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February 10th, 2013: Son of Dracula (1943)

Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Dracula, Film Noir, Horror, In Name Only Sequel, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Vampires Tagged Alucard, black magic, cash-in, children of famous people, Curt Siodmak, Deep South, double cross, Drive-In, Evelyn Ankers, femme fatale, Jack P. Pierce, Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Siodmak, swamp, twist

December 26th, 2012: Kiss of Death (1947)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged 20th Century Fox, baby sitters, before they were famous, Ben Hecht, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, cops, double cross, ex-con, Henry Hathaway, jewel thieves, Karl Malden, murder, orphanage, prison, Richard Widmark, suicide, Victor Mature

December 18th, 2012: Night and the City (1950)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Con, Crime, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, Sports, The Original, Thriller Tagged 20th Century Fox, Britain, con, con artist, double cross, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Herbert Lom, Hugh Marlowe, Jules Dassin, London, Mike Mazurki, Richard Widmark, wrestler

December 3rd, 2012: Breathless (1960)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Coming of Age, Crime, Drama, Independent, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, New Wave, Romance, Spoof, The Original, Tragedy Tagged before they were famous, car thief, double cross, femme fatale, Francois Truffaut, hand held camera, homage, Jean Luc Godard, Jean Serberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Melville, jump cuts, low-budget, motorcycle cop, murder, New Wave, newspaper, Paris, press conference

October 17th, 2012: Gilda (1946)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, Music, Romance, Thriller Tagged abusive relationship, Argentina, cartel, casino, Columbia Pictures, double cross, gambler, George MacReady, Glenn Ford, innuendo, musical interlude, nightclub, Rita Hayworth, tacked on ending

June 17th, 2012: Fallen Angels (1995)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Hit Man, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, Romance, Slapstick Tagged Charlie Yeung, dad bomb, double cross, father, father-son relationship, forbidden love, hit man, homage, Hong Kong, insanity, jilted lover, low-budget, mobsters, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Wong Kar Wai

June 7th, 2012: Branded to Kill

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Gangster, Hit Man, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, The Original Tagged alcoholic, Anne Mari, double cross, femme fatale, hit man, Japan, Jo Shishido, Nikkatsu, rice, Seijun Suzuki, Yakuza

May 5th, 2012: The Killing (1956)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Heist, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged athlete turned actor, bar fight, bartender, bookie, Coleen Grey, double cross, Elisha Cook Jr., femme fatale, flowers, horse racing, James Edwards, Jim Thompson, Joe Sawyer, Joe Turkel, loan shark, low-budget, non-linear timeline, racetrack, shotgun, sniper, Stanley Kubrick, Sterling Hayden, Timothy Carey, unfaithful spouse, United Artists, wrestler

March 11th, 2012: White Heat (1949)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Heist, Movie of the Day, Prison Tagged bank robbers, bank robbery, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, controlling mother, double cross, Edmond O'Brien, fire, James Cagney, Max Steiner, mother-son relationship, prison, prison break, Raoul Walsh, undercover, Virginia Mayo, Warner Brothers

March 9th, 2012: Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Detective, Espionage, Film Noir, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery Tagged Albert Dekker, before they were famous, Classical allusion, Cloris Leachman, detective, Ernest Laszlo, ethnic stereotype, femme fatale, Frank DeVol, hitchhiking, Jack Elam, low-budget, MacGuffin, mechanic, Mickey Spillane, Paul Stewart, Ralph Meeker, Robert Aldrich, scientists, Strother Martin, United Artists

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