Noirish Posted by John Grant on April 14, 2014

vt The Criminal Woman; vt A Woman of Crime Finland / 108 minutes / bw / Väinän Dir & Pr: Teuvo Tulio Scr: Regina Linnanheimo Cine: Osmo Harkimo, Veikko Laakso Cast: Regina Linnanheimo, Eija Karipää, Tauno Majuri, Kurt Ingvall, Martti Petsola, Paavo Jännes, Anton Soini, Kyösti Erämaa, Onni Hannuk   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on April 12, 2014

vt Four O’Clock US / 48 minutes / bw / Revue, Shamley, NBC Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Scr: Francis Cockrell Story: Cornell Woolrich Cine: John L. Russell Cast: Nancy Kelly, E.G. Marshall, Richard Long, Tom Pittman, Dean Stanton (i.e., Harry Dean Stanton). Watchmaker Paul Steppe (Marshall) believes   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on April 7, 2014

US / 113 minutes / color / Village Roadshow, Lin, Kevin McCormick, Warner Dir: Ruben Fleischer Pr: Dan Lin, Kevin McCormick, Michael Tadross Scr: Will Beall Story: Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles (2012) by Paul Lieberman Cine: Dion Beebe Cast: Josh Brolin, Ryan...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on April 4, 2014

US / 120 minutes / bw / Wanger, UA Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Pr: Walter Wanger Scr: Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison, James Hilton, Robert Benchley (plus several others uncredited) Story: Personal History (1935 memoir) by Vincent Sheean Cine: Rudolph Maté Special production effects: William Cameron Menzie   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on April 1, 2014

UK, Canada / 116 minutes / color / Marquis, Alliance Atlantis, Screenventures XLIII, TMN, Artisan, Icon Dir & Scr: Atom Egoyan Pr: Bruce Davey Story: Felicia’s Journey (1994) by William Trevor Cine: Paul Sarossy Cast: Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy, Claire Benedict, Brid Brennan, Peter McDona   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 31, 2014

US, UK / 67 minutes / bw / FSM Dir: Russ Meyer Pr: T.D. Quayle Scr: Chuck Dickens, Bill M. Thackeray, Currer Bell, Mary Ann Evans, Jasper Milvain Story: The Gardener who Didn’t Bark (1954; vt The Weed Killer) by Dawn Neely Cine: Jacob Z. Bunficht III Cast: Deburna Dranville,...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 28, 2014

US / 59 minutes / bw / Laxman, Screen Gems Dir: Joseph H. Lewis Pr: E.J. Rosenberg Scr: Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts Story: characters created by Dashiell Hammett Cine: Fred Jackman Cast: Robert Middleton, Tony Travis, Frank Gerstle, Jan Arvan, Leslie Bradley, Argentina Brunetti, Herb Armstrong, John Brya   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 25, 2014

US / 14 minutes / bw silent / Thanhouser, Mutual Dir: Edwin Thanhouser, Lawrence Marston Pr: Edwin Thanhouser Cast: William Garwood, Marie Eline, Florence LaBadie, Riley Chamberlin. This interesting little one-reeler—a thematic precursor of, among other movies of noirish interest, items like Close-   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 23, 2014

US / 69 minutes / bw / Darmour, Columbia Dir: James Hogan Pr: Larry Darmour Scr: Eric Taylor, Gertrude Purcell Story: Ellery Queen Cine: James S. Brown Jr. Cast: Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, Mona Barrie, Paul Hurst, James Burke, Leon Ames, George Zucco, Blanche Yurka, Charlotte   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 21, 2014

US / 49 minutes / bw / Hubbell Robinson, NBC Dir: Herschel Daugherty Pr: Boris D. Kaplan Scr: Winston Miller Story: The Con Man (1957) by Ed McBain Cine: Lionel Lindon Cast: Robert Lansing, Ron Harper, Norman Fell, Gregory Walcott, Gena Rowlands, Robert Culp, Natalie Norwick, Paul Bryar, Wally Brown   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 19, 2014

vt Frontière du Crime Canada, France / 92 minutes / color / 3 Themes, Hamster, Venture, Niagara, Antenne 2, Television Suisse Romande Dir: Yves Boisset Pr: Daniele J. Suissa, Nicolas Traube Scr: Robert Geoffrion Story: Alain Scoff, Yves Boisset Cine: Louis de Ernsted Cast: Nick Mancuso, Leah Pinsent   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 16, 2014

UK / 82 minutes / bw / Hammer, Exclusive Dir & Scr: Vernon Sewell Pr: Michael Carreras Cine: Moray Grant Cast: Albert Lieven, David Greene, Norman MacOwan, Martin Benson, Catherine Blake (i.e. Katharine Blake), Jack Stewart, Joan Carol, John Harvey, John Longden. Yachtsman Roger (Harvey) and his   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 12, 2014

US / 65 minutes / bw / Columbia Dir: Roy William Neill Scr: Jo Swerling Story: About the Murder of the Circus Queen (1932; vt The Murder of a Circus Queen) by Anthony Abbot (credited as Anthony Abbott) Cine: Joseph August Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Donald Cook, Greta Nissen, Ruthelma Stevens,...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 11, 2014

vt Das Rätsel des Silbernen Dreieck; vt Scotland Yard auf Heißer Spur; vt Circus of Terror; vt Psycho-Circus UK, WG / 91 minutes / color / Circus, Proudweeks, Warner-Pathé, Constantin, AIP Dir: John Moxey (i.e., John Llewellyn Moxey) (UK), Werner Jacobs (WG) Pr: Harry Alan Towers Scr: Peter Welbeck   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 8, 2014

vt Doctor Morelle; vt Doctor Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress UK / 74 minutes / bw / Edward G. Whiting, Hammer, Exclusive Dir: Godfrey Grayson Pr: Anthony Hinds Scr: Roy Plomley, Ambrose Grayson Story: Dr. Morelle (seemingly first produced 1950; play) by Wilfred Burr Cine: Cedric Williams Ca   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 4, 2014

US / 118 minutes / color / Killer, John Wells, Warner Independent Dir & Scr: Douglas McGrath Pr: Christine Vachon, Jocelyn Hayes, Anne Walker-McBay Story: Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, and Detractors Recall his Turbulent Career (1997) by George Plimpton Cine: B   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 3, 2014

US, Canada / 114 minutes / color / Sony Pictures Classics, UA, Columbia Dir: Bennett Miller Pr: Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven Scr: Dan Futterman Story: Capote: A Biography (1988 nonfiction) by Gerald Clarke Cine: Adam Kimmel Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Col   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 2, 2014

US, Canada / 180 minutes / color with some bw / Pacific Motion, CBS Dir: Jonathan Kaplan Pr: Tom Rowe Scr: Benedict Fitzgerald Story: In Cold Blood (1966 “nonfiction novel”) by Truman Capote Cine: Peter Woeste Cast: Anthony Edwards, Eric Roberts, Sam Neill, Leo Rossi, Louise Latham, Gwen   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 2, 2014

I’ve been meaning to do this for ages (and, believe me, ages it took when I finally got round to it), but at last Noirish has an index, complete with clicky links that, with any luck, actually work — see INDEX OF MOVIES above. Great stuff! I’ll certainly be referencing this!...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 1, 2014

vt Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood US / 134 minutes / bw / Pax, Columbia Dir & Pr & Scr: Richard Brooks Story: In Cold Blood (1966 “nonfiction novel”) by Truman Capote Cine: Conrad Hall Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Paul Stewart, Gerald S. O’Loughlin,   read more