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Director Joseph L Mankiewicz’s sombre but distinguished 1949 drama is bizarrely the first of three movies written by screenwriter Philip Yordan based on the same novel, I’ll Never Go Home Again by Jerome Weidman. Winning the Best […]
Otto Preminger is reunited with his Laura (1944) star Gene Tierney for the thoroughly enjoyable 1949 film noir murder mystery Whirlpool. Producer-director Otto Preminger is reunited with his Laura (1944) star Gene Tierney for the […]
Director Joseph L Mankiewicz’s 1946 crime thriller has a familiar set-up and fairly predictable plot development, though it is often an involving, gripping movie. And Mankiewicz manages to pull it out of the rut and turn it […]
Director Henry Hathaway’s 1947 wartime spy thriller stars James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte and Frank Latimore. Like the previous year’s Cloak and Dagger, it is a tribute to Office of Strategic Services (OSS) operations in […]
Fritz Lang said: ‘I had to shoot The Blue Gardenia in 20 days. Maybe that’s what made me so venomous.’ The moody 1953 film noir crime thriller stars Anne Baxter, Raymond Burr, Richard Conte and […]
Joseph H Lewis’s classic 1955 B-movie film noir thriller The Big Combo is ultra-tough for its day. It pushed a few boundaries and got into censorship problems with its slant on a regulation tale about […]
Director Robert Siodmak’s notable 1948 thriller stars Victor Mature as a cop, Police Lieutenant Candella, who sets out to hunt down his old school buddy, petty crook Martin Rome (Richard Conte), who has shot a […]