Only the River Flows
When dead bodies start washing up on the riverbank, a police detective (Zhu Yilong) loses sight of whether he is solving a case or abetting a cover-up, like a Chinese […]
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Scarlet Street
Kitty (Joan Bennett) and her dodgy boyfriend (Dan Duryea) see an opportunity to cash in when cashier Chris Cross (Edward G. Robinson) takes a fancy to her. A frustrated artist, […]
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
A detective (Bob Hoskins) with a long-held grudge against cartoons, gets drawn into Toontown when popular actor Roger Rabbit (Charles Fleischer), who stars as himself in cartoon serials, is set […]
Don’t Bother to Knock
Set in a New York hotel with so much crime it needs an in-house detective, Don’t Bother to Knock follows Nell (Marilyn Monroe) who’s babysitting for the well-to-do Joneses (Lurene […]
Jazz Odyssey: Odds Against Tomorrow
Three desperate New Yorkers (Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan and Ed Begley) plan a bank job in Robert Wise’s 1959 film noir. If you’re wondering what this heist movie is doing […]
Quiz Call: The Third Man
And so as we reach the end of our foray into the world of Quiz Call answers, we end as we began, with a film noir and a ‘Movie with […]
Touch of Evil
Orson Welles shot A Touch of Evil in a matter of weeks, but after he wrapped the studio hired a new director for extensive re-shoots, worried about the film’s content. […]
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