruhe; also starring Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli, Johan Leysen, Bruce Altman, Irina Björklund, Samuli Vauramo, Filippo Timi & Björn Granath
Focus Features widescreen color Blu-ray [6/2011] 2 disks for $14.14
Focus Features widescreen color DVD [6/2011] for $5.95
11"x17" orange poster from Amazon for $9.84
full credits at IMDbofficial movie sitemovie entry at Wikipedia
Very Private Gentleman novel by Martin Booth  
"A Very Private Gentleman: A Novel" [2004] by Martin Booth
Picador 8x5½ movie tie-in pb [8/2010] for $10.08
Picador 8x5½ pb [1/2005] for $12.24
Thomas Dunne Books 8¾x5¾ hardcover [1/2004] out of print/used


"The American Side" [The Orchard April 2016]
'The American Side' movie about Nikola Tesla  Pop-noir thriller filmed in Upstate New York; a low-rent detective is hired to locate an electronic engineer, who mysteriously commits suicide at Niagara Falls; the detective's attempt to get to the bottom of the case unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention designed by enigmatic scientist Nikola Tesla [1856-1943]. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Jenna Ricker; co-written by & starring Greg Stuhr; music by David Shire; also starring Alicja Bachleda, Camilla Belle, Matthew Broderick, Robert Forster, Janeane Garofalo, Grant Shaud, Robert Vaughn, Harris Yulin, Joe Grifasi, Stephen Henderson, Norm Sham, Kelsey Siepser, Don Stuhr, Daniela Galli, Todd Benzin, Brian Mysliwy, Tracey B. Wilson, Vincent O'Neill, Wendy Higgins, Peter Palmisano, Rolando Gomez
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available
full credits at IMDbofficial movie site • no entry at Wikipedia
watch 3/2016 official trailer [2:16] at YouTube


"Angel Face" [R.K.O. Dec 1952]
Angel Face one-sheet poster directed by Otto Preminger  The step-daughter of a wealthy woman poisoned by gas hires a sappy ambulance driver as chauffeur. Suspecting the woman to be dangerous, he pulls away, but she schemes to keep him tied to her. When her parents' car plummets off a cliff, the schemer and the innocent are both charged with murder. 'Presented by' Howard Hughes; directed by Otto Preminger; music by Dimitri Tiomkin; starring Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall, Leon Ames, Barbara O'Neil & Jim Backus
Turner Home Ent. b&w DVD [1/2007] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb


"Angel's Flight" [Crown Intl. 1965]
A hard-drinking reporter investigates a series of murders in the seedy Bunker Hill area
of Los Angeles; filmed on location just before the area was demolished for redevelopment.

video not available; full credits from IMDb


"Armored Car Robbery" [R.K.O. June 1950]
Armored Car Robbery one-sheet poster directed by Richard Fleischer  A mastermind unknown to the law plans a holdup in meticulous detail, but two robbers and a cop get killed, so he hides out and forms a plan to escape pursuit by a friend of the dead cop, a relentless & clever fellow officer. Directed by Richard Fleischer; starring Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman, Douglas Fowley, Steve Brodie, Don McGuire, James Flavin & Gene Evans
video not available • full credits from IMDb


"The Asphalt Jungle"
[M.G.M. May 1950]
Asphalt Jungle poster directed by John Huston  27"x39" one-sheet poster available at AllPosters.com
Just out of prison, a legendary criminal recruits a safecracker, a driver, a financial backer, and a strong-arm man for a million-dollar burglary; at first the plan goes like clockwork, but little accidents accumulate and each partner proves to have his own fatal weakness • Co-written & directed by John Huston; starring Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire, Marilyn Monroe & Anthony Caruso; Oscar nominated for Best Picture, Best Script, Best Cinematography & Best Supporting Actor [SJ]; remade in 1958 as a cowboy movie, "The Badlanders", and in 1972 as the 'blaxploitation' film "Cool Breeze".
Warner b&w DVD [7/2004] for $17.99
Turner Home Video b&w VHS [2/92] for $19.99
full credits from IMDb
Asphalt Jungle book by W.R. Burnett  
based on W.R. Burnett's novel [Knopf 1949]
Prion Books 7½x5 pb [9/99] out of print/used
Wm. Morrow pb [4/84] out of print/used


"Bad Blonde"
aka 'The Flanagan Boy' [Hammer/Lippert April 1953]
A young man signs up with an Italian boxing promoter just returned from America with a lusty wife. The boxer and the wife
have a torrid affair, then she convinces him that she is pregnant and that they need to murder the husband.

Directed by Reginald Le Borg; based on the pulp novel by Max Catto; starring Tony Wright,
Barbara Payton, Frederick Valk, John Slater & Sid James
Kit Parker/VCI b&w Double Feature DVD [7/2006] for $13.99 - with "Man Bait" [1952]
full credits from IMDb


"Beyond A Reasonable Doubt" [RKO Radio Pictures 1956] /tt0049006/
A newspaper reporter and his publisher manipulate evidence to show that the district attorney is convicting innocent people.

"Beyond A Reasonable Doubt" remake
[RKO Pictures Sept 2004] /tt1183251/
TV reporters versus unethical district attorney; starring Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn & Michael Douglas


"The Big Clock"

The Big Clock movie directed by John Farrow  Paramount b&w feature film [April 1948]
When a publishing tycoon commits a murder of passion, he quickly begins to frame an innocent man seen with the victim. The innocent man enlists an editor to help trap the killer, not knowing that the 'killer' and the editor are the same person. Directed by John Farrow; adapted by Jonathan Latimer; starring Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, George Macready, Harry Morgan, Elsa Lanchester, Rita Johnson, Dan Tobin & Richard Webb
Universal b&w DVD [7/2004] for $12.99
Universal b&w VHS [9/96] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb

