The Last Film Noir you watched

[trilobitten]

Sony has announced three Columbia Classic DVDs for release on July 3rd.
Budd Boetticher Noir Escape in the Fog (1939) starring Otto Kruger and Nina Foch.

[Steve-O]

The Tall Target (1951)
Anthony Mann directs Dick Powell in this fine thriller about

Spoiler:

the plot to assassinate Lincoln on the eve of his inauguration.

It has the look of film noir, but I feel it's basically a straight thriller. Written up on my site here.

I added a spoiler tag. This one actually has a big reveal about what's really happening that (admittedly) is easy to figure out but is supposed to be a surprise.

[Muscle Mike]

I finally saw Johnny Eager (1942). Well worth the wait.

[waltermcwilliams]

Mystery Street (1950) - I enjoyed this film, the camera work was superior, especially the interior lightings. Ricardo Montalban gives an energizing performance, but it is Elsa Lanchester who stole the show. Her performance as the blackmailing spinster was superb. Overall an enjoyable watch! One great touch was how smoothly Betsy Blair handled the .45.

[waltermcwilliams]

I just finished Decoy (1946) - I am a big fan of the femme fatale, and Jean Gille is superb in the role.

[cigar joe]

Tight Spot, barely a noir by the broadest definition, but entertaining.

[waltermcwilliams]

Sunday Morning Noir Double Feature

Illegal (1955) - Edgar G. Robinson makes this movie. The supporting cast is good but he takes this from a B to a B++ movie in my opinion. Throw in Jayne Mansfield in her big screen debuet, and Edward Platt giving a really good performance and it made for a very enjoyable 88 minutes.

The Big Steal ((1949) - Jane Greer and Robert Mitchum team up again in this road comedy/Noir that I doubt will make Cigar Joe's list of hard core Noir. It is however a fun film with well choreographed fist fights, a great car chase, and great acting from the stars and their supporting cast. The plot twist in the end caught me completely off guard and was a pleasent suprise to a Noir with way to happy an ending IMHO.

[spress]

This Man Is Dangerous/Cet homme est dangereux with Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution.

[Jeff-Bob]

"Tension" with Barry Sullivan, Richard Basehart and the wonderful Audrey Totter. Would give it 2.5 stars. Part of the Warners Film Noir box sets.

[Jeff-Bob]

...Big Steal ((1949) - Jane Greer and Robert Mitchum team up again in this road comedy/Noir that I doubt will make Cigar Joe's list of hard core Noir. It is however a fun film with well choreographed fist fights, a great car chase, and great acting from the stars and their supporting cast.

Loved that car chase. Some nice work by Don Siegal

[waltermcwilliams]

They Live by Night (1948) - The opening overhead shots looked like they were done by a helicopter. I didn't know they were using helicopters before the 1950's? The chemistry is great between Granger and O'Donnell you find yourself pulling for the two of them to get the happy ending; though you know the Noir world isn't that kind. Overall a good movie!

[cigar joe]

The City That Never Sleeps (1953) Gig, Yound, Marla Powers, Edward Arnold, William Tallman, Marie Windsor and Chill Wills, enjoyed it & the Noir Chicago portrayed. 7/10 another entry for the hard core noir list.

[spress]

Wife Wanted (1946)

[Muscle Mike]

Just watched Johnny Gunman (1957) tonight. How magnificent is this noir? One of the best I've seen this year. That noir was officially my 400th.

[cigar joe]

I'm on somewhat of a role saw Desperate (1947) all the way through, (caught just a few minutes of it randomly switching channels a year or two ago) a great Noir by Anthony Mann and another Hard Core Noir

[Steve-O]

They Live by Night (1948) - The opening overhead shots looked like they were done by a helicopter. I didn't know they were using helicopters before the 1950's?

Yup. It's a Helicopter shot. I recently re-watched Eye of the Needle and they have a helicopter rescue (during WWII!) The gaffe takes you right out of the film.

There were some used for supplies during that war (II), but didn't really start taking off as a regular aircraft until the Korean War, but they certainly were used during the shooting of They Live By Night.

They Live By Night: apparently that was first action sequence shot from a helicopter, but not the first movie to use one for a shot.

The first time a helicopter was used in a feature film production was in April 1945 in the film 'The Bandit of Sherwood Forest'

So it was pretty close to being the first.. since They Live By Night was shot in 47.

[Harry Fabian]

The Third Man on blu-ray. Looks great. One of the very few noir blu-rays that Netflix carries-if not the only one.

[cigar joe]

Cornered (1945) Director: Edward Dmytryk, Stars: Dick Powell, Walter Slezak, Micheline Cheirel and too many to count to its detriment. On being demobilized at the end of the war, Canadian flyer Laurence Gerard returns to France to track down who ordered the killing of a group of Resistence fighters including his new bride in a convoluted plot that even though has Buenos Aries as its center-point, has practically no Argentinian atmosphere/music whatsoever, a poor job by the RKO back lot.. Still a 7/10.

[Rufus T]

Shield For Murder (1954), starring and directed by Edmond O'Brien. Pretty good "bad cop" 50's noir, recently shown on TCM.

[Jeff-Bob]

I go the big Bogart box for Father's Day. It looks impressive. Since the wife has a somewhat low tolerance for noir, we watch Bogey in 'The Big Sleep'. It turns out the big Bogart box only has the 1945 "pre-release" version on it, as well as the well known "differences" featurette — But not my preferred 1946 version.

I am at the point after about 10 viewings that I am finally understanding the film. It's all about Eddie Mars. Too bad as he's so darned likable with his "soldier" this and that.