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Film-Noir
The Velvet Touch (1948) Jack Gage, Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Claire Trevor

Broadway star Valerie Stanton, breaking up with her producer-lover Gordon Dunning, unintentionally kills him. Read More »
The Lost Weekend (1945) Billy Wilder, Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry

Don Birnam, long-time alcoholic, has been “on the wagon” for ten days and seems to be over the worst Read More »
Treasure of Monte Cristo (1949) William Berke, Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens, Steve Brodie

This modern tale borrows from an old story in establishing Langan, who works on a ship that docks in San Francisco Read More »
The Big Clock (1948) John Farrow, Ray Milland, Maureen O’Sullivan, Charles Laughton

When powerful publishing tycoon Earl Janoth commits an act of murder at the height of passion Read More »
The Set-Up (1949) Robert Wise, Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias

Over-the-hill boxer Bill ‘Stoker’ Thompson insists he can still win, though his wife Julie pleads with him to quit. Read More »
Murder Is My Beat (1955) Edgar G. Ulmer, Paul Langton, Barbara Payton, Robert Shayne

When a man is found with his face destroyed by fire in a fireplace, the prominent Police Detective Ray Patrick is assigned to the case. Read More »
Woman on the Run (1950) Norman Foster, Ann Sheridan, Dennis O’Keefe, Robert Keith

Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott), sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris (Robert Keith) Read More »
Marked Woman (1937) Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane

In this roman-a-clef for the infamous Lucky Luciano Trial, Mary Dwight and four roommates work Read More »
Born to Be Bad [+Extra] (1950) Nicholas Ray, Mel Ferrer, Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan

Christabel fools everyone with her sweet exterior including her cousin Donna and Donna’s wealthy fiancée Curtis. Read More »