No Way Out 1987 movie starring Kevin Costner  "No Way Out" color remake [Orion Aug 1987]
A Navy officer is posted to the Pentagon, reporting to the Secretary of Defense. He starts an affair not knowing that the woman is the Secretary's mistress. When she is found dead, he is assigned to the case, and scrambles to find the killer before evidence at the crime scene pointing to him is uncovered. Directed by Roger Donaldson; script by Robert Garland; starring Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, Howard Duff, George Dzundza, Jason Bernard & Fred Dalton Thompson
M.G.M. color DVD [4/2000] for $12.99
M.G.M. color VHS [10/99] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
The Big Clock novel by Kenneth Fearing  
Based on the 1946 novel by Kenneth Fearing
NYRB 8x5 pb [7/2006] for $10.78


"The Big Combo"
[Allied Artists Feb 1955]
The Big Combo movie poster directed by Joseph H. Lewis   When a police lieutenant is ordered to shut down his surveillance of a mob boss for lack of results, he makes a move on the crook's girlfriend. Directed by Joseph H. Lewis; script by Philip Yordan; cinematography by John Alton; starring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, Robert Middleton, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman, Helen Walker & Whit Bissell
Geneon/Pioneer b&w DVD [10/2005] for $5.99
Image Ent. b&w VHS [2/2000] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb


"The Big Heat" [Columbia Oct 1953]
The Big Heat movie directed by Fritz Lang   A police detective's routine investigation of a cop's suicide takes a turn when a B-girl offering evidence is found murdered. He puts pressure on the local rackets boss, which causes the bombing death of the cop's wife, leading to white-hot vengeance. Directed by [blacklistee] Fritz Lang; starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Peter Whitney, Carolyn Jones & John Doucette
Sony b&w DVD [12/2001] for $21.99
Sony b&w VHS [5/2000] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb


"Blackout"
aka 'Murder By Proxy' [Hammer/Lippert March 1954]
Blackout 1954 half-sheet directed by Terence Fisher  A down-on-his-luck American meets a blonde in a London bar; next day, he wakes up in a strange room and finds that she tricked him into marrying her, there is blood on his coat and £500 in the pocket, and the woman's father has been murdered. Directed by Terence Fisher; based on a novel by Helen Nielsen; starring Dane Clark, Belinda Lee, Betty Ann Davies, Eleanor Summerfield, Andrew Osborn, Harold Lang & Michael Golden
Kit Parker/VCI b&w Double Feature DVD [7/2006] for $13.99
full credits from IMDb


"Blood Simple" [Circle Films Jan 1985]
Blood Simple movie by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen  A Texas saloonkeeper hires a sleazy detective to spy on his cheating wife, then to kill her and her lover. But the detective has other plans, and the misunderstandings and deceit and double- & triple-crosses build to a bloody climax. Co-written & co-directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen; starring John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams & Deborah Neumann
Universal widescreen color Director's Cut DVD [9/2001] for $10.99
Universal color VHS [1/95] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
"Blood Simple: The Screenplay" [1989]
St. Martin's Griffin 8¼x5½ pb [3/89] for $10.95


"The Blue Dahlia" [Paramount April 1946]
Blue Dahlia movie poster directed by George Marshall  

A bomber pilot returns from the war and finds his wife in the arms of the owner of the Blue Dahlia nightclub. He runs off, leaving his gun behind, and someone uses his gun to murder her. Seeking the real killer, he dodges the cops with the aid of the nightclub owner's estranged wife • Directed by George Marshall; script by Raymond Chandler [1888-1959]; starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Hugh Beaumont & Tom Powers; Oscar nominated for Best Original Screenplay
Universal b&w VHS [4/98] for $13.99
full credits from IMDb
"The Blue Dahlia" screenplay by Raymond Chandler
Warner pb [2/89] out of print/used


"Border Incident" [M.G.M. Oct 1949]
A Mexican federal agent infiltrates a smuggling ring, and soon he and his American counterpart are in deadly danger from the sinister rancher ringleader
Directed by Anthony Mann; b&w cinematography by John Alton; starring Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell,
Arnold Moss, Alfonso Bedoya & Arthur Hunnicutt • video not available • full credits from IMDb


"Borderline" [Universal March 1950]
Borderline movie poster directed by William A. Seiter   Two federal agencies send undercover agents, unknown to each other, to infiltrate a drug gang along the U.S.-Mexico border. An odd combination of romance & comedy & noir.
Directed by William A. Seiter; starring Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor & Raymond Burr
Good Times b&w DVD [1/2005] for $5.98
VCI b&w VHS [11/97] for $14.24
full credits from IMDb


"Bordertown" [Warner Bros. 1935]
Bordertown 1935 movie poster directed by Archie Mayo   The newly-promoted partner in a border town casino has eyes for a society dame, while his partner's wife loves him. The wife kills her husband, then out of jealousy blames the man who scorns her. Directed by Archie Mayo; starring Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay & Eugene Pallette
video not available; full credits from IMDb


"Born To Kill" [R.K.O. May 1947]
Born to Kill 1947 movie poster directed by Robert Wise  A man kills two strangers in Reno, Nevada; a just-divorced woman finds the bodies but chooses not to become involved. Unbeknownst, they meet on the train to San Francisco.
Directed by Robert Wise; starring Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak, Phillip Terry, Audrey Long, Elisha Cook Jr. & Esther Howard
Turner b&w DVD [7/2005] for $11.47
Turner b&w VHS [10/91] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com


"The Bribe" [M.G.M. Feb 1949]
The Bribe 1949 film noir movie  An F.B.I. agent is sent to a Caribbean island to break up a stolen aircraft engine racket, and finds the wife of the local mobster boss a temptation that he cannot resist. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard; written by Marguerite Roberts, based on a story by Frederick Nebel; original music by Miklós Rózsa; starring Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price & John Hodiak
M.G.M./Warner Bros. Home Ent. b&w DVD [1/2010] for $26.99
full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia


"Brick" [Focus March 2006]
noir Brick movie poster written & directed by Rian Johnson  Noir plot, noir dialog & noir visuals: Teenagers at a high school in a California beach town caught in a web of deceit & lust & death. Written & directed by Rian Johnson; starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary & Emilie de Ravin; won Special Jury Prize at Sundance
Universal widescreen color DVD [DUE August 2006] for $22.49
full credits from IMDb; official movie site


