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x I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932 Mervyn LeRoy
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a pre-Code 1932 crime/drama film in which Paul Muni stars as a wrongfully convicted convict on a chain gang who escapes to Chicago. The film was written by Howard J. Green and Brown Holmes from Robert Elliott...
x The Beast of the City Beastofthecitymp 1932 Charles Brabin
The Beast of the City is a 1932 pre-Code gangster movie featuring cops as vigilantes – predating Dirty Harry by almost 40 years – and known for its singularly vicious ending. Written by W.R. Burnett, Ben Hecht (uncredited), and John Lee Mahin, and...
x Midnight Midnight 1934  
Midnight is a 1934 film noir directed by Chester Erskine and starring Sidney Fox, O.P. Heggie, Henry Hull, Margaret Wycherly, and Humphrey Bogart. The film was re-released as Call It Murder after Bogart became a movie star. His credit was enlarged...
x Hide-Out   1934 Woody Van Dyke
Hide-Out is a 1934 comedy film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Robert Montgomery and Maureen O'Sullivan. It also features a young Mickey Rooney. A womanizing racketeer (Montgomery) is wounded by police and hides out in a farmhouse, where he...
x The Scoundrel   1935 Charles MacArthur
The Scoundrel (1935) is a drama film directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, and starring Noel Coward, Julie Haydon, Stanley Ridges, and Lionel Stander. It was Coward's film debut, aside from a bit role in a silent film. It deals with...
Ben Hecht
x The Glass Key /wikipedia/images/en_id/2704640 Jun 15, 1935 Stuart Heisler
The Glass Key is the first of two film adaptations of the classic suspense novel The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett. The film was released in 1935 featuring George Raft, Edward Arnold and Claire Dodd, and directed by Frank Tuttle. The film was remade...
Frank Tuttle
x Fury Fury 1936 Fritz Lang
Fury is a 1936 drama film which tells the story of an innocent man who narrowly escapes being lynched and the revenge he seeks. Directed by Fritz Lang, the film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and stars Spencer Tracy and Sylvia Sidney and...
x The Petrified Forest The Petrified Forest Feb 6, 1936 Archie Mayo
The Petrified Forest is a 1936 American film. A predecessor to film noir, it is adapted from Robert E. Sherwood's 1935 play of the same name. The screenplay is by Delmer Daves and Charles Kenyon; it stars Leslie Howard as Alan Squier, Bette Davis as...
x You Only Live Once You Only Live Once 1937 Fritz Lang
You Only Live Once is a 1937 crime drama film starring Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda. Considered an early film noir, the film was the second directed by Fritz Lang in America. At least 15 minutes were trimmed from the original 100-minute version of...
x Sergeant Madden   1939 Josef von Sternberg
Sergeant Madden is a 1939 film noir forerunner directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Wallace Beery. The supporting cast in this dark police movie, noted for its imaginative and evocative cinematography, includes Laraine Day, Alan Curtis, and...
x Disbarred   1939 Robert Florey
Disbarred is a 1939 film about a crooked lawyer starring Gail Patrick and Robert Preston. The supporting cast includes Otto Kruger and Sidney Toler and the movie was directed by film noir specialist Robert Florey.
x Stranger on the Third Floor Stranger on the Third Floor Aug 16, 1940 Boris Ingster
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) is a film noir thriller, featuring Peter Lorre, co-written by Nathaniel West, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The picture was directed by Boris Ingster. It is often referred to as the first "true" film noir of...
x The Letter The Letter Nov 22, 1940 William Wyler
The Letter is a 1940 American film noir directed by William Wyler. The screenplay by Howard Koch is based on the 1927 play of the same name by W. Somerset Maugham, originally filmed in 1929. On a moonlit night in the opening scene, Leslie Crosbie ...
x Suspicion Suspicion 1941 Alfred Hitchcock
Suspicion (1941) is a romantic psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine as a married couple. It also stars Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, Isabel Jeans and Heather Angel. It is...
x High Sierra High Sierra 1941 Raoul Walsh
High Sierra (1941) is an early heist film and film noir written by W.R. Burnett and John Huston from the novel by Burnett. The movie features Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart and was directed by Raoul Walsh on location at Whitney Portal, halfway up...
