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Sharing a few more striking RIDE THE PINK HORSE shots that I couldn't help but screencap (before I clean my noir-littered desktop)

Pila one of the clearest "more heroic than the hero" women in noir. ❤️ Viva Wanda Hendrix! #FilmNoirClub

Thank you for hosting! My first and certainly not my last #FilmNoirClub watch party. (And NIGHTFALL is a favorite I gotta revisit soon!)

Pila's reaction to Hugo's speech is so powerful. Thank goodness Gagin can borrow some decency from her. #FilmNoirClub

Fun behind-the-scenes picture for RIDE THE PINK HORSE that I found in an issue of Screenland: Thomas Gomez, producer Joan Harrison, and Wanda Hendrix celebrate Robert Montgomery's birthday on set. #FilmNoirClub

A perfectly framed, perfectly timed shot. Just as the baddie is about to nab our antihero, Pila picks up the bottle... #FilmNoirClub

RIDE THE PINK HORSE feels like a missing link between THE STRANGER and TOUCH OF EVIL, all of which cinematographer Russell Metty worked on. #FilmNoirClub

It’s uniqueness. I like the way it delves into the clash of cultures so insightfully and as it goes along our allegiance shifts to the locals, especially Pila. #FilmNoirClub

Russell Metty ftw here #FilmNoirClub

“They're dead fish with a lot of perfume on ‘em. You touch them, and you always get stung.”

Henceforth, my response when anyone asks me to define “femme fatale.” 😅 #FilmNoirClub #RideThePinkHorse

According to Weston East, Orson Welles was so impressed by Wanda Hendrix's performance in RIDE THE PINK HORSE that he sent a message of praise after a preview screening.

They'd act together in the entertaining period drama PRINCE OF FOXES (1949), which is worth seeking out! #FilmNoirClub

If you want to learn more about Joan Harrison ~ I recommend this book by Christina Lane...

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Gomez is also hauntingly creepy as a Nazi agent who recounts a wild delusions-of-grandeur dream about being a knight in armor in SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE VOICE OF TERROR. #FilmNoirClub

In New York City a stylish shed like this goes for $3K/ month. And the stick is extra. #RideThePinkHorse #FilmNoirClub

She was amazing! My all-time favorite femme fatale, and I love that we have Joan Harrison to thank for dyeing her hair and rebranding her from total vamp roles.

Something I appreciate about RIDE THE PINK HORSE is that even though Lucky drives the story, it's very clear he's an intruder, a disruptive presence. We get a sense of how he's seen. He's frustrating and weird to people who live here, saved from conflict only by Pancho's diplomacy. #FilmNoirClub

(Gotta mention that the other movie Harrison is listed for here, THEY WON'T BELIEVE ME, is also an excellent noir!)

Thank you! That's very kind! I don't write as much as I used to. Need to get back into the habit.

Aw, thanks! So glad to be tweeting—er, posting with you again! Now that you mention it, I might have a pitch or two up my sleeve...

Find the lady: RIDE THE PINK HORSE producer Joan Harrison is the only woman in this spread of Unit Producers from the 1948 Box Office Digest Annual. #FilmNoirClub

It's been a while since I've seen RIDE THE PINK HORSE. Excited to revisit this one. #FilmNoirClub

Wear your Ride the Pink Horse print blouse if you got one! 🤩
This is from a 1948 Modern Screen fashion layout and I really, really wish I could still buy one for $5.95 (or at any price tbh). #FilmNoirClub

Words to live by! Thank you for a noir-tastic #driveinmob!

Thank you! Always love the Februmurderary programming!

Hey, now, I think I'm a pretty good judge of— oh, you mean our heroine! 😂😂😂

Ah, the 1950s when the airports were just casually piping Wagner's Liebestod into the café! #driveinmob

Richard Erdman feels kinda superfluous to me in THE BLUE GARDENIA, but he's hilarious and occasionally poignant playing a similar boozy smart aleck sidekick role in CRY DANGER. Highly recommended noir! #driveinmob

It cracks me up that they gave Conte a little backstory spiel to explain why he's so darn Italian with that name. (Irish-American dad, Italian war bride mom.) #driveinmob

"Hey Mallet-heads, this is Sally here with a spicy review of My Knife Is Bloody..."

Kids, before true crime podcasts, you just had to listen to your bloodthirsty gal pal read ya the paper... #driveinmob