"Broken City" [StudioCanal/Fox Jan 2013]
Announced 6/2011: A noir-style drama about an ex-cop turned private detective who is hired by the mayor
to find out whether his wife is cheating on him; co-produced by director Allen Hughes & star Mark Wahlberg;
screenplay by Brian Tucker; also starring Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Barry Pepper, Kyle Chandler,
Justin Chambers & Alona Tal
latest info at IMDb


"Broken Triangle" [indep 2011]
film noir short by Charles Frisbywatch video [4:10] free online at Vimeo


"The Burglar" [Columbia June 1957]
The Burglar one-sheet movie poster directed by Paul Wendkos  A petty thief and his gang pull off a jewel heist at a wealthy woman's mansion only to discover that his sister is dating the cop investigating the crime. Directed by Paul Wendkos; script by David Goodis (from his 1953 novel); starring Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha Vickers, Peter Capell & Mickey Shaughnessy
video not available; full credits from IMDb


"The Captive City" [United Artists March 1952]
A crusading editor exposes the stranglehold on his city of a mob boss who has the entire police force under his thumb.
Directed by Robert Wise; starring John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy,
Marjorie Crossland, Victor Sutherland, Ray Teal & Martin Milner
video not available; full credits from IMDb


"Cause For Alarm!" [1951] starring Loretta Young & Barry Sullivan


"City of Fear" [Columbia Feb 1959]
An escaped convict steals what he thinks is heroin, but is actually a radioactive substance called copat 60;
if authorities cannot track him down, the result could be the destruction of Los Angeles.

Directed by Irving Lerner; starring Vince Edwards, Lyle Talbot, John Archer,
Steven Ritch & Patricia Blair • video not available • full credits from IMDb


"The Crooked Way" [United Artists April 1949]
The Crooked Way movie directed by Robert Florey   An amnesiac war hero returns to L.A. and is met by cops, who say he worked for a local mob boss and has an ex-wife; he is hounded by the cops, beaten by the mob, and soon framed for murder. Directed by Robert Florey; cinematography by John Alton; starring John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew, Rhys Williams, Percy Helton, John Doucette, Charles Evans & Greta Granstedt
Geneon/Pioneer color DVD [11/2005] for $5.99
full credits from IMDb


"Dark Passage" [Warner Bros./First National Sept 1947]
Dark Passage movie poster starring Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall  A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes San Quentin and returns to San Francisco to prove his innocence. Even after plastic surgery, he is hounded by the woman who testified against him • Adapted & directed by Delmer Daves, from the David Goodis novel; starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett, Agnes Moorehead, Tom D'Andrea, Clifton Young, Rory Mallinson & Houseley Stevenson
Warner b&w DVD [11/2003] for $17.99
Warner b&w VHS [3/2000] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
"Dark Passage" posters at AllPosters.com
1946 novel by David Goodis
Trafalgar Square 7¾x5¼ pb [4/99] out of print/used


"Dead Reckoning" [Columbia Jan 1947]
Dead Reckoning movie poster starring Humphrey Bogart & Lizabeth Scott   Two former Army officers are called to testify in Washington, DC; one runs away, and the other trails him to a Gulf Coast town, where he finds his friend killed and accused of murder, and then gets involved with the murder victim's widow. Directed by John Cromwell; starring Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane, William Prince, Marvin Miller & Wallace Ford
Sony b&w DVD [1/2003] for $21.99
Sony b&w VHS [6/94] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com


"Detour"
Fate provides a hitchhiking loser with a car, and he picks up a hitchhiking sadistic femme fatale.

Detour 1945 movie poster directed by Edgar G. Ulmer  Producers Releasing original b&w feature [Nov 1945]
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer; script by Martin M. Goldsmith, from his novel {below}; starring Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake & Edmund MacDonald; listed on the National Film Registry in 1992; listed on Time Magazine's "All-Time 100 Best Films" (2005)
Alpha Video b&w DVD [10/2002] for $7.98
Timeless Multimedia b&w VHS [12/91] for $12.99
full credits from IMDb
Detour 1992 video directed by Wade Williams   color remake [1992 video release]
Directed by Wade Williams; based on the prior script, with additional scenes; starring Tom Neal Jr., Lea Lavish, Susanna Foster, Erin McGrane, Duke Howze & Brad Hittiker
Ventura Home Ent. color VHS [9/98] out of prodn/rare
full credits from IMDb
Detour 1939 novel by Martin M. Goldsmith  "Detour: An Extraordinary Tale" [1939 novel]
by Martin M. Goldsmith

O'Bryan House pb [10/2005] for $14.95


"D.O.A."

D.O.A. 1950 movie directed by Rudolph Maté   United Artists b&w original [April 1950]
A small-town accountant visiting San Francisco on a business trip is told he's been poisoned and has only a few days to live, so he tries to find out who killed him and why • Directed by Rudolph Maté; cinematography by Ernest Laszlo; starring Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Beverly Garland, Lynn Baggett, William Ching, Lawrence Dobkin & Neville Brand
R.O.A.N. b&w DVD [11/2003] for $12.99
Timeless Multimedia b&w VHS [12/91] for $9.99
full credits from IMDb

D.O.A. 1988 movie poster starring Dennis Quaid & Meg Ryan  Touchstone color remake [March 1988]
An English professor finds out that he's been poisoned and has only a few days to live, so he tries to find out who killed him and why • Co-directed by Annabel Jankel & Rocky Morton; starring Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Charlotte Rampling, Daniel Stern, Jane Kaczmarek, Christopher Neame & Robin Johnson
Disney widescreen color DVD [10/2003] for $9.99
Disney color VHS [10/95] out of prodn/many used
full credits from IMDb


