Film-Noir – RareFilm Archive

Thunderbolt (1929) Josef von Sternberg

rarefilm — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:37:33 +0000

A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Morgan, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt’s girl, without knowing of their relationship. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Morgan for romancing his girl.

Director: Josef von Sternberg

Stars: George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen

Also Known As (AKA): El trueno, Die Rache des Delinquenten, Sein letzter Gang, O Homem de Mármore, L’assommeur, La rafle, La mazzata

IMDB

File Name : Thunderbolt.1929.mkv
File Size : 2.33 GB / 2381.21 MB
Resolution : 778×576
Duration : 01:31:16
Video : AVC, 3 181 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AC-3, 256 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 2 streams

Quality: BRRip
Language: English, commentary (2 separate audio tracks)
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: United States
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Music, Romance, Thriller

Thunderbolt.1929.mkv

Crime of Passion (1957) Gerd Oswald

rarefilm — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:35:29 +0000

Kathy is a smart and tough 1950’s advice columnist at a San Francisco newspaper, with her name plastered on billboards all over the city. One day, Bill Doyle, a Los Angeles detective, walks into her office – it is instant attraction. After marrying Bill, Kathy gives up her career and becomes a homemaker. However, she is not your typical 1950’s homemaker. After hosting several cocktail parties in their San Fernando Valley home, she realizes that Bill is content with his position, and shows no ambition in furthering himself. Kathy will not sit idly by while everyone around her is “moving up in the world”.

Director: Gerd Oswald

Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr

Also Known As (AKA): Da Ambição ao Crime, Meurtrière Ambition, Delitto senza scampo, Delito de pasión, Das war Mord, Mr. Doyle

IMDB

File Name : Crime of Passion 1957.mkv
File Size : 1.81 GB / 1849.1 MB
Resolution : 1024×556
Duration : 01:25:44
Video : AVC, 2 821 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AC-3, 192 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: BRRip
Language: English
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: United States
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Crime_of_Passion_1957.mkv

20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)

rarefilm — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:30:56 +0000

Tom Connors is sentenced to Sing Sing believing his influential friends will soon have him out on parole. A trouble maker, he gets ninety days in solitary and no parole. His girlfriend Fay is injured and Warden Long lets Tom visit her on his honor to return. During a fight with mobster Joe Finn Fay shoots Finn, Tom jumps out the window and is blamed for the death. He gives himself up but is sentenced to the electric chair.

Director: Michael Curtiz

Stars: Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Arthur Byron

Also Known As (AKA): Veinte mil años en Sing Sing, Vingt mille ans sous les verrous, 20.000 anni a Sing Sing, Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing, 20.000 Jahre in Sing Sing

IMDB

File Name : 20000.Years.In.Sing.Sing.1932.mkv
File Size : 1.94 GB / 1988.27 MB
Resolution : 790×576
Duration : 01:18:17
Video : AVC, 3 369 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AAC, 160 kb/s, 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: BRRip
Language: English
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: United States
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

20000.Years.In.Sing.Sing.1932.mkv

Live Fast, Die Young (1958) Paul Henreid

rarefilm — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:38:07 +0000

Two sisters live in a dysfunctional family in a California town. The elder, “nice” Kim, was sexually abused and hates men. Rebellious teen Jill is fed-up generally and runs away, finding her niche as a B-girl and sex-kitten working her way to Vegas. Kim leaves her job and goes in search of Jill, meeting her own misadventures en route; but by this time Jill’s wanted for robbery. Will she live fast and die young?

Director: Paul Henreid

Stars: Mary Murphy, Norma Eberhardt, Mike Connors

Also Known As (AKA): Pressés de vivre, O Poço da Perdição, Live Fast and Young, Seeds of Violence

IMDB

File Name : Live.Fast.Die.Young.1958.mkv
File Size : 1.51 GB / 1547.53 MB
Resolution : 854×462
Duration : 01:22:03
Video : AVC, 2 457 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AAC, 103 kb/s, 48.0 kHz, 1 channel, 2 streams

Quality: BRRip
Language: English, commentary (2 separate audio tracks)
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: United States
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Live.Fast.Die.Young.1958.mkv

Wildcat (1942) Frank McDonald, Richard Arlen

rarefilm — Fri, 15 May 2026 22:08:34 +0000

A wildcatter, broke but slick, manages to acquire a lease for oil-rich land but ruthless competitors sabotage his oil company any way they can.