x I Wake Up Screaming I Wake Up Screaming 1941 H. Bruce Humberstone
I Wake Up Screaming (1941) is a black-and-white suspense film starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature, and Carole Landis. The film is an early example of the film noir style. It is based on the novel with the same title by Steve Fisher, with a...
x The Maltese Falcon The Maltese Falcon is a classic black-and-white era detective film 1941 John Huston
The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 American Warner Bros. film based on novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. Written and directed by John Huston, the movie stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade, Mary Astor as his femme fatale...
x The Monster and the Girl The monster and the girl poster Feb 28, 1941 Stuart Heisler
The Monster and the Girl (1941) is a science fiction/horror black and white film released by Paramount Pictures, on a low budget. A gangster named Scot Webster (Philip Terry) attempts to save his sister, Susan (Ellen Drew) from the clutches of rival...
x Out of the Fog   Jun 14, 1941 Anatole Litvak
Out of the Fog is a 1941 film noir starring John Garfield, Ida Lupino and Thomas Mitchell. A gangster falls in love with the daughter of one of the fisherman from whom he extorts "protection" money. The film was based on the play Gentle People by...
x The Shanghai Gesture The Shanghai Gesture Dec 25, 1941 Josef von Sternberg
The Shanghai Gesture (1941) is a United Artists film noir motion picture starring Gene Tierney and Walter Huston, with Victor Mature and Ona Munson. It was adapted for the screen by Josef von Sternberg, based on the play by John Colton, produced by...
x Cat People Cat People 1942 Jacques Tourneur
Cat People is a 1942 horror film produced by Val Lewton and directed by Jacques Tourneur. The writing is credited to DeWitt Bodeen, but Tourneur, composer Roy Webb, Lewton and his secretary all contributed to the script. The cinematographer was...
x Johnny Eager Johnny Eager 1942 1942 Mervyn LeRoy
Johnny Eager is a 1942 film noir starring Robert Taylor and Lana Turner. Van Heflin won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The film is featured in the comedy spoof Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982).
x This Gun for Hire This Gun for Hire May 13, 1942 Frank Tuttle
This Gun for Hire (1942) is a crime drama film noir, directed by Frank Tuttle and based on the novel A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene. The drama features Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, among others. A hit man, called Raven ...
x Street of Chance Street of Chance movie poster Oct 3, 1942 Jack Hively
Street of Chance is a 1942 film starring Burgess Meredith as a man who finds he's been suffering from amnesia and Claire Trevor as a woman who protects him from the police, who suspect him of murder. The story was based on Cornell Woolrich's novel...
x The Glass Key /wikipedia/images/en_id/2704640 Oct 14, 1942 Stuart Heisler
The Glass Key is the second and better known film noir adaptation of the classic suspense novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett, released a mere seven years after the first. This remake features Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, and Alan Ladd, who...
x Shadow of a Doubt Shadow of a Doubt 1943 Alfred Hitchcock
Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson and Alma Reville. It stars Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, MacDonald Carey, Patricia Collinge, Henry Travers and Hume Cronyn. Shadow of a...
x Ossessione Ossessione 1943 Luchino Visconti
Ossessione (Obsession) is a 1943 film based on the novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain. Luchino Visconti’s first feature film, it is considered by many to be the first Italian neorealist film, though there is some debate about...
x The Seventh Victim The Seventh Victim 1943 Mark Robson
The Seventh Victim (1943) is a horror film noir starring Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, Kim Hunter (in her first film), and Hugh Beaumont, directed by Mark Robson, and produced by noted film producer Val Lewton for RKO Radio Pictures. Mary,...
x Le Corbeau Le Corbeau 1943 Henri-Georges Clouzot
Le Corbeau (French for: The Raven) is a 1943 French language film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. The film was notable for causing serious trouble to its director after World War II because it had been produced by Continental Films, a German...
x Journey Into Fear Journeyintofear Feb 12, 1943 Norman Foster
Journey Into Fear is a well-known 1940 spy thriller novel by Eric Ambler. Film adaptations were released in 1943 and 1975. The first part of the novel focuses on Colonel Haki, the dour but basically likable head of Turkish Security, who already made...
x Double Indemnity Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder
Double Indemnity (1944) is an American film noir directed by Billy Wilder. It starred Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson and was based on James M. Cain's 1935 novella of the same title, adapted for film by Wilder and Raymond...