"Double Indemnity"
An insurance salesman plots with a beautiful client to murder her elderly husband for the insurance.
But a company investigator suspects foul play, the old man's daughter accuses the woman of murdering her mother
in order to marry him, and suddenly the salesman fears a double cross.
Double Indemnity 1944 movie directed by Billy Wilder  Paramount feature film [Sept 1944]
Co-written & directed by Billy Wilder; script co-written by Raymond Chandler [1888-1959] from the James M. Cain novel; starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Tom Powers & Edward G. Robinson; Oscar noms for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script, Best Actress [BS], Best Cinematography, Best Music Score, Best Sound; listed on National Film Registry 1992; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (/2005)
Universal b&w VHS [4/98] for $13.99
Image Ent b&w DVD [10/2000] out of stock/used
full credits on IMDb
Double Indemnity script by Billy Wilder & Raymond Chandler  "Double Indemnity" script
by Billy Wilder & Raymond Chandler

Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [12/2000] for $11.17

critical textbook [1992] by Richard Schickel
B.F.I. 7½x5¼ pb [9/92] for $10.46

Double Indemnity novel by James M. Cain  
1936 novel by James M. Cain [1892-1977]
Vintage 8x5¼ pb [5/89] for $8.76
Amereon 9x6¼ hardcover [9/96] out of print/rare
Caedmon UNABR audio CD [5/2005] out of prodn/used
A.B.C. tv movie [1973]
Directed by Jack Smight; starring Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Samantha Eggar & Robert Webber;
video not available; full credits from IMDb


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Film Noir Collections

Nordic Noir Collection from Arrow Films
Nordic Noir is a brand at Arrow Films offering Region 2 DVDs to the U.K.; TV series include "Borgen", "The Bridge",
"The Killing", "The Protectors", "Sebastian Bergman", "Unit One", "Van Veeteren", and "Wallander"

Bad Girls of Film Noir Collection

Bad Girls of Film Noir, Volume 1 DVD box set  Volume 1: Sony/Columbia DVD set [2/2010] 2 disks for $19.29
contains 4 feature films: "The Killer That Stalked New York" [1950] starring Evelyn Keyes; "Two of A Kind" [1951] starring Terry Moore & Edmund O'Brien; "Bad For Each Other" [1953] starring Lizabeth Scott & Charleton Heston; and "The Glass Wall" [1953] starring Gloria Grahame & Vittorio Gassman; bonus features include Terry Moore interview & Ford All-Star Theatre episode "The Payoff" [NBC-TV May 1956] starring Janet Blair & Howard Duff
Bad Girls of Film Noir, Volume 2 DVD box set  Volume 2: Sony/Columbia DVD [2/2010] 2 disks for $19.99
contains 4 feature films: "Night Editor" [1946] starring Janis Carter & William Gargan; "One Girl's Confession" [1953] starring Cleo Moore & producer-writer-director Hugo Haas; "Over-Exposed"
[1956] starring Cleo Moore & Richard Crenna; "Women's Prison" [1955] starring Ida Lupino, Audrey Totter & Howard Duff; bonus features include Ford All-Star Theatre episode "Remember To Live"
[NBC-TV Nov 1954]
starring Cleo Moore, Barbara Hale, Judy Nugent & Dane Clark

Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics Collection

Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics Volume 1 DVD box set   Volume I [2009]: Sony/Columbia DVD set [11/2009] 5 disks for $41.08
contains 5 feature films: "The Sniper" [1952] directed by Edward Dmytryk; "The Big Heat" [1953] directed by Fritz Lang, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame & Lee Marvin; "Five Against The House" [1955] starring Guy Madison, Kim Novak & Brian Keith; "The Lineup" [1958] directed by Don Siegel, starring Eli Wallach & Robert Keith; and "Murder By Contract" [1958] starring Vince Edwards; bonus features include commentary by directors Martin Scorsese & Michael Mann, and by non-fiction author Eddie Muller & fiction author James Ellroy, plus featurette "The Influence of Noir (with Christopher Nolan)" [2009]
Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics Volume 2 DVD box set  Volume II [2010]: Sony/Columbia DVD set [7/2010] for $46.93
contains 5 feature films: "Pushover" [July 1954] starring Fred MacMurray & Kim Novak; "Human Desire" [Aug 1954] directed by Fritz Lang; starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame & Broderick Crawford; "Nightfall" [Jan 1957] starring Aldo Ray; "The Brothers Rico" [Sept 1957] starring Richard Conte, James Darren & Paul Picerni; and "City of Fear" [Feb 1959] starring Vince Edwards
Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics Volume 3 DVD box set  Volume III [2012]: T.C.M. b&w DVD set [6/2012] out of prodn/used
contains 5 feature films: "My Name Is Julia Ross" [Nov 1945]; "The Mob" [Oct 1951] starring Broderick Crawford; "Drive A Crooked Road" [March 1954] starring Mickey Rooney; "Tight Spot" [1955] starring Ginger Rogers, Brian Keith & Edward G. Robinson; and "The Burglar" [June 1957] written by David Goodis, starring Dan Duryea & Jayne Mansfield

