Joe Manning returned from the Korean War a changed man and became a Bohemian artist, supported by his understanding mother and distrusted by others. Read More »
Film-Noir
The Woman on Pier 13 (1949) Robert Stevenson, Robert Ryan, Laraine Day, John Agar
Brad Collins, former stevedore, is rising fast in a shipping company when local communist agitators use his former Party affiliation to extort his help in stirring up trouble. Read More »
Scarface (1932) Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson, Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Action, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Johnny Lovo rises to the head of the bootlegging crime syndicate on the south side of Chicago following the murder of former head, Big Louis Costillo. Read More »
Lady in the Lake (1947) Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
The camera shows Phillip Marlowe’s view from the first-person in this adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s book. Read More »
The Garment Jungle (1957) Vincent Sherman, Robert Aldrich, Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
During the 1950s, the New York garment industry is going through a turmoil. Read More »
Flaxy Martin (1949) Richard L. Bare, Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Unscrupulous showgirl Flaxy Martin involves young attorney Walter Colby with mobster Hap Richie. Read More »
Destination Murder (1950) Edward L. Cahn, Joyce Mackenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Laura Mansfield’s father is killed, apparently by a telegraphic messenger. She spots Jackie Wales in a police lineup, but can’t identify him positively. Read More »
Shockproof (1949) Douglas Sirk, Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Jenny Marsh, still dangerously attractive after 5 years in prison for killing a man in defense of her shady lover Harry Read More »
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) Gordon Douglas, Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart, Philip Carey, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
The FBI infiltrates one of their agents in the US Communist Party. Read More »
Second Chance (1953) Rudolph Maté, Robert Mitchum, Jack Palance, Linda Darnell, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Claire Sinclair is hiding in Mexico to avoid testifying against her gangster boyfriend. Read More »
Backfire (1950) Vincent Sherman, Virginia Mayo, Gordon MacRae, Edmond O’Brien, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Bob Corey, recovering from a series of operations in a Veterans’ hospital, learns that his friend, Steve Connelly, with whom he intended to buy a ranch Read More »
Possessed (1947) Curtis Bernhardt, Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
A woman wanders the streets of Los Angeles in some sort of emotional distress. She is also under some delusion as she approaches many men, strangers who she calls “David”. Read More »
Quiet Please: Murder (1942) John Francis Larkin, George Sanders, Gail Patrick, Richard Denning, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Jim Fleg (George Sanders), a ruthless, egotistical criminal, steals a priceless Shakespeare folio from the public library, killing a guard during the crime. Read More »
Man in the Dark (1953) Lew Landers, Edmond O’Brien, Audrey Totter, Ted de Corsia, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A thug is convicted and undergoes experimental brain surgery to remove the criminal element in his brain. Read More »
The Saints Double Trouble (1940) Jack Hively, George Sanders, Helene Reynolds, Jonathan Hale, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Simon has arranged to send a rare mummy of a pharaoh from Cairo to Phildelphia to his good friend, Keystone University archeology professor Horatio Bitts Read More »