My viewings for Noirvember 2017
A log of my viewings for the film noir challenge that was hosted on iCM Forum. Entries are arranged in no particular order.
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- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsZachary ScottLouis HaywardDiana LynnA poor boy who saved a rich girl from drowning is adopted by her family, but he grows into a money-hungry ruthless businessman who would step on others to get to the top of the social ladder.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsDonald CookEvalyn KnappWarren HymerA federal agent goes undercover to avenge the murder of a friend but one of the gang thinks he seems familiar.
- DirectorDaniel TinayreStarsFanny NavarroMecha OrtizTita MerelloA nurse is framed for murder by negligence. She goes to prison pregnant by her rich boss.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsJack WarnerAnthony SteelJoy SheltonScotland Yard is mobilised in the hunt for blood donors in a race to save a dying girl.
- DirectorRaphaël JacoulotStarsJean-Pierre DarroussinGrégory GadeboisKarim LeklouIn a small village of the South of France, life is made difficult by a sweltering heat wave and its corollary, a worrisome lack of water. Everyone is under great pressure, especially the farmers whose fields are not irrigated. Which is the reason why the residents are less and less well-disposed toward one of them, Joseph, a mentally retarded young man whose never-ending antics are becoming, in such fraught context, something of an intolerable inconvenience. The mayor tries desperately to calm things down but nothing helps...
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsJames CagneyBarbara PaytonHelena CarterStarting with a violent prison break, clever, ruthless Ralph Cotter corrupts everyone around him.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsDermot WalshHazel CourtHermione BaddeleyAn auditor comes into possession of an envelope containing prints and drawings which the British government is anxious to obtain and also a great many other people, all of whom try to get them from him by any means. He escapes many of the traps set for him by the villains, but is finally captured and is tied to an operating table where the gang leader is set to do some scalpel work on him.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsRay MillandAudrey TotterThomas MitchellA district attorney rises to political success and the governorship but loses his sense of morality once he starts associating with the shadowy and perhaps diabolical Nick Beal.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsNicole MaureyDerek BondElwyn Brook-JonesAn adulterous husband plans to kill his invalid wife. He thinks that he has the perfect alibi, but an alert detective unravels his story.
- DirectorPercy MarmontStarsLouis GoodrichMark DalyPhilip BrandonA passenger gets strangled while on board an Atlantic ocean liner. Police authorities have to find out who was the killer.
- DirectorNavdeep SinghStarsAnushka SharmaNeil BhoopalamDarshan KumaarOn their way to a weekend retreat, a married couple find their dream vacation turn into a nightmare when they cross paths with a dangerous gang.
- DirectorDavid EadyStarsJohn GregsonMai ZetterlingJohn IrelandInventor Richard Hammond goes blind and mentally unstable after lab accident. His family brings him to countryside home. Hammond suspects something suspicious about their motives and circumstances, building tension and mystery.
- DirectorAik KarapetianStarsIlya ScherbakovAgnese FrisfeldeAndris GrossYoung poor man from suburb tries to change after he falls in love wih a girl from a welthy family, even though he could never have any chance wtih her...
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsCharlton HestonOrson WellesJanet LeighA stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsDouglas FairbanksJewel CarmenHoward GayeIn the midst of an emotional depression, a man hires a murderer to kill him. But the despair soon passes, and the man must now escape the killer he's hired to end his life.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsAlan BaxterBarbara ShelleyFerdy MayneThe wife of a night club owner frames an American writer for his murder.
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsEdmond O'BrienFrank LovejoyWilliam TalmanTwo fishermen pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsKevin CostnerClint EastwoodLaura DernA kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor, an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search for him continues.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsBonar ColleanoSusan ShawRenée AshersonWhen their ship docks the crew disembark as usual to pick up their lives in postwar London. For one of them his petty smuggling turns more serious when he finds himself caught up with a robbery in the City.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsMorgan ConwayAnne JeffreysMike MazurkiPolice detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface.
- DirectorAanand L. RaiStarsJimmy ShergillKay Kay MenonSonali KulkarniAn overnight train journey, from London into France, business class, is comfortable and expensive. The premise where two of the film's protagonists,'strangers' to each other, meet, talk and decide to eliminate each other's spouses to alleviate themselves of the hell they are trapped in.
- DirectorMichael McCarthyStarsPaul CarpenterRona AndersonJane GriffithsAfter a fight, a drunk is found dead, but is the cause of death heart failure or murder?
- DirectorNicolas HerdtStarsThierry NeuvicLola DewaereFéodor AtkineClaire an 8 months pregnant young nurse is targeting Aline, main witness of a huge legal case. 48 hours earlier, David, her companion, has taken possession of a suitcase full of money that was not intended to him.
- DirectorJuan de OrduñaStarsRafael DuránLuchy SotoMaría Esperanza NavarroNora leaves the convent where she has been raised to marry a relative. Just arrived she has an accident resulting in total amnesia. Her identity mistaken a new life begins for her, where she will encounter love, adventure and even crime.
- DirectorJ. Henry PipernoStarsJames KenneyMichael BrennanBruce SetonA retired thief plans a diamond heist, but faces trouble when he hires outside help to execute his plan.