This Gun for Hire

It's not often that film noirs are allowed to escape their essential dark alleyways and lowbrow dives. Once in a blue moon these stories can surpass expectations, which is the case with 1942's This Gun for Hire. As the film begins it looks ...

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Touch of Evil

The best film noirs have been the result of a harmonious connection between story and style. A movie can look as dark and shadowy as it pleases, but it's all for naught if it's lacking a thematic backbone. This is what places 1958's Tou...

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Woman in the Window, The

In The Woman in the Window (1944) Prof. Richard Wanley (Edward G. Robinson) lectures his college students about the psychology of murderous impulses, never dreaming he might succumb to such an impulse himself. The film also stars Raymond Massey, Jo...

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