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Film noir is not a clearly defined genre (see here for details on the characteristics). Therefore, the composition of this list may be controversial. To minimize dispute the films included here should preferably feature a footnote linking to a reliable, published source which states that the mentioned film is considered to be a film noir by an expert in this field, e.g.
Shock is a 1946 American film noir directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Vincent Price, Lynn Bari and Frank Latimore. [3] It was produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox . Plot
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The Big Clock is a 1948 American film noir thriller directed by John Farrow and adapted by novelist-screenwriter Jonathan Latimer from the 1946 novel of the same title by Kenneth Fearing. The black-and-white stars Ray Milland and Charles Laughton, with Maureen O'Sullivan, George Macready, Rita Johnson, and Elsa Lanchester.
Framed remains a thrilling example of 1940s film noir at its best: economically told, atmospherically photographed (at, among other places, Lake Arrowhead) and more than competently acted. Carter, especially, is a revelation and it is too bad that she was mostly used by Columbia Pictures for decorative purposes, a sort of second-tier Rita ...
Laura is a 1944 American film noir produced and directed by Otto Preminger.It stars Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews, along with Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, and Judith Anderson.
The Chase is a 1946 American film noir directed by Arthur Ripley. The screenplay by Philip Yordan is based on Cornell Woolrich 's 1944 novel The Black Path of Fear . It stars Robert Cummings as Chuck Scott, a veteran who suffers from hallucinations.
Undertow is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by William Castle and starring Scott Brady, John Russell, Dorothy Hart and Peggy Dow. A young Rock Hudson has a supporting role, his second film appearance and the first in which he is named in the credits. [1] Brady plays a former Chicago mobster who is accused of murdering his old boss.