4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on August 24, 2017

Films Noir often find their hooks in lurid titles but also in metaphor. Ride the Pink Horse fits into the latter category as pulled from the pages of Dorothy B Hughes and adapted by Ben Hecht & Charles Lederer. The horse can be taken in the literal sense as one of...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on August 24, 2017

Films Noir often find their hooks in lurid titles but also in metaphor. Ride the Pink Horse fits into the latter category as pulled from the pages of Dorothy B Hughes and adapted by Ben Hecht & Charles Lederer. The horse can be taken in the literal sense as one of...   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on July 15, 2015

Choice, Freedom and Revenge in Ride The Pink Horse 7/15/2015 9 Comments “I'm nobody's friend. The man with no place.” -Lucky GaginThis post is for the 1947 Blogathon hosted by Shadows and Satin a   read more

Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on April 19, 2015

Apr 19 Posted by aaronwest I’ve talked before about “regulated differences” before when discussing La Promesse (link) by the Dardennes. When looking at a film noir, the theory still holds weight, or if anything is more relevant. By 1947, noir was starting to be thought of as a genre (would...   read more

Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on April 19, 2015

Apr 19 Posted by aaronwest I’ve talked before about “regulated differences” before when discussing La Promesse (link) by the Dardennes. When looking at a film noir, the theory still holds weight, or if anything is more relevant. By 1947, noir was starting to be thought of as a genre (would...   read more

Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on April 19, 2015

Apr 19 Posted by aaronwest I’ve talked before about “regulated differences” before when discussing La Promesse (link) by the Dardennes. When looking at a film noir, the theory still holds weight, or if anything is more relevant. By 1947, noir was starting to be thought of as a genre (would...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on March 19, 2015

Ride the Pink Horse Directed by Robert Montgomery Written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer from a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes 1947/USA Universal International Pictures First viewing/Criterion DVD I prolonged my 1947 viewing a bit to be able to see this long unavailable film which was just releas   read more