Category Archives: Noir on Tuesday

The Big Sleep (1978)

Posted on 19 February 2013 by

Michael Winner, the pugnacious British filmmaker (and restaurant critic), died in January at age 77. He dabbled in almost every genre (Westerns, musicals, horror, costume melodrama, war movies etc.) though was most at home with ironic comedies during the 1960s … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013 Book to Movie Challenge, Film Noir, London, Noir on Tuesday, Philip Marlowe, Private Eye, Raymond Chandler, Scene of the crime, Tuesday's Forgotten Film | 50 Comments

The Spiritualist (1948) – Tuesday’s Overlooked Film

Posted on 11 December 2012 by

Also known as The Amazing Mr X, this beautifully shot and gently mocking  ’Gaslight-meets-Rebecca‘ mystery melodrama also has a Noir style all its own. It also sports a charming performance from the late Turhan Bey who, in what appears to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cornell Woolrich, DVD Review, Film Noir, Gothic, Noir on Tuesday, Tuesday's Forgotten Film | 25 Comments

Two O’Clock Courage (1945)

Posted on 13 November 2012 by

Something of a forgotten semi Noir, this mixture of comedy and thrills marked the RKO debuts of director Anthony Mann and Jane Greer (here billed with her full name, ‘Bettejane’). The leading man is Tom Conway, already established at the studio … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Noir, New York, Noir on Tuesday, Scene of the crime, Tuesday's Forgotten Film | 18 Comments

Dying Room Only (1973) – Tuesday’s Forgotten Film

Posted on 11 September 2012 by

In 1953 Richard Matheson published ‘Dying Room Only’, a vanishing spouse variant on the Paris Exposition story. Like in his Twilight Zone episode ‘Nick of Time’, a young couple stop at a cafe and find their lives unraveling as unexpected … Continue reading →

Posted in Arizona, Film Noir, Noir on Tuesday, Richard Matheson, Scene of the crime, Tuesday's Forgotten Film | 42 Comments

Hickey and Boggs (1972) – Tuesday’s Overlooked Film

Posted on 17 July 2012 by

A train arrives and a woman in sunglasses gets off and quickly walks away. She passes through LA’s Union Station, still looking largely as it did since it opened in 1939. We dissolve to a street scene – it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Noir, Five Star review, Los Angeles, Noir on Tuesday, Private Eye, Robert Culp, Scene of the crime, Tuesday's Forgotten Film | 48 Comments

Rollercoaster (1977) – Tuesday’s Forgotten Film

Posted on 26 June 2012 by

After the hugely successful ’Sensurround’ processed Earthquake (1974) and with The Hindenburg (1975) and Two Minute Warning (1976) already in various stages of completion, Universal Studios decided to further exploit the burgeoning disaster genre by quickly packaging another high concept movie … Continue reading →

Posted in Columbo, Film Noir, Noir on Tuesday, Richard Levinson & William Link, Tuesday's Forgotten Film | 40 Comments

Dangerous Crossing (1953)

Posted on 5 June 2012 by

This is one of the surprisingly few films derived from the work of the great mystery writer John Dickson Carr. It was adapted from ‘Cabin B-13′, his celebrated radio drama originally broadcast in 1943 but subsequently repeated and adapted several … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Noir, John Dickson Carr, Noir on Tuesday, Tuesday's Forgotten Film | 28 Comments

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982)

Posted on 15 May 2012 by

Imagine a 40s Hollywood movie shot in gorgeous black and white, backed by a swelling Miklos Rozsa score and costumed by Edith Head. Add a dream cast featuring Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Lana Turner, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Noir, James M. Cain, Los Angeles, Noir on Tuesday, Philip Marlowe, Private Eye, Raymond Chandler, Scene of the crime, Tuesday's Forgotten Film | 44 Comments

Violent Playground (1958) – Tuesday’s Forgotten Film

Posted on 1 May 2012 by

This story of juvenile delinquency in 1950s Liverpool was one of a series of topical dramas made by director Basil Dearden and producer Michael Relph from subjects ripped from the headlines. Since the 1940s they had alternated more commercial fare … Continue reading →

Posted in Basil Dearden, Film Noir, Liverpool, Noir on Tuesday, Scene of the crime, Tuesday's Forgotten Film | 15 Comments

Twilight (1998) – Tuesday’s Forgotten Film

Posted on 28 February 2012 by

Originally shot under the title ‘Magic Hour’, this low-key murder mystery has probably received extra attention since the release of the Stephenie Meyer books. If so, some may have been a tad disappointed by the lack of teenage supernatural activity … Continue reading →

Posted in DVD Review, Film Noir, Los Angeles, Noir on Tuesday, Philip Marlowe, Private Eye, Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald, Scene of the crime, Tuesday's Forgotten Film, TV Cops | 20 Comments

Touch of Evil (1958) – Tuesday’s Forgotten Film

Posted on 7 February 2012 by

For many, Orson Welles’ 1958 film Touch of Evil marks the end of classic Film Noir. It certainly marked the end of Welles’ Hollywood directing career, though it had to wait some forty years before it could finally be seen … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Noir, Los Angeles, Mexico, Noir on Tuesday, Orson Welles, Scene of the crime, Tuesday's Forgotten Film, Wade Miller, Whit Masterson | 15 Comments

Noir on Tuesday: HICKEY & BOGGS

Posted on 13 September 2011 by

A train pulls into a busy platform and a woman in sunglasses gets off and quickly walks away. She goes through LA’s Union Station, still looking largely as it did since it opened in 1939. We dissolve to a street … Continue reading →

Posted in DVD Review, Film Noir, Five Star review, Noir on Tuesday, Private Eye, Robert Culp | 7 Comments

Noir on Tuesday: THE SPIRITUALIST (1948)

Posted on 7 June 2011 by

The Spiritualist (1948), also known as The Amazing Mr X, has recently been rescued from public domain hell in the US and been added to the library of MOD (Manufactured On Demand) titles from the Warner Bros Archive and can be ordered through Amazon or directly from their website. It’s a beautifully shot, highly atmospheric mystery and a testament to the sadly curtailed directorial career of Bernard Vorhaus. Continue reading →

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