Classic Film Noir Collection

Classic Film Noir collection on DVD volume 1   Volume 1 [2005]: St. Clair Vision b&w DVD set [10/2007] 3 disks for $9.98
includes "Detour" [1945]; "The Stranger" [1946]; "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" [1946] starring Kirk Douglas; "The Scar" aka 'Hollow Triumph' [1948] starring Paul Henreid; "Too Late For Tears" aka 'Killer Bait'
[1949]; "D.O.A." [1950]; "The Man Who Cheated Himself" [1950]; "Quicksand" [1950]; and "The Hitch-Hiker"
[1953] directed by Ida Lupino; plus bonus "About Film Noir" documentary, and noir photo gallery & noir trailers
Classic Film Noir collection on DVD volume 3   Volume 2 [2006]: St. Clair Vision b&w DVD set [11/2006] 3 disks for $8.99
includes "Buried Alive" [1939]; "The Chase" [1946]; "Whistle Stop" [1946] starring George Raft & Ava Gardner; "He Walked By Night" [1948]; "Jigsaw" [1949] starring Franchot Tone; "Port of New York" [1949]; "Kansas City Confidential" [1952]; "Suddenly" [1954] starring Frank Sinatra; and "The Big Bluff" [1955]; plus bonus Raymond Chandler "Trouble Is My Business" 1947 radio program starring Van Heflin, and noir photo gallery & noir trailers
Classic Film Noir collection on DVD volume 3   Volume 3 [2007]: St. Clair Vision DVD set [10/2007] 3 disks for $9.98
includes "The Girl From Rio" [1939]; "Strange Illusion" [1945] directed by Edgar G. Ulmer; "Danger Street"
[1947] starring Jane Withers & Robert Lowery; "The Devil's Sleep" [1949] starring Timothy Farrell, Lita Grey [Chaplin] & Mildred Davis; "Borderline" [1950] starring Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor & Raymond Burr; "The Second Woman" [1951] starring Betsy Drake & Robert Young; "Tokyo File 212" [1951]; "The Bigamist"
[1953] directed by & starring Ida Lupino; "Postmark For Danger" aka 'Portrait of Alison' [1955]; and "The Naked Kiss" [1964] directed by Samuel Fuller; plus bonus "Sam Spade" radio program, and noir photo gallery & noir trailers


Forgotten Noir Collection

Forgotten Noir Collector's Set on DVD volume 1  "Forgotten Noir Collectors Set - Volume 1" [2006]
box set: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [9/2006] 3 disks for $26.99
disk 1: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2006] for $13.99
includes "They Were So Young" [1954] and "Portland Expose" [1957]
disk 2: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [9/2006] for $13.99
includes "Loan Shark" [1952] starring George Raft, and "Arson, Inc," [1949]
disk 3: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [9/2006] for $13.99
includes "Shadow Man" aka 'Street of Shadows' [1953], and "Shoot To Kill" [1947]
Forgotten Noir Collector's Set on DVD volume 2  "Forgotten Noir Collector's Set - Volume 2" [2007]
box set: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2007] 3 disks for $26.99
disk 4: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2007] for $13.99
includes "Man From Cairo" [1953] starring George Raft and "Mask of The Dragon" [1951]
disk 5: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2007] for $13.99
includes "F.B.I. Girl" [1951] starring Cesar Romero & George Brent and "Tough Assignment"
[1949] starring Don 'Red' Barry

disk 6: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2007] for $13.99
includes "Fingerprints Don't Lie" [1951] and "I'll Get You For This" [1950]
Forgotten Noir Collector's Set on DVD volume 3  "Forgotten Noir Collector's Set - Volume 3" [2008]
box set: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2008] 3 disks for $26.99
extras include "Mr. District Attorney" radio program, "Pat Novak For Hire" radio program (source for "Pier 23"), plus featurette, interviews & trailers
disk 7: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2008] for $13.49
includes "David Harding, Counterspy" [1950], "Danger Zone" [1951], and "The Big Chase" [1954]
disk 8: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2008] for $13.49
includes "Mr. District Attorney" [1947], "Ringside" [1949], and "Hi-Jacked" [1950]
disk 9: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [4/2008] for $13.49
includes "Scotland Yard Inspector" aka 'Lady In The Fog' [1952] starring Cesar Romero, "Pier 23" [1951], and "The Case of The Baby-Sitter" [1947 featurette]
Forgotten Noir Collector's Set on DVD volume 4  "Forgotten Noir Collector's Set - Volume 4" [2008]
box set: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [11/2008] 3 disks for $26.99
includes "Radar Secret Service" [1950], "Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard" [1950], "Motor Patrol" [1950], "Western Pacific Agent" [1950], "Mr. District Attorney" [1941], "Highway 13"
[1948], "Roaring City" [1951], "Treasure of Monte Cristo" [1949], and "Sky Liner" [1949]; extras include six trailers


Warner Bros. Film Noir Classic Collection

5 timeless suspense thrillers from Warner Brothers   Volume 1 [2004]: Warner DVD [7/2004] 5 disks for $26.97
includes "Murder My Sweet" [1944] directed by [blacklistee] Edward Dmytryk, based on a Raymond Chandler novel; "Out of The Past" [1947]; "The Set-Up" [1949]; "Gun Crazy" aka 'Deadly Is The Female' [1949]; and "The Asphalt Jungle" [1950] directed by John Huston, based on the novel by W.R. Burnett
5 more timeless suspense thrillers from Warner Brothers   Volume 2 [2005]: Warner DVD [7/2005] 5 disks for $44.99
includes "Dillinger" [March 1945], "Crossfire" [July 1947], "Born To Kill" [May 1947], "Clash By Night" [June 1952], and "The Narrow Margin" [May 1952]
5 more timeless suspense thrillers from Warner Brothers   Volume 3 [2006]: Warner DVD [7/2006] 7 disks for $34.99
includes "Lady In The Lake" [Jan 1947] based on the Raymond Chandler novel; "Border Incident" [Oct 1949]; "His Kind of Woman" [Aug 1951]; "The Racket" [Dec 1951]; "On Dangerous Ground" [Feb 1952]; plus bonus disk with docu "Film Noir: Bringing Darkness To Light" [2006] and M.G.M. 'Crime Does Not Pay' shorts "Women In Hiding" [June 1940], "You, The People" [Nov 1940], "Forbidden Passage" [Feb 1941], "A Gun In His Hand" [Sept 1945] and "The Luckiest Guy In The World" [Jan 1947]
10 more timeless suspense thrillers from Warner Brothers   Volume 4 [2007]: Warner DVD [7/2007] 5 disks for $42.99
includes "Act of Violence" [1948] starring Van Heflin, Robert Ryan & Janet Leigh; "The Big Steal" [1949] directed by Don Siegel, starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer & William Bendix; "Crime Wave" [1954]; "Decoy" [1956]; "Illegal" [1955] starring Edward G. Robinson; "Mystery Street" [1950] directed by John Sturges, starring Ricardo Montalban; "Side Street" [1950] directed by Anthony Mann; "Tension" [1950]; "They Live By Night" [1949] co-written & directed by Nicholas Ray; and "Where Danger Lives" [1950] starring Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains & Maureen O'Sullivan


