25. Favorite Neo-Noir
Shock Corridor (1963)
So over the top and fun! The story of a journalist who gets himself intentionally committed to a mental hospital to solve a murder committed within the institution.
25. Favorite Neo-Noir
Shock Corridor (1963)
So over the top and fun! The story of a journalist who gets himself intentionally committed to a mental hospital to solve a murder committed within the institution.
25. Favorite noir with a boat
The Breaking Point (1950)
The 2nd film based on Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, starring John Garfield and Patricia Neal.
25. Favorite noir with a boat
The Breaking Point (1950)
The 2nd film based on Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, starring John Garfield and Patricia Neal.
23. Favorite Noir Actor Who Stole Every Scene They’re In
Gloria Grahame
23. Favorite Noir Actor Who Stole Every Scene They’re In
Gloria Grahame
21. Favourite Film Noir from Outside the USA
Tie: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows, 1958)
Directed by Louis Malle; scored by Miles Davis
and
Les Diaboliques ( Diabolique, 1955)
Horror/Noir hybrid directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
21. Favourite Film Noir from Outside the USA
Tie: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows, 1958)
Directed by Louis Malle; scored by Miles Davis
and
Les Diaboliques ( Diabolique, 1955)
Horror/Noir hybrid directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
20. Favorite gambling scene(s)
711 Ocean Drive (1950)
An electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss, and takes over operations when his boss is murdered. His greed leads him on a deadly destructive path.
20. Favorite gambling scene(s)
711 Ocean Drive (1950)
An electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss, and takes over operations when his boss is murdered. His greed leads him on a deadly destructive path.
18. Favorite Film Noir MacGuffin
The "Great What's-It" - the glowing box with the mysterious contents.
18. Favorite Film Noir MacGuffin
The "Great What's-It" - the glowing box with the mysterious contents.
Favorite film noir duo
Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake
The Glass Key (1942)
This Gun for Hire' (1942)
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Favorite film noir duo
Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake
The Glass Key (1942)
This Gun for Hire' (1942)
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
16. Lesser known noir everyone should see
Tension (1949) with Audrey Totter, Richard Basehart, Barry Sullivan, William Conrad, & Cyd Charisse.
The always great Totter plays the cheating wife of Basehart's meek pharmacist.
16. Lesser known noir everyone should see
Tension (1949) with Audrey Totter, Richard Basehart, Barry Sullivan, William Conrad, & Cyd Charisse.
The always great Totter plays the cheating wife of Basehart's meek pharmacist.
15. Character I'd trust the least: Vicious gossip Madge Rapf, played by Agnes Moorehead, Dark Passage (1947). She finds out that Irene Jansen (Bacall) aided Vincent Parry's (Bogart) escape from San Quentin. Madge testified against VP at his murder trial.
15. Character I'd trust the least: Vicious gossip Madge Rapf, played by Agnes Moorehead, Dark Passage (1947). She finds out that Irene Jansen (Bacall) aided Vincent Parry's (Bogart) escape from San Quentin. Madge testified against VP at his murder trial.
13. Favorite low-budget noir
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)
Made by Monogram Pictures, one of the "Poverty Row" studios
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13. Favorite low-budget noir
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)
Made by Monogram Pictures, one of the "Poverty Row" studios
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10. Favorite Gloria Grahame film
Tie: In a Lonely Place (1950) as Laurel Gray and The Big Heat (1953) as Debby Marsh
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10. Favorite Gloria Grahame film
Tie: In a Lonely Place (1950) as Laurel Gray and The Big Heat (1953) as Debby Marsh
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9. Favorite Dan Duryea film
Black Angel (1946) as Martin Blair
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Black Angel (1946) as Martin Blair
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6. Coolest character
Philip Raven, a contract killer played by Alan Ladd, who has a soft spot for cats.
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6. Coolest character
Philip Raven, a contract killer played by Alan Ladd, who has a soft spot for cats.
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5. Film noir I'd show someone who's never seen one
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3. The film that made me a fan (first one I remember seeing)
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