Nightfall (1956) Nightfall is a 1956 American crime film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Aldo Ray, Brian Keith and Anne Bancroft. The low-budget film is remembered today for camera work by cinematographer Burnett Guffey. It uses flashbacks as a device to…
The Price of Fear (1956) The Price of Fear is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed by Abner Biberman and starring Merle Oberon and Lex Barker. Director - Abner Biberman Writers - Dick Irving Hyland (story), Robert…
Johnny O'Clock (1947) Johnny O'Clock is a 1947 American film noir crime film starring Dick Powell and Evelyn Keyes, and directed by Robert Rossen. Director - Robert Rossen Writers - Robert Rossen (screen play), Milton Holmes (original story)…
Larceny (1948) Larceny is a 1948 American film noir crime film directed by George Sherman starring John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea and Shelley Winters. Director - George Sherman Writers - Herb Margolis (screenplay), Lou Morheim (screenplay), William Bowers (screenplay) Cast…
Highway Dragnet (1954) Highway Dragnet is a 1954 American film noir B movie crime film directed by Nathan Juran from a story by U.S. Andersen and Roger Corman. The film stars Richard Conte, Joan Bennett and Wanda Hendrix. It was the first feature film…
Deadline U.S.A. (1952) Deadline – U.S.A. is a 1952 American film noir crime film and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore and Kim Hunter, written and directed by Richard Brooks. It is the story of a crusading newspaper editor who…
Compulsion (1959) Compulsion is a 1959 American crime drama film directed by Richard Fleischer. The film is based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Meyer Levin, which in turn was a fictionalized account of the Leopold and Loeb murder…
Appointment with Crime (1946) Appointment with Crime is a 1946 British crime film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Raymond Lovell, Joyce Howard and Robert Beatty. Director - John Harlow Writers - John Harlow (screen play), Michael Leighton…
Brute Force (1947) Brute Force (aka Zelle R 17) is a 1947 American crime film noir directed by Jules Dassin, from a screenplay by Richard Brooks with cinematography by William H. Daniels. Director - Jules Dassin Writers - Richard…
So Dark the Night (1946) So Dark the Night is a 1946 American crime film with film noir influences, featuring Steven Geray, Micheline Cheirel, and Eugene Borden. Based on a story written by Aubrey Wisberg. Director - Joseph H.…
The Brothers Rico (1957) The Brothers Rico is a 1957 American crime film noir directed by Phil Karlson and starring Richard Conte, Dianne Foster and Kathryn Grant. Director - Phil Karlson Writers - Lewis Meltzer (screen play), Ben Perry (screen…
The Scar (1948) Hollow Triumph (working title The Man Who Murdered Himself, reissued in the United States as The Scar) is a 1948 American film noir crime film directed by Steve Sekely starring Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett and Leslie Brooks. It was…