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Directors Robert Montgomery’s 1947 Universal Studios black and white film noir crime film Ride the Pink Horse is based on the 1946 novel by Dorothy B Hughes, and stars Robert Montgomery, Wanda Hendrix, Andrea King, […]
Mickey Rooney, Louis Armstrong and a film noir musical melodrama – and still it lost money. Director László Kardos’s American crime film noir 1951 The Strip stars Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest, William Demarest, James Craig, […]
Johnny Cool (1963): ‘Headline-Hot! The Terror Behind “Cosa-Nostra” – The Brotherhood of Crime! The International Murder Machine They Couldn’t Turn Off!’ Director William Asher’s 1963 low-budget ($500,000) black and white neo-noir crime thriller Johnny Cool is […]
James Caan makes his first movie as director with the 1980 real-life thriller Hide in Plain Sight. Director James Caan’s 1980 real-life thriller Hide in Plain Sight is based on the novel by Leslie Waller, and […]
‘You’ll be hanging from the laffters at the funniest picture since money went out of style!’: The Man from the Diners’ Club (1963). Director Frank Tashlin’s 1963 black and white comedy The Man from the […]
The solid and satisfying 1950 film noir crime drama One Way Street stars James Mason as Dr Frank Matson, who runs off to Mexico with his mob boss patient (Dan Duryea)’s stash of cash and […]
Robert Preston stars as a con man promoter named Steve Blair who wants to get rich by luring romantically inclined tourists to a Greek island paradise. But he is pursued by a gangster producer called […]