My viewings for Noirvember 2017
by RogerTheMovieManiac88 | created - 01 Dec 2017 | updated - 01 Dec 2017 | PublicA log of my viewings for the film noir challenge that was hosted on iCM Forum. Entries are arranged in no particular order.
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1. Ruthless (1948)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A poor boy who saved a rich girl from drowning is adopted by her family, but he grows into a money-hungry ruthless businessman who would step on others to get to the top of the social ladder.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Zachary Scott, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn, Sydney Greenstreet
Votes: 1,409
2. Confidential (1935)
Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A federal agent goes undercover to avenge the murder of a friend but one of the gang thinks he seems familiar.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Donald Cook, Evalyn Knapp, Warren Hymer, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 133
3. Deshonra (1952)
101 min | Crime, Drama
A nurse is framed for murder by negligence. She goes to prison pregnant by her rich boss.
Director: Daniel Tinayre | Stars: Fanny Navarro, Mecha Ortiz, Tita Merello, Jorge Rigaud
Votes: 40
4. The Hundred Hour Hunt (1952)
84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Scotland Yard is mobilised in the hunt for blood donors in a race to save a dying girl.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Jack Warner, Anthony Steel, Joy Shelton, Freddie Mills
Votes: 210
5. Heat Wave (2015)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama
In a small village of the South of France, life is made difficult by a sweltering heat wave and its corollary, a worrisome lack of water. Everyone is under great pressure, especially the ... See full summary »
Director: Raphaël Jacoulot | Stars: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Grégory Gadebois, Karim Leklou, Carole Franck
Votes: 402
6. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
Approved | 102 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Starting with a violent prison break, clever, ruthless Ralph Cotter corrupts everyone around him.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: James Cagney, Barbara Payton, Helena Carter, Ward Bond
Votes: 2,462
7. Undercover Agent (1953)
68 min | Drama
An auditor comes into possession of an envelope containing prints and drawings which the British government is anxious to obtain and also a great many other people, all of whom try to get ... See full summary »
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court, Hermione Baddeley, Alexander Gauge
Votes: 146
8. Alias Nick Beal (1949)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Film-Noir
A district attorney rises to political success and the governorship but loses his sense of morality once he starts associating with the shadowy and perhaps diabolical Nick Beal.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Ray Milland, Audrey Totter, Thomas Mitchell, George Macready
Votes: 1,276
9. Rogue's Yarn (1957)
80 min | Crime, Drama
An adulterous husband plans to kill his invalid wife. He thinks that he has the perfect alibi, but an alert detective unravels his story.
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Nicole Maurey, Derek Bond, Elwyn Brook-Jones, Hugh Latimer
Votes: 190
10. The Captain's Table (1936)
55 min | Crime, Drama
A passenger gets strangled while on board an Atlantic ocean liner. Police authorities have to find out who was the killer.
Director: Percy Marmont | Stars: Louis Goodrich, Mark Daly, Philip Brandon, Marian Spencer
Votes: 65
11. NH 10 (2015)
Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
On their way to a weekend retreat, a married couple find their dream vacation turn into a nightmare when they cross paths with a dangerous gang.
Director: Navdeep Singh | Stars: Anushka Sharma, Neil Bhoopalam, Darshan Kumaar, Deepti Naval
Votes: 14,009
12. Faces in the Dark (1960)
84 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Businessman and inventor Richard Hammond is determined to develop and market the perfect light-bulb. In a freak lab accident he is blinded and suffers a partial breakdown. His wife, partner... See full summary »
Director: David Eady | Stars: John Gregson, Mai Zetterling, John Ireland, Michael Denison
Votes: 368
13. People Out There (2012)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Young poor man from suburb tries to change after he falls in love wih a girl from a welthy family, even though he could never have any chance wtih her...
Director: Aik Karapetian | Stars: Ilya Scherbakov, Agnese Frisfelde, Andris Gross, Viktoria Kondratenko
Votes: 482
14. Touch of Evil (1958)
PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 109,791 | Gross: $2.24M
15. Flirting with Fate (1916)
Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy
In the midst of an emotional depression, a man hires a murderer to kill him. But the despair soon passes, and the man must now escape the killer he's hired to end his life.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Jewel Carmen, Howard Gaye, W.E. Lawrence
Votes: 213
16. The End of the Line (1957)
62 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The wife of a night club owner frames an American writer for his murder.
