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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.
The full film. A young woman named Janet Stewart is anticipating the arrival of her husband and attempts to check into a hotel. They are meeting after years apart and have planned to meet at the hotel. During his military service he was presumed dead, but actually was a prisoner of war. Unfortunately, her cable requesting the reservation never ...
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.
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Two O'Clock Courage is a 1945 American film noir directed by Anthony Mann and written by Robert E. Kent, based on a novel by Gelett Burgess. The drama features Tom Conway and Ann Rutherford . [ 1 ] It is a remake of Two in the Dark (1936).
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.
A blend of smooth jazz music and tobacco smoke fills the air as the silhouette of a trench coat and fedora-clad bystander trudges down a dark city corridor, accompanied only by his shadow. The ...
When the film was released, A. W. Weiler, the film critic at The New York Times gave the film a good review, writing, "Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse, an enterprising pair of film artisans, are trying to prove that some movie yarns are better seen than heard. Their effort is a successful tour de force.