x Laura Laura 1944 Otto Preminger
Laura is a 1944 American film noir directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Elizabeth Reinhardt is based on the 1943 novel of the same title by Vera Caspary. In 1999, Laura was selected for preservation in...
x The Whistler Whistlerkiro 1944 William Castle
The Whistler is one of American radio's most popular mystery dramas, with a 13-year run from May 16, 1942 until September 22, 1955.The Whistler was the most popular West Coast-originated program with its listeners for many years. It was sponsored by...
x Murder, My Sweet Murder, My Sweet 1944 Edward Dmytryk
Murder, My Sweet (1944) is a film noir directed by Edward Dmytryk, and starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, and Anne Shirley. The film was originally released in the United Kingdom under the title Farewell, My Lovely, which is the title of the 1940...
x Gaslight Gaslight 1944 George Cukor
Gaslight is a 1944 mystery-thriller film adapted from Patrick Hamilton's play Angel Street. It was the second version to be filmed; the first, released in Great Britain, had been made a mere four years earlier. This 1944 version of the story was...
x When Strangers Marry When Strangers Marry movie poster 1944 William Castle
When Strangers Marry is a 1944 suspense film directed by William Castle. The film, re-released under the title Betrayed, was called "the finest B-picture ever made" by film historian Don Miller. A naive woman comes to New York City to meet her...
x Besættelse Besættelse 1944 Bodil Ipsen
Besættelse (English: Possession) is a 1944 Danish film noir directed by Bodil Ipsen and starring Johannes Meyer and Berthe Qvistgaard. Based upon a novel by Hans Severensen, the film is a dark psychological drama about an aging businessman whose...
x Phantom Lady Phantom Lady Feb 17, 1944 Robert Siodmak
Phantom Lady (1944) is a black-and-white film noir directed by Robert Siodmak, his first Hollywood noir. It was also a first for producer Joan Harrison, Universal Pictures' first female executive and Hitchcock's former screenwriter. The film was...
x Christmas Holiday Christmas Holiday Jun 7, 1944 Robert Siodmak
Christmas Holiday is a 1944 drama directed by Robert Siodmak. The black-and-white film noir is loosely based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. Producer Felix Jackson chose this project as a dramatic vehicle for Deanna Durbin. The screenplay was...
x The Mask of Dimitrios The Mask of Dimitrios Jun 23, 1944 Jean Negulesco
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) is a American film noir directed by Jean Negulesco and written by Frank Gruber, based on the 1939 novel of the same name written by Eric Ambler (in America the novel was titled A Coffin for Dimitrios). Ambler is known as...
x Ministry of Fear Ministry of Fear Oct 16, 1944 Fritz Lang
Ministry of Fear is a 1944 film noir directed by Fritz Lang based on the novel The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene. The film tells the story of a man just released from a mental asylum who finds himself caught up in an international spy ring in...
x Dark Waters Darkwaters1944 Nov 21, 1944 André De Toth
Dark Waters is a 1944 film noir based on the novel of the same name by Francis and Marian Cockrell. It was directed by André De Toth and starred Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone and Thomas Mitchell. A shaken survivor of a ship sunk by a submarine travels...
x The Suspect The Suspect (Movie Poster) Dec 1944 Robert Siodmak
The Suspect is a 1944 film noir set in Victorian times. It is based on the novel This Way Out, by James Ronald. Directed by Robert Siodmak and released by Universal Pictures, it tells the story of Philip Marshall (Charles Laughton), a kind but...
x Experiment Perilous Experiment Perilous Dec 18, 1944 Jacques Tourneur
Experiment Perilous is a 1944 melodrama/film noir set at the turn of the century. The film is based on a novel by Margaret Carpenter and directed by Jacques Tourneur. The film is reminiscent of many movie melodramas, in particular Gaslight, made in...
x The Lost Weekend The Lost Weekend 1945 Billy Wilder
The Lost Weekend is a 1945 dramatic film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. The film was based on a novel of the same title by Charles R. Jackson about a writer who drinks heavily out of frustration over the accusation...
