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Night and the City **** (1950, Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Herbert Lom) – Classic Movie Review 1,583

Jules Dassin’s exciting, characterful 1950 thriller Night and the City is one of the seminal film noirs of the post-war era. It stars Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney and Googie Withers, and is shot on location […]

Aug, 23

Thieves’ Highway **** (1949, Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J Cobb) – Classic Movie Review 1582

Director Jules Dassin’s 1949 American film noir thriller is still fresh and knife-edge exciting. Richard Conte stars as Nico ‘Nick’ Garcos, a sailor war-veteran who joins a trucking business as a truck driver. When he […]

Aug, 23

The Naked City ***** (1948, Barry Fitzgerald, Don Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 1581

Director Jules Dassin’s influential, double-Oscar-winning 1948 documentary-style thriller is still sizzlingly exciting and atmospheric. It succeeds triumphantly in being designed to give a feel of vibrant ‘you are there’ reality by being based on a true case […]

Aug, 23

Rififi ***** (1955, Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Jules Dassin, Magali Noël) – Classic Movie Review 1352

Co-writer/director Jules Dassin’s deservedly renowned and celebrated 1955 gem heist thriller is a compulsively watchable bona fide French film noir classic, realistically staged on Paris locations in winter. It stars Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel […]

Jun, 24

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