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 (1948, Columbia, 93 min.) RARITY!!! Never on VHS or DVD! Brand new 35mm print, struck expressly for Noir City 5, courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. Franchot Tone plays a wisecracking private eye sleuthing his way through a bevy of treacherous dames in this playful homage to Raymond Chandler, written by future TV legend Roy Huggins (77 Sunset Strip, Maverick, The Fugitive) Dir. Sylvan Simon. With Janet Blair, Janis Carter, Adele Jergens,
Glenda Farrell, John Ireland, Raymond Burr. |
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 (1954, Columbia, 88 min.) RARITY!!! Never on VHS or DVD! In this dark thriller, Huggins spins the tale of cop (Fred MacMurray) who risks everything when he falls for a gangster’s moll — gorgeous Kim Novak in her movie debut. Dir. Richard Quine. From the novel by Bill Ballinger. With Philip Carey. 35mm print courtesy of Sony Classics. |
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 (1945, Universal, 103 min.) This definitive noir is one of the greatest films Fritz Lang ever made. Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, and Dan Duryea all excel in this tale of a mid-life crisis that goes tragically wrong. Scr. Dudley Nichols. Presented in an absolutely stunning 35mm archival print courtesy of the Library of Congress. |
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 (1953, United Artists, 77 min.) RARITY!!! Never on VHS or DVD! When a stick of female dynamite (cult favorite Beverly Michaels) steps off the bus in a small town, all hell breaks loose. Richard Egan and Percy Helton are only two of the saps in her thrall. Must be seen to be believed! Written and directed by Russell Rouse. 35mm print courtesy of MGM/UA. |
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 (1955, Allied Artists, 89 min.) John Alton’s incredible camerawork highlights the story of a gangster (Richard Conte) and cop (Cornell Wilde) battling it out for the devotion of a woman who wants neither of them (Jean Wallace). Dir. Joseph H. Lewis. Scr. Philip Yordan. With Earl Holliman and Lee Van Cleef. See it like you’ve never seen it before, in a restored 35mm print courtesy of the Film Foundation and UCLA Film & Television Archive. |
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 (1948, Eagle-Lion, 78 min.) Alton’s finest B&W cinematography elevates to exhilarating heights this entertaining story of a phony psychic (Terhan Bey) preying on a wealthy widow (Lynn Bari) and her impressionable daughter (Cathy O’Donnell). One of the most satisfying “B” films of the era. Dir. Bernard Vorhaus. . Story by Crane Wilbur, Scr. Muriel Bolton & Ian Hunter. New 35mm print courtesy of Sony Classics |
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 (1948, Paramount, 97 min.) RARITY!!! Never on VHS or DVD! A seminal film noir, thought lost, presented in a rediscovered 35mm archival print courtesy of Paramount, especially for NOIR CITY 5. Burt Lancaster plays a Prohibition era rumrunner who leaves prison to find his former partner (Kirk Douglas) now legit, and enjoying the spoils of their criminal enterprise. Can Lizabeth Scott keep his vengeance in check? Dir. Byron Haskin.
Scr. Charles Schnee, from the play
Beggars Are Coming to Town by
Theodore Reeves.
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 (1948, Universal, 79 min.) RARITY!!! Never on VHS or DVD! War profiteering, 1940s style is the backdrop of this British-based noir, in which a Yank (Lancaster) goes on the run after killing a man in a pub. Joan Fontaine is his salvation, Robert Newton his nemesis. Dir. Norman Foster (Woman on the Run). Scr. Leonardo Bercovici, from the novel by Gerald Butler (On Dangerous Ground). Presented in a brand new 35mm print courtesy of Universal. |
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 (1950, Warner Bros., 103 min.) This fantastic film noir fable, a thinly-veiled version of the life story of gangsters’ moll Virginia Hill, is perhaps an even truer depiction of the real Joan Crawford than Mommie Dearest. Right up there with Mildred Pierce as one of Crawford’s finest Warner Bros. melodramas. Dir. Vincent Sherman. Scr. Harold Medford & Jerome Weidman, story by Gertrude Walker. With Steve Cochran, Kent Smith, and veteran Joan-foil David Brian. 35mm print courtesy of Warner Classics. |
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 (1947, Warner Bros., 108 min.) Joan Crawford plays a nurse driven mad when the man she loves (Van Heflin) spurns her advances. This tour de force for Joan, stylishly directed by Curtis Bernhardt, earned her yet another Oscar nomination. With Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks, and a terrific Franz Waxman score. Scr. Silvia Richards and Ranald MacDougall, story by Rita Weiman. 35mm print courtesy of Warner Classics. |
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Fri,
Jan 26
Reception
for Marsha Hunt
6:00
RAW DEAL
7:30
Onstage Interview with Marsha Hunt between films!
KID GLOVE KILLER
10:00 |
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Sat, Jan
27
CRY DANGER
12:30, 3:40, 7:00
Onstage interview with actor Richard Erdman between films!
ABANDONED
2:05, 5:20, 9:00 |
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Sun, Jan
28
99 RIVER STREET
12:45, 4:20, 7:45
HELL'S HALF ACRE
2:30, 6:00, 9:30 |
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Mon, Jan
29
THE THREAT
8:00
ROADBLOCK
9:20
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Tues, Jan
30
FRAMED
7:15
AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD
9:00 |
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Wed, Jan
31
I LOVE TROUBLE
7:30
PUSHOVER
9:30 |
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Thu, Feb 1
SCARLET STREET
7:15
WICKED WOMAN
9:30 |
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Fri, Feb 2
THE BIG COMBO
8:00
THE SPIRITUALIST
10:00
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Sat, Feb
3
I WALK ALONE
1:00, 5:00, 8:40
KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS
3:00, 7:00
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Sun, Feb 4
THE DAMNED DONT CRY
1:00, 5:00, 9:15
POSSESSED
3:00, 7:10
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