Mildred Pierce tops my list as favourite noir movie (perfect watch for Mother's Day). But The Narrow Margin and horribly titled The Killing are also top 5 (so far). Coincidentally, Marie Windsor is a pivotal femme fatal in both. #FilmNoir 
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The Letter (1940)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Letter_(1940_film)
poster language: Italian
Love this one, subtle but uneasy combination of colours. I'm going to assume it's "dark shadow" or something like that in Italian? Italian-speaking subscribers speak up.
The Crooked Web (1955)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crooked_Web
poster language: Spanish
“Kisses that reveal a criminal”! Or better "betray" I suppose.
I like how the gun being next to her hand has more tension than the gun being in her hand.
Finger Man (1955)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_Man
You couldn't make a movie called "Finger Man" nowadays, as they say.
In the tense and brilliantly shot film noir He Walked by Night (1948), Richard Basehart plays a deranged cop killer. Directed by Alfred Werker and an uncredited Anthony Mann.
Cinematography by John Alton. Currently included with Amazon Prime Video in the U.K.
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Today’s matinee motion picture is “Mildred Pierce” (1945) #mildredpierce #joancrawford #filmnoir
The Letter (1940)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Letter_(1940_film)
poster language: French
I'm a big fan of Somerset Maugham, though you should read Michelle de Kretser's deconstruction of the steamy-plantation-sexual-frustration-affair-sexy-murder trope as a corrective.
I'm also a fan of Somerset the place but that's another story.
Conflict (1945)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_(1945_film)
Very low effort. Or is it almost Japanese in its restraint?
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spiral_Staircase_(1946_film)
Baffling design choices—a weird 3-D effect where Fleming is holding a poster for the movie of which this is the poster? No spiral staircase anywhere to be seen? That house is a single storey so it's not there, is it?
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Sidewalk_Ends_(film)
The stars look about as realistic as the little figures on top of a wedding cake.
NB: where the sidewalk ends, your lettering may spill over a bit into the gutter. Plan ahead accordingly.
Moontide (1942)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moontide
According to Wikipedia, a “romantic drama with elements of a thriller”. Oh well I've written the Alt text now, it can stay. Her midriff-revealing dress must have been pretty damn risqué for the time.
Cat People (1942)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_People_(1942_film)
So the woman is the cat? Cheers now we don't need to see the movie. I'm not obsessive about spoilers but WTF.
I thought of this movie just the other day as a Transport For NSW 490 Bus sneaked up behind me and unexpectedly shot a blast of air from its pneumatics system. If you know, you know.
Dangerous Mission (1954)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Mission
Weird how much Price looks like Matthew McConaughey. Also weird how he has a gun and yet wants to kill Mature in the least efficient way possible. Does he want it to look like an accident?
Experiment Perilous (1944)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment_Perilous
poster language: Spanish
Known as "Noche en el alma” only in Argentina, according to IMDB. Night in the soul?
This is, apparently, very similar to "Gaslight" and is therefore the "Dark City" to its "The Matrix", i.e. very similar, released the same year, and completely forgotten.
Maybe if the title wasn't so stupid it would have fared better.
Here are 10 things you should know about Dennis O'Keefe, born 117 years ago today. The versatile O'Keefe worked in vaudeville, pictures, radio, television and on Broadway. #OldMovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicHollywood #FilmNoir #PrecodeMovies #ClassicBroadway #OldTimeRadio #ClassicTV #CharacterActors #Vaudeville
Nora Prentiss (1947)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Prentiss
She had a lot to learn! For instance how many exclamation marks are too many!!!
I absolutely love the top image though not sure why she's pictured against a damp spot on her wall or tear in the fabric of reality or whatever that is.
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maltese_Falcon_(1941_film)
poster language: French
Great imagery/design, spoiled only perhaps by the fact that the artist had never seen a falcon and thought a sulky pigeon would be close enough.
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