Hammer Film Noir Collection

Hammer Film Noir Collector's Set  "Hammer Film Noir Collector's Set, Volumes 1-3"
Kit Parker/VCI DVD box set [8/2006] 3 disks for $24.99
Volume 1: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [7/2006] for $13.99
includes "Man Bait" aka 'The Last Page' [1952] & "Bad Blonde" aka 'The Flanagan Boy' [1953]
Volume 2": Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [7/2006] for $13.99
includes "A Stolen Face" [1952] starring Paul Henreid & "Blackout" aka 'Murder By Proxy' [1954]
Volume 3: Kit Parker/VCI b&w DVD [7/2006] for $13.99
includes "The Gambler and The Lady" [1952] & "Heat Wave" aka 'House Across The Lake' [1954]


"Dark Crimes: 50 Classic Features"

Dark Crimes, 50 Classic Features DVD box set  Mill Creek Ent. b&w DVD set [4/2012] 12 disks for $15.38
contains 50 b&w feature films: "A Life At Stake" [1954] starring Angela Lansbury & Keith Andes; "Baby Face Morgan" [1942]; "The Capture"
[1950] starring Lew Ayres & Victor Jory; "Cause For Alarm!" [1951] starring Loretta Young & Barry Sullivan; "The Chase" [1946]; "D.O.A."
[1950]; "The Devil's Party" [1938] starring Victor McLaglen; "Fear In The Night" [1947] starring DeForest Kelly; "Flowers From A Stranger"
[May 1949] episode of "Studio One"; "Gaslight" [U.K. 1940]; "The Great Flamarion" [1945] starring Erich von Stroheim; "Guest In The House" [1944] starring Ann Baxter; "Half A Sinner" [1940] starring Heather Angel, story by Dalton Trumbo; "The Hoodlum" [1951] starring Lawrence Tierney; "The Inner Circle" [1946]; "Inner Sanctum" [1948]; "The Last Mile" [1932]; "The Limping Man" [1953]; "Love From A Stranger" aka 'A Night of Terror' [1937] starring Basil Rathbone, story by Agatha Christie; "The Man Who Cheated Himself" [1950] starring Lee J. Cobb & Jane Wyatt; "The Man Who Had Influence" [May 1950] episode of "Studio One"; "The Mandarin Mystery" [1936] starring
Eddie Quillan as Ellery Queen; "The Mystery of Mr. Wong" [1939] starring Boris Karloff; "The Naked Kiss" [1964] directed by Samuel Fuller; "Parole, Inc."
[1948]; "The Pay-Off" [1930] directed by & starring Lowell Sherman; "The Phantom Fiend" [1932] starring Ivor Novello; "Plan For Escape" [Nov 1952] episode of "Studio One"; "Please Murder Me" [1956] starring Raymond Burr & Angela Lansbury; "Prison Shadows" [1936]; "The Red House" [1947] starring Edward G. Robinson & Judith Anderson; "The Scar" [1948] aka "Hollow Triumph" starring Paul Henreid; "Shoot To Kill" [1947]; "Sinners In Paradise" [1938] directed by James Whale; "The Sleeping Tiger" [1954] directed by Joseph Losey; "Slightly Honorable" [1939] starring Pat O'Brien, Edward Arnold & Broderick Crawford; "Special Agent" [1949]; "Strange Illusion" [1945] directed by Edgar G. Ulmer; "The Strange Woman" [1946] directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, starring Hedy Lamar; "Sucker Money" [1933] starring Mischa Auer; "Ten Minutes To Live" [1932] written & directed by Oscar Micheaux; "There Was A Crooked Man" [June 1950] episode of "Studio One"; "Things Happen At Night" [1947]; "Trapped" [1949] directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Lloyd Bridges; "Two Sharp Knives" [Nov 1949] episode of "Studio One", story by Dashiell Hammett, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner; "Whistle Stop" [1946] starring Ava Grdner & George Raft; "The Woman Condemned" [1934]; "Woman In The Dark" [1934] story by Dashiell Hammett, starring Melvyn Douglas & Fay Wray; "Woman On The Run" [1950] starring Ann Sheridan & Dennis O'Keefe; and "The Wrong Road"
[1937] directed by James Cruze


