Film_noir
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The Lost Weekend (1945)
Movie: The Lost Weekend (1945) “Don Birnam, long-time alcoholic, has been "on the wagon" for ten days and seems to be over the worst; but his …
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Laura (1944)
Movie: Laura (1944) “Detective Mark McPherson investigates the killing of Laura, found dead on her apartment floor before the movie starts. McPherson builds a mental picture …
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Key Largo (1948)
Movie: Key Largo (1948) “Frank McCloud travels to a run-down hotel on Key Largo to honor the memory of a friend who died bravely in his …
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Spellbound
Movie: Spellbound “The head of the Green Manors mental asylum Dr. Murchison is retiring to be replaced by Dr. Edwardes, a famous psychiatrist. Edwardes arrives and …
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Diabolique (1955)
Movie: Diabolique (1955) “The wife and mistress of a sadistic boarding school headmaster plot to kill him. They drown him in the bathtub and dump the …
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Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Movie: Shadow of a Doubt (1943) “Charlotte 'Charlie' Newton is bored with her quiet life at home with her parents and her younger sister. She wishes …
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The Killing (1956)
Movie: The Killing (1956) “After getting out of prison, Johnny Clay masterminds a complex race-track heist, but his scheme is complicated by the intervention of the …
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The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Movie: The Night of the Hunter (1955) “Harry Powell marries and murders widows for their money, believing he is helping God do away with women who …
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The Big Sleep (1946)
Movie: The Big Sleep (1946) “Summoned by the dying General Sternwood, Philip Marlowe is asked to deal with several problems that are troubling his family. Marlowe …
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Notorious (1946)
Movie: Notorious (1946) “Following the conviction of her German father for treason against the U.S., Alicia Huberman takes to drink and men. She is approached by …
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Touch of Evil (1958)
Movie: Touch of Evil (1958) “Mexican Narcotics officer Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas has to interrupt his honeymoon on the Mexican-US border when an American building contractor …
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Strangers on a Train
Movie: Strangers on a Train “Bruno Antony thinks he has the perfect plot to rid himself of his hated father and when he meets tennis pro …
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Double Indemnity (1944)
Movie: Double Indemnity (1944) “In 1938, Walter Neff, an experienced salesman of the Pacific All Risk Insurance Co., meets the seductive wife of one of his …
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M (1931)
Movie: M (1931) “Someone is murdering children in Berlin. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide …
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The Third Man
Movie: The Third Man “An out of work pulp fiction novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in a post war Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious allies, …
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The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Movie: The Maltese Falcon (1941) “Spade and Archer is the name of a San Francisco detective agency. That's for Sam Spade and Miles Archer. The two …
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Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Movie: Sunset Blvd. (1950) “The story, set in '50s Hollywood, focuses on Norma Desmond, a silent-screen goddess whose pathetic belief in her own indestructibility has turned …
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Fallen Angel (1945)
Movie: Fallen Angel (1945) “Eric Stanton (Dana Andrews), thrown off a bus for not having the fare, begins to frequent a diner called "Pop's Eats" , …



















