My viewings for Noirvember 2017
A 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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- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsZachary ScottLouis HaywardDiana LynnA 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.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsDonald CookEvalyn KnappWarren HymerA federal agent goes undercover to avenge the murder of a friend but one of the gang thinks he seems familiar.
- DirectorDaniel TinayreStarsFanny NavarroMecha OrtizTita MerelloA nurse is framed for murder by negligence. She goes to prison pregnant by her rich boss.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsJack WarnerAnthony SteelJoy SheltonScotland Yard is mobilised in the hunt for blood donors in a race to save a dying girl.
- DirectorRaphaël JacoulotStarsJean-Pierre DarroussinGrégory GadeboisKarim LeklouIn 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 farmers whose fields are not irrigated. Which is the reason why the residents are less and less well-disposed toward one of them, Joseph, a mentally retarded young man whose never-ending antics are becoming, in such fraught context, something of an intolerable inconvenience. The mayor tries desperately to calm things down but nothing helps...
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsJames CagneyBarbara PaytonHelena CarterStarting with a violent prison break, clever, ruthless Ralph Cotter corrupts everyone around him.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsDermot WalshHazel CourtHermione BaddeleyAn 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 them from him by any means. He escapes many of the traps set for him by the villains, but is finally captured and is tied to an operating table where the gang leader is set to do some scalpel work on him.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsRay MillandAudrey TotterThomas MitchellA 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.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsNicole MaureyDerek BondElwyn Brook-JonesAn adulterous husband plans to kill his invalid wife. He thinks that he has the perfect alibi, but an alert detective unravels his story.
- DirectorPercy MarmontStarsLouis GoodrichMark DalyPhilip BrandonA passenger gets strangled while on board an Atlantic ocean liner. Police authorities have to find out who was the killer.
- DirectorNavdeep SinghStarsAnushka SharmaNeil BhoopalamDarshan KumaarOn 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.
- DirectorDavid EadyStarsJohn GregsonMai ZetterlingJohn IrelandBusinessman 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 and brother take him to his country house, but then Hammond starts to suspect all is not what it seems.
- DirectorAik KarapetianStarsIlya ScherbakovAgnese FrisfeldeAndris GrossYoung 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...
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsCharlton HestonOrson WellesJanet LeighA stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsDouglas FairbanksJewel CarmenHoward GayeIn 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.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsAlan BaxterBarbara ShelleyFerdy MayneThe wife of a night club owner frames an American writer for his murder.
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsEdmond O'BrienFrank LovejoyWilliam TalmanTwo fishermen pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsKevin CostnerClint EastwoodLaura DernA kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor, an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search for him continues.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsBonar ColleanoSusan ShawRenée AshersonWhen 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.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsMorgan ConwayAnne JeffreysMike MazurkiPolice detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface.
- DirectorAanand L. RaiStarsJimmy ShergillKay Kay MenonSonali KulkarniAn 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 decide to eliminate each other's spouses to alleviate themselves of the hell they are trapped in.
- DirectorMichael McCarthyStarsPaul CarpenterRona AndersonJane GriffithsAfter a fight, a drunk is found dead, but is the cause of death heart failure or murder?
- DirectorNicolas HerdtStarsThierry NeuvicLola DewaereFéodor AtkineClaire 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.
- DirectorJuan de OrduñaStarsRafael DuránLuchy SotoMaría Esperanza NavarroNora 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.
- DirectorJ. Henry PipernoStarsJames KenneyMichael BrennanBruce SetonA retired thief plans a diamond heist, but faces trouble when he hires outside help to execute his plan.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsRobert HuttonLisa GastoniMartin BensonInternational crook Armstrong flees post-war Tangier with priceless forgery plates. International crook Voss sends pretty Michele after him. Arriving in London, Armstrong accidentally swaps coats in a barber's shop with film actor Chuck Collins. Through an address in his new coat's pocket, Collins meets up with Michele. Voss' partner, international crook Heinrich, starts to sense a double-cross. When Armstrong is thrown out of his hotel window, the police start to sense foul play.
- DirectorChristophe LamotteStarsBruno DebrandtMarie DenarnaudSamuel JouyAfter 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?
- DirectorPierre Granier-DeferreStarsAlain SouchonJean-Louis TrintignantTanya LopertAfter 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.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsDerek BondJane HyltonDora BryanCoastal pub proprietress is inveigled into a smuggling plot.
- DirectorRobert GottschalkStarsChris WarfieldSally FraserDick FooteThe 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.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsGuy RolfeRona AndersonFrancis ListerA drug dealer tries to kill his partner's daughter after she inherits an old house.
- DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsJames MasonRod SteigerInger StevensDuped 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.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsConrad PhillipsJane GriffithsVeronica HurstSpy 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?
- DirectorTony GarnettStarsKaren YoungClayton DaySuzie HumphreysShortly 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.
- DirectorDavid MacKaneStarsHoward ConnellMarjorie ThomsonBetty HendersonA young artist is almost driven to murder as a result of the pressures of living in a Glasgow slum.
- DirectorKetan MehtaStarsJackie ShroffDeepa SahiRitu ShivpuriShekhar 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. Shekhar and Anu then kill her. Later, Shekhar finds out that Anu does not love him, but another man. To make matters worse, the police have evidence linking him to the death of his former wife.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsDermot WalshBarbara MurrayCharles VictorThe 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 the heart of his father (Charles Victor), heads towards a calamity replete with Greek irony.
- DirectorJosé PinheiroStarsAlain DelonJacques PerrinFiona GélinRetired 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.
- DirectorJohn DahlStarsNicolas CageDennis HopperLara Flynn BoyleUpon arriving to a small town, a drifter is mistaken for a hitman, but when the real hitman arrives, complications ensue.
- DirectorMichel DevilleStarsIsabelle HuppertJean-Louis TrintignantSandrine KljajicMelanie 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.
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsChristophe MalavoyMathilda MayJacques PenotAfter 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.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsJohn ForsytheJoan CamdenHarold J. KennedyA small town newspaperman's investigation into a local bookie operation turns up a web of organized crime.
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsBarbara StanwyckRobert PrestonStephen McNallyA desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.
- DirectorOswald MitchellStarsMichael MedwinFrank HawkinsWinifred MelvilleDanny Cruff returns home years after his father was wrongly accused and hanged for murder. But he can't escape his past.
- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenStarsNéstor ZavarceBlanca del PradoFloren DelbeneThe 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 girl in his class, she divulges to him that a man who lives in the woods near the park has been giving her free lollipops, and plans to take her to his candy house. But she makes Lucho vow never to tell anyone. When the girl winds up murdered, Lucho is torn between honoring his word to his slain friend, or telling his father that he knows who the man is.
- DirectorMaxwell ShaneStarsPaul KellyDeForest KelleyKay ScottA man dreams he committed murder, then begins to suspect it was real.
- DirectorFrank ChisnellStarsRichard MurdochHenry OscarPaul DemelMurder drama set in Soho involving a police inspector, a newspaper reporter and a country girl.
- DirectorVictor KomowStarsFrank SilveraKen BuckridgeJean AlexanderPirates take over a ship with a cargo of diamonds.
- DirectorRafael GrampáStarsDoug CockleAjit SandhuPrivate eye Vincent Black is hired by an old man hoping to recover his lost ideas.