"Noir Archive Collections"
Noir Archive Collections Volume 1 1944-1954  "Noir Archive, Volume 1: 1944-1954 (9 Movie Collection)" [2019]
Mill Creek Ent. b&w Blu-ray set [4/2019] 3 disks for $34.99
includes nine b&w feature films: "Address Unknown" [Columbia Pictures April 1944] directed by William Cameron Menzies, starring Paul Lukas, Carl Esmond, Peter Van Eyck; "Escape in the Fog" [Columbia Pictures April 1945] directed by Budd Boetticher, starring Otto Kruger, Nina Foch, William Wright; "The Guilt of Janet James" [Columbia Pictures March 1947] directed by Henry Levin, starring Rosalind Russell, Melvyn Douglas, Sid Caesar; "Johnny Allegro" [Columbia Pictures May 1949] directed by Ted Tetzlaff, starring George Raft, Nina Foch, George Macready, Will Geer; "The Reign of Terror" (aka "The Black Book") [Eagle-Lion/General Film July 1949] directed by Anthony Mann, starring Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Arlene Dahl; "711 Ocean Drive" [Columbia Pictures July 1950] directed by Joseph M. Newman, starring Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger; "The Killer That Stalked New York" [Columbia Pictures Oct 1950] directed by Earl McEvoy, starring Evelyn Keyes, Charles Korvin, William Bishop; "Assignment Paris" [Columbia Pictures Sept 1952] directed by Earl McEvoy, starring Dana Andrews, Marta Toren, George Sanders; and "The Miami Story" [Columbia Pictures May 1954] directed by Fred F. Sears, starring Barry Sullivan, Luther Adler, John Baer
Noir Archive Collections Volume 2 1954-1956  "Noir Archive, Volume 2: 1954-1956 (9 Movie Collection)" [2019]
Mill Creek Ent. b&w/color Blu-ray set [7/2019] 3 disks for $34.99
includes nine more hard to find noir feature films: "Bait" [Columbia Pictures Feb 1954] directed by Hugo Haas, starring Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, John Agar; widescreen b&w "New Orleans Uncensored" [Columbia Pictures March 1955] directed by William Castle, starring Arthur Franz, Beverly Garland, Helene Stanton, Michael Ansara; "Cell 2455, Death Row" [Columbia Pictures April 1955] directed by Fred F. Sears, based on the book by Caryl Chessman, starring William Campbell, Marian Carr; "5 Against The House"
[Columbia Pictures May 1955] directed by Phil Karlson, starring Guy Madison, Kim Novak, Brian Keith, Alvy Moore, William Conrad; "The Night Holds Terror" [Columbia Pictures July 1955] directed by Andrew Stone, starring Jack Kelly, Hildy Parks, Vince Edwards, John Cassavetes, David Cross; color "Footsteps In The Fog" [Columbia Pictures Aug 1955] directed by Arthur Lubin, starring Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Bill Travers, Ronald Squire, Finlay Currie, Belinda Lee; "The Crooked Web" [Columbia Pictures Nov 1955] directed by Nathan Juran, starring Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard, Richard Denning; "Spin A Dark Web"
[Columbia Pictures March 1956] directed by Vernon Sewell, starring Faith Domergue, Lee Patterson, Rona Anderson, Martin Benson; and widescreen b&w "Rumble On The Docks" [Columbia Pictures Dec 1956] directed by Fred F. Sears, starring Laurie Carrol, James Darren, Michael Granger
Noir Archive Collections Volume 3 1957-1960  "Noir Archive, Volume 3: 1957-1960 (9 Movie Collection)" [2019]
Mill Creek Ent. b&w Blu-ray set [9/2019] 3 disks for $34.49
includes another nine hard to find noir feature films: "The Shadow In The Window" [Columbia Pictures March 1957] directed by William Asher, starring Phil Carey, Betty Garrett, John Drew Barrymore, Jerry Mathers; "She Played With Fire" [Columbia Pictures March 1957] directed by Sidney Gilliat, starring Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl, Dennis Price, Bernard Miles, Ian Hunter; "Pickup Alley" aka "Interpol" [Warwick/Columbia Pictures April 1957] directed by John Gilling, starring Victor Mature, Anita Ekberg, Trevor Howard; "The Long Haul" [Columbia Pictures Aug 1957] adapted & directed by Ken Hughes, starring Victor Mature, Diana Dors, Patrick Allen; "The Tijuana Story" [Columbia Pictures Oct 1957] directed by Leslie Kardos, starring Rodolfo Acosta, James Darren, Robert McQueeney; "The Lineup" [Columbia Pictures May 1958] directed by Don Siegel, written by Stirling Silliphant, starring Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Warner Anderson; "The Case Against Brooklyn" [Columbia Pictures June 1958] directed by Paul Wendkos, starring Darren McGavin, Maggie Hayes, Bobby Helms; "The Crimson Kimono" [Columbia Pictures Aug 1959] written, produced & directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta; and "Man On A String" [March 1960] directed by Andre DeToth, starring Ernest Borgnine, Kerwin Mathews, Colleen Dewhurst, Alexander Scourby


