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They Live By Night (1949) Starring Cathy O’Donnell, Farley Granger, and Howard Da Silva

Sep 23, 2017 | 0

They Live by Night (1948) — 95 min - Drama, Crime - 6 August 1948 Your rating: Not rated yet! Legendary director Nicholas Ray began his career with this lyrical film noir, the first in a series of existential genre films overflowing with sympathy for America’s outcasts and underdogs. When the wide-eyed fugitive Bowie (Farley Granger), having broken out of prison with some bank robbers, meets the innocent Keechie (Cathy O’Donnell), each recognizes something in the other that no one else ever has. The young lovers envision a new, decent life together, but as they flee the cops and contend...

Strange Woman, The (1946) Starring Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders, and Louis Hayward

Sep 23, 2017 | 0

The Strange Woman (1946) — 100 min - Drama - 25 October 1946 Your rating: Not rated yet! Alluring Hedy Lamarr plays Jenny, a lusty, sociopathic lass in the wilds of 18th Century Bangor, Maine, who uses her beauty to snare a local, rich, middle-aged businessman (Gene Lockhart). She then seduces his weak-willed son (Louis Hayward) and later goes after John (George Sanders)-- a tall, dark, handsome woodsman engaged to her friend. Director: Edgar G. Ulmer Writers: Edgar G. Ulmer, Hunt Stromberg Stars: Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders, Louis Hayward, Gene Lockhart, Hillary Brooke, Rhys Williams, June Storey, Moroni Olsen, Olive...

Laura (1944) Starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, and Clifton Webb

Aug 14, 2017 | 0

Laura (1944) — 88 min - Drama, Mystery - 11 October 1944 Your rating: Not rated yet! A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating. Director: Otto Preminger Stars: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson, Dorothy Adams, Kathleen Howard, Cara Williams, Bess Flowers, Dorothy Christy, Jean Fenwick, Frances Gladwin, Beatrice Gray, Yolanda Lacca, Kay Linaker, Gloria Marlen, Aileen Pringle, Wally Albright, Bobby Barber, William Graeff Jr., Ben Watson, Gary Breckner, Harry Carter, James Conaty, Sam Harris, Harold Miller, Cyril Ring, Lane Chandler, Harold Schlickenmayer, Harry Strang, James Flavin, Ralph Dunn, Forbes...

No Way Out (1950) Starring Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, and Sidney Poitier

Jun 7, 2017 | 0

No Way Out (1950) — 106 min - Crime, Drama, Thriller - 16 August 1950 Your rating: Not rated yet! The Biddle brothers, shot while robbing a gas station, are taken to the prison ward of the County Hospital; Ray Biddle, a rabid racist, wants no treatment from black resident Dr. Luther Brooks. When brother John dies while Luther tries to save him, Ray is certain it's murder and becomes obsessed with vengeance. But there are black racists around too, and the situation slides rapidly toward violence. Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Writers: Lesser Samuels, Joseph L. Mankiewicz Stars: Richard Widmark,...

Detour (1945) Starring Tom Neal, Ann Savage, and Claudia Drake

Mar 12, 2017 | 0

Al Roberts, a New York nightclub pianist, hitch-hikes to Hollywood to meet his girlfriend Sue. The gambler he’s riding with, Charles, unexpectedly dies. Afraid the police wouldn’t believe the truth, Al takes the man’s identity. In a gas station, he gives a lift to Vera, a woman that knew Charles and blackmails Al with tragic consequences.

Third Man, The (1949) Starring Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard

Mar 8, 2017 | Movies | 0

An American pulp writer arrives in post-WWII Vienna only to find that the friend who waited for him is killed under mysterious circumstances. The ensuing mystery entangles him in his friend’s involvement in the black market, with the multinational police, and with his Czech girlfriend.