Director: Frank McDonald

Stars: Richard Arlen, Arline Judge, William Frawley

Also Known As (AKA): Ambição Sem Freio

IMDB

File Name : Wildcat_1942.avi
File Size : 0.68 GB / 700.15 MB
Resolution : 528×400
Duration : 01:08:25
Video : MPEG-4 Visual, 1 297 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : MPEG Audio, 121 kb/s (VBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Country: United States
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Film-Noir

Wildcat_1942.avi

Strange Fascination (1952) Hugo Haas

rarefilm — Fri, 15 May 2026 21:49:18 +0000

Middle-aged European pianist Paul Marvan (Hugo Haas)is brought to America by wealthy widow Diana Fowler (Mona Barrie) and he meets and weds a canary-blonde named Margo (Cleo Moore), who is a nightclub dancing partner to Carlo (Rick Vallin). Margo’s trampy and flirty behavior inflames Marvan, who is also disturbed over increasing financial and professional straits, since Diana, his wealthy “sponsor” who was more a little perturbed when Marvan married the little tramp.

Director: Hugo Haas

Stars: Cleo Moore, Mona Barrie

Also Known As (AKA): Estranha Fascinação, Strano fascino, Pushover

IMDB

File Name : Strange Fascination 1952.mkv
File Size : 3.24 GB / 3314.77 MB
Resolution : 1440×1080
Duration : 01:21:23
Video : AVC, 5 502 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AAC, 192 kb/s, 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: WEBRip
Language: English
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: USA
Genre: Drama, Film-Noir, Music

Strange_Fascination_1952.mkv

The Midnight Story (1957) Joseph Pevney

rarefilm — Mon, 11 May 2026 15:51:53 +0000

Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta. Ordered off the case, Joe turns in his badge and investigates alone. Soon he is a close friend of the Malatesta family, all delightful people, especially lovely cousin Anna. Uncertain whether Sylvio is guilty or innocent, Joe is now torn between old and new loyalties.

Director: Joseph Pevney

Stars: Tony Curtis, Marisa Pavan, Gilbert Roland

Also Known As (AKA): El rastro del asesino, Rendez-vous avec une ombre, Appointment with a Shadow, Mezzanotte a San Francisco, O Segredo do Culpado, The Eyes of Father Tomasino, Der Tod war schneller

IMDB

File Name : The.Midnight.Story.1957.mkv
File Size : 2.46 GB / 2516.54 MB
Resolution : 1024×436
Duration : 01:29:46
Video : AVC, 3 445 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AC-3, 256 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 2 streams

Quality: BRRip
Language: English, commentary (2 separate audio tracks)
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: United States
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

The.Midnight.Story.1957.mkv

Appointment with a Shadow (1957)

rarefilm — Mon, 11 May 2026 15:44:02 +0000

George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when Nader is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal.

Director: Richard Carlson

Stars: George Nader, Joanna Moore, Brian Keith

Also Known As (AKA): Ancontro com a Sombra, If I Should Die, L’assassino sul tetto, The Big Story

IMDB

File Name : Appointment with a Shadow.1957.mkv
File Size : 1.74 GB / 1783.87 MB
Resolution : 1024×434
Duration : 01:12:34
Video : AVC, 3 000 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AC-3, 224 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 2 streams

Quality: BRRip
Language: English, commentary (2 separate audio tracks)
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: United States
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Appointment_with_a_Shadow.1957.mkv

Party Girl (1958) Nicholas Ray, Robert Taylor

rarefilm — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:04:06 +0000

Lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career defending crooks in trials. He has never realized that there is a downside to his success, until he meets the dancer Vicki Gayle. She makes him decide to get a better reputation. But mob king Rico Angelo insists that he continues his services.

Director: Nicholas Ray

Stars: Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb

Also Known As (AKA): A Bela do Bas-Fond, Traquenard, Il dominatore di Chicago, A Rapariga Daquela Noite, Chicago, año 30, Das Mädchen aus der Unterwelt

IMDB

File Name : Party.Girl.1958.mkv
File Size : 2.15 GB / 2196.61 MB
Resolution : 1024×436
Duration : 01:38:53
Video : AVC, 2 972 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AAC, 132 kb/s, 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: BRRip
Language: English
Subs: English, French (embedded)
Country: United States
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Music, Romance

Party.Girl.1958.mkv

Unmasked (1950) George Blair, Robert Rockwell

rarefilm — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:49:21 +0000

Roger Lewis, publisher of a vicious scandal sheet, is in the habit of tricking wealthy, gullible women into investing in his ventures. His latest conquest is a shapely ex-showgirl, Doris King, the wife of Harry Jackson, once a top-flight producer. Jackson has lost all his money, but Doris still has her jewels, and she wants to divorce her husband and marry Lewis, who has no intentions of marrying her once he gets his hands on her (money) jewels. Jackson, concerned about Doris’ happiness and wanting to prevent her from ruining her life, takes the jewels.

Director: George Blair

Stars: Robert Rockwell, Barbra Fuller, Raymond Burr

IMDB

File Name : Unmasked 1950.mp4
File Size : 0.94 GB / 964.35 MB
Resolution : 720×540
Duration : 00:59:34
Video : AVC, 2 000 kb/s, 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Audio : AAC, 256 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: VHSRip
Language: English
Country: United States
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance

Unmasked_1950.mp4