independent film noir collections

Film Noir from Diamond Ent.   Film Noir from Diamond Entertainment [2003]
Volume 1: Diamond Ent. DVD[12/2003] for $7.95
includes "The Red House" [1947]; "The Second Woman" [1951]; "Kansas City Confidential" [1952]; and "The Naked Kiss" [1964], directed by Samuel Fuller
Volume 2: Diamond Ent. DVD [12/2003] for $7.95
includes "Strange Illusion" [1945]; "Detour" [1945]; "Scarlet Street" [1945] directed by [blacklistee] Fritz Lang, starring Edward G. Robinson; and "Impact" [1949]
4 Film Noir Classics  
"Film Noir Classic Collection 4-pack" [2003]
Gotham b&w DVD [11/2003] for $29.95
includes "Detour" [1945]; "Impact" [1949]; "D.O.A." [1950]; and "Kansas City Confidential" [1952]
5 Film Noir Killer Classics  "5 Film Noir Killer Classics" [2004]
Questar b&w DVD [3/2004] 6 disks for $23.99
includes "Detour" [1945]; "Scarlet Street" [1945] directed by [blacklistee] Fritz Lang, starring Edward G. Robinson; "The Stranger" [1946]; "Killer Bait" orig 'Too Late for Tears' [1949]; "D.O.A." [1950]; plus docu films "Black and Blue: The History of Noir" and "Hot-Blooded & Cold-Hearted: The Dames of Film Noir"
Film Noir: 3 Great Movies DVD box set  "Film Noir: 3 Great Movies" DVD box set [2004]
Vintage Home Ent. b&w DVD [5/2004] for $6.98
includes "Scarlet Street" [1945] directed by [blacklistee] Fritz Lang, starring Edward G. Robinson; "Quicksand" [1950]; and "Suddenly" [1954] starring Frank Sinatra
Film Noir 10 Movie box set   Film Noir 10 Movie box set [2004]
Brentwood Home Video DVD [7/2004] 5 disks for $17.99
includes "Midnight" aka 'Call It Murder' [1934] starring Humphrey Bogart; "Scarlet Street" [1945] directed by [blacklistee] Fritz Lang, starring Edward G. Robinson; "Detour" [1945]; "The Stranger" [1946]; "The Red House" [1947]; "He Walked By Night" [1948]; "Borderline" [1950]; "D.O.A." [1950]; "The Second Woman" [1951]; and "Kansas City Confidential" [1952]
Dark Side of Hollywood box set  "Film Noir: The Dark Side of Hollywood" box set [2006]
Kino Video b&w DVD [9/2006] 5 disks for $44.99
includes "Hangmen Also Die" [1943] directed by [blacklistee] Fritz Lang; "The Long Night" [1947]; "Railroaded" [1947]; "Behind Locked Doors" [1948] directed by Budd Boetticher; and "Sudden Fear" [1952]
Ultimate Film Noir Collection  "The Ultimate Film Noir Collection" [2006]
Passport b&w DVD [5/2006] 5 disks for $14.99
includes "Scarlet Street" [1945] directed by [blacklistee] Fritz Lang, starring Edward G. Robinson; "Detour" [1945]; "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" [1946] starring Kirk Douglas; "Whistle Stop" [1946] starring George Raft & Ava Gardner; "He Walked By Night" [1948]; "Trapped" [1949]; "Impact" [1949]; "D.O.A." [1950]; "Quicksand" [1950]; "The Hitch-Hiker" [1953] directed by Ida Lupino; plus "Best of Film Noir" [1999] documentary (clips & interviews) & other extras
TV Noir on DVD  "Johnny Legend Presents: TV Noir - Four Classic Crime Dramas From TV's Golden Age" on DVD [2007]
Legend House b&w DVD [8/2007] out of prodn/used
contains five b&w half-hour TV shows: "The Trial" episode of "Hollywood Off Beat (aka 'Steve Randall')" [Dumont Sept 1952] starring Melvyn Douglas; "The Killer" episode of "I'm The Law" [July 1953] starring George Raft; "Sale Value" episode of "Racket Squad" [CBS-TV July 1953] starring Reed Hadley with guest villain Douglas Dumbrille; "The Case of The Deadly Dilemma" episode of "Treasury Men in Action" [ABC-TV March 1955] starring Charles Bronson; and an episode of "Police Station" [synd 1959] starring Baynes Barron
Deadly Dames Film Noir DVD box set  
"Deadly Dames Film Noir Collector's Set" [2007]
V.C.I. Video b&w DVD set [8/2007] for $26.99
includes "Blonde Ice" [1948]; "Slightly Scarlet" [1956] based on the novel by James M. Cain, starring Rhonda Fleming: and "The Naked Kiss" [1964] directed by Samuel Fuller
Film Noir Classics from the Studio Vaults  "Film Noir: Five Classics From The Studio Vaults" [2007]
Kino Video DVD box set [11/2007] 5 disks for $44.99
includes "Contraband" [1940]; "Scarlet Street" [1945] directed by [blacklistee] Fritz Lang, starring Edward G. Robinson; "Strange Impersonation" [1946] directed by Anthony Mann; "They Made Me A Fugitive" [1947]; and "The Hitch-Hiker" [1953] directed by Ida Lupino
Film Noir Murder & Blackmail Collection   "Film Noir Murder & Blackmail Collection, Volume 1" DVD Box Set [2008]
Alpha Home Ent. b&w DVD set [10/2008] 6 disks for $47.88
contains 7 feature films: "Whispering City" [1947] filmed in Québec, Canada; "Open Secret" [1948] starring John Ireland; "D.O.A." [1950]; "The Limping Man" [1953]; "A Life At Stake" [1954] starring Angela Lansbury & Keith Andes; "The Big Combo" [1955] starring starring Cornel Wilde; and "Please Murder Me" [1956] starring Raymond Burr & Angela Lansbury
Sony Choice: Film Noir Collection, volume 1 DVD box set  "Sony Choice: Film Noir Collection - Volume One" DVD Box Set [2012]
Sony Pictures Ent. DVD-R [12/2012] 5 disks for $55.99
contains 5 feature films: "Criminal Lawyer" [Aug 1951] starring Pat O'Brien & Jane Wyatt; "The Crooked Web" [Nov 1955] starring Frank Lovejoy; "The Shadow On The Window" [March 1957] starring Jerry Mathers, Philip Carey & John Drew Barrymore; "Escape From San Quentin" [Sept 1957] starring Johnny Desmond; and "The Case Against Brooklyn" [June 1958] starring Darren McGavin
Film Noir Collection on Blu-ray from Olive Films  

"Film Noir Collection" Blu-ray Box Set [2012]
Volume One: Olive Films b&w Blu-ray set [11/2012] 4 disks for $74.69
contains 4 b&w feature films: "Rope of Sand" [Aug 1949] starring Burt Lancaster, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid & Peter Lorre; "Dark City" [Oct 1950] starring Charlton Heston; "Union Station" [Oct 1950] starring William Holden; and "Appointment With Danger" [May 1951] starring Alan Ladd

Film  Noir  Links
Danger & Despair [noir videos & 16mm]
Classic Noir Online
Eddie Muller's "Noir City" website
Film Noir Foundation
The Black Dahlia Murder Case
Fox Home Entertainment Film Noir product
Film Noir at Brian's Drive-In Theater
'Film Noirish' website [est. 2010]


                  

Film  Noir  Festival  Links

American Cinematheque's Festivals of Film Noir
{ links gone 2022 } • [1999 = #1] • [2000 = #2] • [2001 = #3] • [2002 = #4] • [2003 = #5] • [2004 = #6] • [2005 = #7] •
[2006 = #8] • [2007 = #9] • [2008 = #10] • [April 2009 = #11]

Noir City Film Festival [est. Jan 2003 - 3/2022 = #19] in Oakland, CA
other N.C.F.F. events: Chicago Aug 26-Sep 1; Detroit Sept 23-25; DC Oct 14-27

Palm Springs [CA] Arthur Lyons Noir Film Festival [May 2009 = #9]

Santa Fe, NM 'Summer In The Dark' Noir Film Festival [Sept 2011 = #14] {defunct?}

Festival of Film Noir [July 2022 = #18] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
films in 2022 were Hitchcock's "Saboteur" [1942] and "I Confess" [1953]; "The Big Night" [1951], "Crime Wave" [1954],
"It Rains On Sunday" [1947], "Brighton Rock" [1948], "Strangers In The Night" [1944], and "Gilda" [1946]



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