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Alan Baxter, Barbara Shelley, Ferdy Mayne, Jennifer Jayne
Votes: 183
17. The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Two fishermen pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, José Torvay
Votes: 10,518
18. A Perfect World (1993)
PG-13 | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor, an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search for him continues.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern, T.J. Lowther
Votes: 86,907 | Gross: $31.16M
19. Pool of London (1951)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama
When their ship docks the crew disembark as usual to pick up their lives in postwar London. For one of them his petty smuggling turns more serious when he finds himself caught up with a robbery in the City.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Bonar Colleano, Susan Shaw, Renée Asherson, Earl Cameron
Votes: 1,181
20. Dick Tracy (1945)
Passed | 61 min | Action, Crime, Family
Police detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface.
Director: William Berke | Stars: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki, Jane Greer
Votes: 1,634
21. Strangers (III) (2007)
100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
An overnight train journey, from London into France, business class, is comfortable and expensive. The premise where two of the film's protagonists,'strangers' to each other, meet, talk and... See full summary »
Director: Aanand L. Rai | Stars: Jimmy Shergill, Kay Kay Menon, Sonali Kulkarni, Nandana Sen
Votes: 370
22. Shadow of a Man (1955)
69 min | Crime, Drama
After a fight, a drunk is found dead, but is the cause of death heart failure or murder?
Director: Michael McCarthy | Stars: Paul Carpenter, Rona Anderson, Jane Griffiths, Tony Quinn
Votes: 126
23. The Target (2014 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Claire an 8 months pregnant young nurse is targeting Aline, main witness of a huge legal case. 48 hours earlier, David, her companion, has taken possession of a suitcase full of money that was not intended to him.
Director: Nicolas Herdt | Stars: Thierry Neuvic, Lola Dewaere, Féodor Atkine, Liane Foly
Votes: 66
24. Tuvo la culpa Adán (1944)
88 min
Nora leaves the convent where she has been raised to marry a relative. Just arrived she has an accident resulting in total amnesia. Her identity mistaken a new life begins for her, where she will encounter love, adventure and even crime.
Director: Juan de Orduña | Stars: Rafael Durán, Luchy Soto, María Esperanza Navarro, Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro
Votes: 41
25. Ambush in Leopard Street (1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A retired thief plans a diamond heist, but faces trouble when he hires outside help to execute his plan.
Director: J. Henry Piperno | Stars: James Kenney, Michael Brennan, Bruce Seton, Norman Rodway
Votes: 161
26. Thunder Over Tangier (1957)
66 min | Crime, Drama
International crook Armstrong flees post-war Tangier with priceless forgery plates. International crook Voss sends pretty Michele after him. Arriving in London, Armstrong accidentally swaps... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Robert Hutton, Lisa Gastoni, Martin Benson, Derek Sydney
Votes: 132
27. I Am Guilty (2017 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama
After his wife allegedly commits suicide, Vincent starts behaving very strangely, throwing away the weapon and moving the body, leading the police to start asking questions. What if it wasn't a suicide? What if Vincent killed his wife?
Director: Christophe Lamotte | Stars: Bruno Debrandt, Marie Denarnaud, Samuel Jouy, Chloé Lambert
Votes: 61
28. L'homme aux yeux d'argent (1985)
97 min | Crime, Drama
After serving his sentence, a robber returns to his small, quiet hometown to retrieve the loot. But a ruthless Police inspector and his equally nasty young subordinate are after the criminal.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Alain Souchon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Tanya Lopert, Lambert Wilson
Votes: 150
29. The Quiet Woman (1951)
71 min | Crime, Drama
Coastal pub proprietress is inveigled into a smuggling plot.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Derek Bond, Jane Hylton, Dora Bryan, Michael Balfour
Votes: 237
30. Dangerous Charter (1962)
Approved | 76 min | Adventure, Thriller
The crew of a fishing boat discovers a deserted luxury yacht at sea with a dead body on board. They claim the yacht as salvage, not knowing that a drug smuggling ring has hidden $500,000 worth of heroin on the boat.
Director: Robert Gottschalk | Stars: Chris Warfield, Sally Fraser, Dick Foote, Peter Forster
Votes: 246
31. Home to Danger (1951)
Not Rated | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A drug dealer tries to kill his partner's daughter after she inherits an old house.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Guy Rolfe, Rona Anderson, Francis Lister, Alan Wheatley
Votes: 303
32. La braconne (2013)
82 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Samuel Rondière | Stars: Patrick Chesnais, Rachid Yous, Audrey Bastien, Husky Kihal
Votes: 63
33. Cry Terror! (1958)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Duped by former Army pal Paul Hoplin into building a time-bomb, New York shop owner Jim Molner and his family become hostages of Hoplin who uses bomb-threats to extort money from airlines.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: James Mason, Rod Steiger, Inger Stevens, Neville Brand
Votes: 1,701
34. Dead Man's Evidence (1962)
67 min | Drama
Spy David Baxter is sent to Ireland to investigate the death of a defected colleague apparently found dead on a beach. But is the body really him?
