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Posts Tagged "british noir"

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Nightbeat [Night Beat] * (1947, Anne Crawford, Maxwell Reed, Ronald Howard, Hector Ross, Christine Norden) – Classic Movie Review 12,778

Two dubious stories about Christine Norden. After she died in 1988, part of the planet Venus was named after her as a tribute to her status as Britain’s first postwar sex symbol. In 1967 she […]

Jan, 03

A Matter of Choice ** (1963, Anthony Steel, Jeanne Moody, Ballard Berkeley, Malcolm Gerard, Michael Davis) – Classic Movie Review 12,596

The implausible though engaging enough 1963 low-budget British noir drama film A Matter of Choice stars Anthony Steel and Jeanne Moody. Director Vernon Sewell said: ‘Oh it was a disaster… a bloody awful movie.’ Director […]

Jul, 28

Mantrap *** (1953, Paul Henreid, Lois Maxwell, Kieron Moore, Kay Kendall, Bill Travers) – Classic Movie Review 11,136

Terence Fisher’s suspenseful 1953 British crime film Mantrap [Man in Hiding] stars Paul Henreid as a lawyer detective who, helped by his secretary (Kay Kendall), tries to show that a man on the run (Kieron […]

Apr, 25

The Stranger Came Home [The Unholy Four ] ** (1954, Paulette Goddard, William Sylvester, Patrick Holt, Paul Carpenter, Russell Napier) – Classic Movie Review 11,132

‘What was the shock SIN of… THE UNHOLY FOUR’ Director Terence Fisher’s 1954 Hammer Films / Lippert Films British noir black and white mystery thriller The Stranger Came Home [The Unholy Four] is written by […]

Apr, 24

Cosh Boy *** (1953, James Kenney, Joan Collins, Betty Ann Davies, Robert Ayres, Hermione Baddeley, Hermione Gingold) – Classic Movie Review 11,116

‘Call me a gangster or a mobster… but not a delinquent!’ Director Lewis Gilbert’s 1953 British black and white noir drama Cosh Boy is quite bad – but with a really good cast, and it […]

Apr, 19

Murder by Proxy [Blackout] ** (1954, Dane Clark, Belinda Lee, Betty Ann Davies) – Classic Movie Review 11,082

‘EXPLODES… in a sinister network of evil!’ Director Terence Fisher’s 1954 British film noir crime drama Murder by Proxy [Blackout] stars Dane Clark and Belinda Lee. The story, based on Helen Nielsen’s novel Murder by […]

Apr, 08

Blackout *** (1950, Maxwell Reed, Dinah Sheridan, Patric Doonan) – Classic Movie Review 11,081

Robert S Baker and Monty Berman’s twisty 1950 British noir crime drama mystery thriller Blackout stars Dinah Sheridan and Maxwell Reed. This effective short 1950 British black and white support feature from the producer-director Robert S Baker […]

Apr, 08

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