Robert Stevenson directed My Forbidden Past, a film noir, starring Robert Mitchum and Ava Gardner, adapted by Leopold Atlas from Polan Banks’ novel Carriage Entrance.
My Forbidden Past (1951): Robert Stevenson’s Film Noir, Starring Ava Gardner and Robert Mitchum
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Secret Beyond the Door (1947): Fritz Lang’s Psychological Thriller Film Noir, Starring Michael Redgrave and Joan Bennett as the Narrator
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Fritz Lang directed Secret Beyond the Door, a psychological thriller film noir that is a modern and loose updating of the Bluebeard fairytale.
Born to Be Bad (1950): Nicholas Ray’s Noir Melodrama, Starring Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott
December 23, 2016 by
Born to be Bad, a stylishly entertaining melodrama, is neither a highlight in director Nicholas Ray’s career nor a significant feature in the film noir genre.
High Sierra (1941): Raoul Walsh’s Crime Noir Melodrama, Starring Ida Lupino and Bogart in Career-Defining Performance
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Raoul Walsh’s extremely well directed and acted 1941 film noir is co-scripted by W.R. Burnett and John Huston, based on Burnett’s novel. Featuring Ida Lupino, who got star billing, and Humphrey Bogart in a career-making part, the movie was shot on location at Whitney Portal, close to Mount Whitney.
On Dangerous Ground (1951): Nicholas Ray’s Lyrical Film Noir? Starring Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan
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A gripping, emotionally touching tale, Nicholas Ray’s On Dangerous Ground" is considered is an existential noir melodrama
