Watched in the Pursuit of Noir
Poverty row films , B movies , gangster pics , social realism , melodramas , pre code films , thrillers , crime films - all watched in the search for Films Noir .
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- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsAvis ScottPatrick BarrRobert AyresIn this melodrama, a man is permanently crippled in a horseback riding accident and then learns that he will soon die. He spends his last few days taking care of his family and trying to get his wife to find another man.
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsJune ThorburnPete MurrayNoel TrevarthenUnemployed actor Steve gets a job with Miss Kennedy's agency as an escort-bodyguard, but ends up being framed for murder after a wealthy client, Miss Elizabeth Quinn, is killed.
- 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.
- DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsSheila RyanRichard FraserLeslie BrooksHard-boiled reporter Mike Kent investigates the murder of a prominent scientist and stumbles upon a sinister plot to steal a fortune in jewels.
- DirectorRobert BrandtStarsMark MillerLars EkborgAnita ThallaugAmerican reporter doing a story on Swedish nightlife gets involved with a drug-addicted nightclub singer.
- DirectorRobert C. DertanoStarsGloria VictorTimothy FarrellHarry KeatonA sleazy gangster has a gang of young girls commit robberies and prostitution for him by getting them hooked on drugs.
- DirectorWilliam ClemensStarsPreston FosterPatricia MorisonAlbert DekkerPolice Lieutenant Steve Abbott is engrossed in a baffling murder case. As Steve pieces the clues together, he comes to the sobering conclusion that his own wife Ethel might be intimately involved in the murder. It even gets worse: soon Steve himself is accused of the crime.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsSylvia SymsEdward JuddJune RitchieTwo Soho club hostesses and roommates endanger their friendship due to their romantic rivalry over the affections of a married businessman.
- DirectorVincent ShermanStarsGeraldine FitzgeraldThomas MitchellJeffrey LynnAn elderly professor suffering from an aortic aneurysm confronts the problem of what to do knowing that he only has a few months to live.
- DirectorJohn DerekMarc LawrenceStarsJohn DerekAldo RayArthur O'ConnellA young man hitchhiking through the desert is picked up by a beautiful woman. They have an affair, and he finds out that she's married. The consequences of the affair lead to murder and blackmail.
- DirectorJeremy KaganStarsRichard DreyfussSusan AnspachBonnie BedeliaAn ex-'60s radical now working as a private eye is hired by an old flame to investigate a political smear campaign. The case becomes more dangerous as it unfolds.
- DirectorRowland BrownStarsSpencer TracyMarguerite ChurchillSally EilersTruck driver Bugs Raymond organizes the trucking associations and takes protection money. Now rich, he decides to marry socialite Dorothy Stone. She rejects him for another, so he plots to kidnap her on her wedding day.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsVéronique JannotBobby Di CiccoVictor LanouxA couple goes on the run after being accused for a crime they didn't commit.
- DirectorHenri VerneuilStarsJean GabinFrançoise ArnoulPierre MondyMid-aged married truck driver falls in love with a young waitress he meets while making a break on a long trip. They try to make it work, but she can't get a decent job or place to stay in his town. Things get worse when the man gets fired and his family find out. And there's more complications to follow for both of them...
- DirectorStanley HaynesStarsSally GrayMichael WildingStanley HollowayA dancer attempts to escape from the narrow conventions of society and from the fate foretold for her at her birth.
- DirectorSidney HayersStarsJon FinchJudy GeesonChristopher LeeAnonymous notes accuse a psychiatrist of having murdered his wife. A bedraggled policeman attempts to uncover the truth behind her disappearance.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsRichard BakalyanJune KenneyRobert KnappInstead of working for a living, Duke and Freddie steal auto accessories and sell to a fence. While Duke is out driving with his girl Peg, she tries to dissuade him from a life of crime. Angered, he taunts her with another girl, Janice, who has driven up alongside him, and they have a race. A motorcycle policeman who is chasing them is killed when he crashes into Janice's car, and she is held. Duke, who has driven off, paints his black car light blue to escape detection. Janice learns his license number, and in fear of being discovered, Duke kills her. Duke coerces Peg to leave town with him, committing holdups along the way. Realizing his luck will not hold out, but unwilling to surrender, Duke sends Peg back and remains alone in an abandoned roadside fruit stand, awaiting his fate.
- DirectorAlfred L. WerkerStarsSal MineoJames WhitmoreJ. Carrol NaishA Georgia orphanage teenage boy gets involved with a chain-gang convict who is planning his escape from the nearby prison-camp.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsAnthony NewleyAnne AubreyLionel JeffriesAn electrician is summoned to assist a gang in a big robbery.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsRobert RyanJan SterlingBrian KeithThe owner of a salmon cannery in Alaska hires a man who had formerly been his partner, and comes to regret it.
- DirectorRay AshleyMorris EngelRuth OrkinStarsRichard BrewsterWinifred CushingJay WilliamsA young boy fears that he shot his older brother, who is only faking. He then runs away to Coney Island, a crowded beach area, and gets money by returning soda bottles for their deposits.
- DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsVivien LeighKenneth MoreEric PortmanA woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsRichard ConteMari AldonPeter IllingA race driver must choose between his love for racing and his wife. His buddy's accident will help him to choose, and his loyal ways will get him a new friend - his main rival.
- DirectorMax VarnelStarsRonald HowardChristina GreggBasil DignamA mail bag stolen in a robbery 15 years ago, is found and the post office decide that the letters should be delivered. A newspaper reporter, accompanied by a post office security officer decide to follow up several of the letters, that could change the lives of the recipients.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsRita TushinghamMichael SarneBernard LeeA young man employed by a cigarette factory is tired of his working class status and joins a gang planning to rob the factory warehouse.