x Detour Ann Savage and Tom Neal in Detour (1945) 1945 Edgar G. Ulmer
Detour (1945) is a film noir cult classic that stars Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake and Edmund MacDonald. The movie was adapted by Martin Goldsmith and Martin Mooney (uncredited) from Goldsmith's novel and was directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. The 68...
x Spellbound Spellbound 1945 Alfred Hitchcock
Spellbound is a psychological mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1945. It tells the story of the new head of a mental asylum who turns out not to be what he claims. The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov and...
x Scarlet Street Scarlet Street 1945 Fritz Lang
Scarlet Street (1945), directed by Fritz Lang, is a film noir based on the French novel La Chienne (The Bitch) by Georges de La Fouchardière, that previously had been dramatized on stage by André Mouëzy-Éon, and cinematically as La Chienne (1931) by...
x Lady on a Train DVD release of Lady on a Train 1945  
Lady on a Train is a 1945 black-and-white comedy shot in film noir style. The film, starring Deanna Durbin, was directed by Durbin's future third husband Charles David. The film's music score was by Miklós Rózsa. Durbin sings the standards "Silent...
x The Great Flamarion The Great Flamarion VCI video release 1945 Anthony Mann
The Great Flamarion is a 1945 American black and white film noir directed by Anthony Mann. The film, like many film noirs, is shot in flashback. The film was produced by Republic Pictures. The Great Flamarion (Stroheim) is an arrogant, friendless,...
x Mildred Pierce Mildred Pierce 1945 Michael Curtiz
Mildred Pierce (1945) is a Warner Bros. feature film starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, and Eve Arden in a noir-ish tale about a long-suffering mother and her ungrateful daughter. The screenplay by Ranald MacDougall,...
x The Woman in the Window The Woman in the Window Jan 26, 1945 Fritz Lang
The Woman in the Window (1944), is a film noir directed by Fritz Lang that tells the story of psychology professor Richard Wanley (Edward G. Robinson) who meets and becomes enamored with a young femme fatale. Based on J. H. Wallis' novel Once Off...
x Hangover Square Hangover Square Feb 7, 1945 John Brahm
Hangover Square (1945) is a film noir directed by John Brahm, based on the novel Hangover Square (1941) by Patrick Hamilton. The screenplay was written by Barré Lyndon who made a number of changes to the novel, including the transformation of George...
x Conflict Conflict 1945 movie poster Jun 15, 1945 Curtis Bernhardt
Conflict (1945) is a black-and-white suspense film made by Warner Brothers. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt, produced by William Jacobs with Jack L. Warner as executive producer from a screenplay by Arthur T. Horman and Dwight Taylor, based on...
x The House on 92nd Street The House on 92nd Street Sep 10, 1945 Henry Hathaway
The House on 92nd Street is a 1945 black-and-white film in the film noir genre. The movie (unlike its follow up, The Street with No Name) was shot mainly in New York City. The film was directed by Henry Hathaway and won screenwriter Charles G. Booth...
x Fallen Angel Fallen Angel Oct 26, 1945 Otto Preminger
Fallen Angel is a 1945 black-and-white film noir directed by Otto Preminger, with cinematography by Joseph LaShelle, who also worked with Preminger on the film Laura a year before. The film features Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Charles...
x And Then There Were None And Then There Were None Oct 31, 1945 René Clair
And Then There Were None (1945), directed by René Clair, is one of several film adaptations of Agatha Christie's best-selling mystery novel And Then There Were None concerning several people summoned to an island retreat by a mysterious stranger,...
x My Name is Julia Ross My Name is Julia Ross Nov 8, 1945 Joseph H. Lewis
My Name is Julia Ross (1945) is a film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis, based on the novel The Woman in Red by Anthony Gilbert. This drama is the first in a series of film noirs directed by Lewis and features Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, George...
x Danger Signal   Nov 21, 1945 Robert Florey
Danger Signal is a 1945 film noir starring Faye Emerson and Zachary Scott. A woman suspects her new boyfriend is not what he seems. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Phyllis Bottome.
x Leave Her to Heaven Leave Her to Heaven Dec 19, 1945 John M. Stahl
Leave Her to Heaven is a 1945 20th Century Fox Technicolor film noir motion picture starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, with Vincent Price, Darryl Hickman, and Chill Wills. It was adapted for the screen by Jo Swerling, based on the...
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