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The Rules of Film Noir ()

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Documentary that shows the characteristic traits of film noir and their historical context.
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Matthew Sweet ...
Self - Presenter
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Sheri Chinen Biesen ...
Self - Author, 'Blackout: World War II & the Origins of Film Noir'
Neil Brand ...
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Sarah Churchwell ...
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Self - Director of Crime Scene Festival
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Detective Sam Hill (clip from The Big Combo 1955)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Brigid O'Shaughnessy (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Fisher (clip from Out of the Past (1947)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Police Sergeant Pete Menzies (clip from Touch of Evil (1958)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Max (clip from The Killers (1946)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Mr. Brown (clip from The Big Combo 1955)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Briggs' Defense Attorney (clip from Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Annie Laurie Starr (clip from Gun Crazy (1950)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Barton Tare (clip from Gun Crazy (1950)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Police Lieutenant Randall (clip from Murder, My Sweet (1944)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Councilman Gillen (clip from The Big Heat (1953)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion (clip from The Big Heat (1953)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Frank Chambers (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Kathie (clip from Out of the Past (1947)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Mingo (clip from The Big Combo 1955)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Nick Smith (clip from The Postman Always Rings Twice (1944)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Jules Amthor (clip from Murder, My Sweet (1944)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Police Lt. Sam Lubinsky (clip from The Killers (1946)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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The Stranger (clip from Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Det. Sgt. Brub Nicolai (clip from In a Lonely Place (1950)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Walter Neff (clip from Double Indemnity (1944)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Vince Stone (clip from The Big Heat (1953)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Paul Maxey ...
George Fuller (clip from The Big Heat (1953)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Moose Malloy (clip from Murder, My Sweet (1944)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Al (clip from The Killers (1946)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Michael 'Mike' Ward (clip from Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Mike Hammer (clip from Kiss Me Deadly (1955)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Lt. Harry Kello (clip from Sweet Smell of Success (1957)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Al Schwartz (clip from Touch of Evil (1958)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Jim Reardon (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Anne O'Neal ...
Miss Augustine Sifert (clip from Gun Crazy (1950)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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The Judge (clip from Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Mr. Dietrichson (clip from Double Indemnity (1944)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Capt. Lochner (clip from In a Lonely Place (1950)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Eddie Mars (clip from The Big Sleep (1946)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Jim Wilson (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Graf Orlok (clip from Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Ellen (clip from Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Joe (clip from Out of the Past (1947)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Charles Waldron ...
District Attorney (clip from Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Susan Lowell (clip from The Big Combo 1955)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Howard Wendell ...
Police Commissioner Higgins (clip from The Big Heat (1953)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Police Lt. Leonard Diamond (clip from The Big Combo 1955)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Larry Gordon (clip from The Big Heat (1953)) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

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Elaine Donnelly Pieper

Written by

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Matthew Sweet ... (written by)

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Allan Campbell ... producer
Andrea Miller ... executive producer

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Jonathan Seal

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Iain Harkness ... on-line editor

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Helen Straine ... production manager

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Craig Caddis ... graphics

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Donna Bertaccini ... sound mixer
Alan Boyd ... sound
Sandy Fellerman ... sound
Donald MacLeod ... dubbing mixer
David Quinn ... sound

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Conor Connolly ... camera operator
John Halliday ... camera operator
Brian Jobson ... camera operator
Mark Molesworth ... camera operator
Malcolm Paris ... rostrum

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Alison Brown ... researcher
Michelle Knight ... production coordinator
Richard McCaffery ... USA fixer
Jane Rees ... USA fixer

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Plot Summary

Matthew Sweet explores his rules of 1940s and 50s American film noir thrillers: *Choose a dame with no past and a hero with no future *Use no fiction but pulp fiction *See America through a stranger's eyes *Make it any colour as long as it's black *It ain't what you say, it's the way that you say it Written by Anonymous

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