Classic Movies
Film Noir


the third man

The Third Man

(1949) Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard

The death of a good friend is deemed suspicious. The friend takes it upon himself to investigate. In 1999, the British Film Institute voted The Third Man the greatest British film of all time.


kiss me deadly

Kiss Me Deadly

(1955) Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, Wesley Addy, and with Maxine Cooper and Cloris Leachman in their feature film debuts.

A private investigator in Los Angeles who becomes embroiled in a complex mystery after picking up a female hitchhiker.


the hitch-hiker

The Hitch-Hiker

(1953) Edmond O'Brien, Frank lovejoy, William Talman

Two men on a fishing trip pick up a hitch-hiker who turns out to be an insane escaped convict.


high sierra

High Sierra

(1941) Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart

An ageing gangster hires three men to help him rob a fashionable resort hotel. After the robbery they are found out and the chase is on.


dark passage

Dark Passage

(1947) Humphrey Bogart , Lauren Bacall

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try to prove his innocence.


Hell's Island

Hell's Island

(1955) John Payne, Mary Murphy

She was so beautiful! So soft! So inviting! So dangerous! The search for a missing ruby takes place on a Caribbean island.


they live by night

They Live by Night

(1948) Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, Howard Da Silva

A young convict on the run who falls in love with a woman and attempts to begin a life with her.


key largo

Key Largo

(1948) Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Lauren Bacall

A man visits his war buddy's family hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other.


whistle stop

Whistle Stop

(1946) George Raft, Ava Gardner, Tom Conway

When a young woman returns to her home town, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to robbery and murder.


double indemnity

Double Indemnity

(1944) Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck

An insurance salesman meets and falls for and gets involved in the scheme of a callous wife who plans to murder her husband and cash out on his accidental death claim.


behind green lights

Behind Green Lights

(1946) Carole Landis, William Gargan

A cub reporter hangs around the police station, and an officer falls for a murder suspect.


suddenly

Suddenly

(1954) Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Nancy Gates, Kim Charney

Three gunmen, who have been hired to assassinate the President, hold a family hostage while waiting for their target.


inner-sanctum

Inner Sanctum

(1948) Fritz Leiber, Charles Russell, Mary Beth Hughes

A young man flees the police after having committed a murder. He  hides out in a small town boarding house.


Crime Inc.

Crime Inc.

(1945) Leo Carrillo Tom Neal

A reporter uses his friendship with a mobster to expose organized crime in his city.


The Blue Dahlia

The Blue Dahlia

(1946) Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix

A veteran fights to prove he didn't kill his cheating wife.


movie image Out of the past

Out of the Past 

(1947) Robert Michum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas and Rhonda Fleming

A private eye tries to escape his past. He moves to a small town where he runs a gas station. but his past won't leave him alone. It eventually catches up with him and now he finds he must return to the big city. Back to a world he thought he had left behind. A world filled with danger, corruption and double crosses.


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