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Laura (1944) | Still the greatest noir of them all!

Nominated for four Oscars and winning one, this is the ultimate noir. Dark and mysterious, stylishly wicked and enticingly captivating, 1944’s Laura is a glamorous murder mystery and a tangled Continue Reading

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Posted On : 15th January 2019 Published By : The Curator
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His Kind of Woman (1951) | The drinks are on Vincent Price in the classic film noir satire

THIS PLACE IS DANGEROUS. THE TIME RIGHT DEADLY. THE DRINKS ARE ON ME! Professional gambler Dan Milner (Robert Mitchum) gets embroiled in an elaborate scheme to get deported gangland boss Continue Reading

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Posted On : 22nd August 2017 Published By : The Curator
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The Web (1947) | It’s a double-cross – a triple murder, with kisses for me!

When self-confident attorney Bob Regan (Edmond O’Brien) is hired as a bodyguard to wealthy industrialist Andrew Colby (Vincent Price), he kills a mysterious intruder (Fritz Leiber Sr) on his first Continue Reading

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Posted On : 25th May 2017 Published By : The Curator
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Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982) | When Steve Martin crossed Vincent Price

Rigby Reardon (Steve Martin) is the quintessential private eye. A student of Philip Marlowe, the laconic gumshoe is hired by Juliet Forrest (played suprisingly well by Rachel Ward) to investigate Continue Reading

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Posted On : 15th April 2017 Published By : The Curator
The Bribe (1949)
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The Bribe (1949) | Did you know Vincent Price’s pyrotechnic film noir became a Steve Martin spoof?

Being a master of light-hearted musicals and comedies for MGM throughout the 1930s, director Robert Leonard was a bizarre choice for the studio’s 1949 thriller The Bribe, which Carl Reiner’s Continue Reading

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Posted On : 3rd February 2017 Published By : The Curator
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The Las Vegas Story (1952) | A RKO noir classic

1952’s The Las Vegas Story is a minor RKO gem starring Jane Russell as a singer returning to Vegas with her gambler husband (Vincent Price), and picking up with her Continue Reading

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Posted On : 25th November 2016 Published By : The Curator

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