Director: Francis Searle | Stars: Conrad Phillips, Jane Griffiths, Veronica Hurst, Ryck Rydon
Votes: 197
35. Deep in the Heart (1983)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama
Shortly after moving to Dallas, a young woman is raped at gunpoint. Her intense anger drives her to seek revenge, and she becomes a hunter on a vengeance mission.
Director: Tony Garnett | Stars: Karen Young, Clayton Day, Suzie Humphreys, Helena Humann
Votes: 412
36. The Gorbals Story (1950)
74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A young artist is almost driven to murder as a result of the pressures of living in a Glasgow slum.
Director: David MacKane | Stars: Howard Connell, Marjorie Thomson, Betty Henderson, Roddy McMillan
Votes: 100
37. Aar Ya Paar (1997)
180 min | Thriller
Shekhar is an opportunist. He marries Veena, a multi-millionaire, while continuing his affair with her secretary, Anu. When Veena gets to know, she threatens him with dire consequences. ... See full summary »
Director: Ketan Mehta | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Deepa Sahi, Ritu Shivpuri, Kamal Sidhu
Votes: 299
38. The Frightened Man (1952)
Not Rated | 69 min | Crime, Drama
The hidden life of a second-hand dealer inadvertently ensnares his son. Julius Rosselli (Dermot Walsh), whose expulsion from Oxford and subsequent participation with jewel thieves breaks ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Dermot Walsh, Barbara Murray, Charles Victor, John Blythe
Votes: 197
39. Parole de flic (1985)
98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Retired police officer Daniel Pratt's teenage daughter is killed by a gang of hooded men. Pratt begins his own investigation to find the killers and who ordered them to do it - and take personal revenge out of the judicial system.
Director: José Pinheiro | Stars: Alain Delon, Jacques Perrin, Fiona Gélin, Éva Darlan
Votes: 1,251
40. Red Rock West (1993)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter is mistaken for a hitman, but when the real hitman arrives, complications ensue.
Director: John Dahl | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle, Craig Reay
Votes: 25,186 | Gross: $2.50M
41. Deep Water (1981)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama
Melanie enjoys flirting and having little affairs. Her husband Victor seems to bear her antics with utmost calm and nonchalance. This impression turns out to be wrong, very wrong indeed.
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Sandrine Kljajic, Éric Frey
Votes: 1,078
42. The Cry of the Owl (1987)
102 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
After separation from his wife Robert moves to Vichy where he observes beautiful Juliette. Her fiance Patrick becomes jealous and attacks Robert. When Patrick disappears Robert is suspected to have killed him.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Votes: 1,067
43. The Captive City (1952)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A small town newspaperman's investigation into a local bookie operation turns up a web of organized crime.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy, Marjorie Crossland
Votes: 1,261
44. The Lady Gambles (1949)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Stephen McNally, Edith Barrett
Votes: 1,055
45. Black Memory (1947)
73 min | Crime, Drama
Danny Cruff returns home years after his father was wrongly accused and hanged for murder. But he can't escape his past.
Director: Oswald Mitchell | Stars: Michael Medwin, Frank Hawkins, Winifred Melville, Moyra O'Connell
Votes: 79
46. If I Should Die Before I Wake (1952)
73 min | Thriller
The plot centers on Lucio Santana, a lovable prankster and class clown whose dad happens to be a detective working on the serial killings of local children. When Lucho makes friends with a ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Hugo Christensen | Stars: Néstor Zavarce, Blanca del Prado, Floren Delbene, Homero Cárpena
Votes: 267
47. Fear in the Night (1946)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A man dreams he committed murder, then begins to suspect it was real.
Director: Maxwell Shane | Stars: Paul Kelly, DeForest Kelley, Kay Scott, Ann Doran
Votes: 1,804
48. It Happened in Soho (1948)
52 min | Crime, Drama
Murder drama set in Soho involving a police inspector, a newspaper reporter and a country girl.
Director: Frank Chisnell | Stars: Richard Murdoch, Henry Oscar, Paul Demel, John Bailey
Votes: 83
49. Death Tide (1955)
46 min | Crime, Drama
Pirates take over a ship with a cargo of diamonds.
Director: Victor Komow | Stars: Frank Silvera, Ken Buckridge, Jean Alexander, Marvin Grieve
Votes: 50
50. Dark Noir (2014)
4 min | Animation, Short
Private eye Vincent Black is hired by an old man hoping to recover his lost ideas.
Director: Rafael Grampá | Stars: Doug Cockle, Ajit Sandhu
Votes: 145
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