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French diplomat David Talbot (William Powell) is accused by one of running out on a debt. Another says that he's a thief and a killer. Trouble is, a train accident left Talbot with amnesia, and he's not sure that he isn't guilty of those crimes. "Crossroads" (1942) #filmnoir

Eddie Willis (Humphrey Bogart) becomes a press agent for boxing promoter Nick Benko (Rod Steiger ) and discovers the ugly side of the fight game. Benko promotes boxer Toro Moreno (Mike Lane) all the while playing him for a chump. "The Harder They Fall" (1956) #filmnoir

Veteran Det. Lt. Dan Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) and his green partner Det. Jimmy Halloran (Don Taylor) investigate the murder of a former model. Along the way they discover a swindler and a rash of jewel thefts that may be behind the killing. “Naked City” (1948) #filmnoir

Drifter Eric Stanton (Dana Andrews) falls for sultry waitress Stella (Linda Darnell), but he needs moolah to win her affection. He marries a naive heiress, aiming to grab some cash and divorce her. But other players get in the way. "Fallen Angel" (1945) #filmnoir

Whitney "Cam" Cameron's (Joseph Cotten) niece dies under strange circumstances and Cam begins to look with suspicion at his sister-in-law Lynne (Jean Peters) and fear for his nephew's life. But is he just imagining things? "A Blueprint for Murder" (1953) #filmnoir

Recuperating photographer L. B. "Jeff" Jefferies (James Stewart) has nothing to do but watch his neighbors across the courtyard as his leg mends. He notices odd things occurring in Lars Thorwald's (Raymond Burr) apartment. Sinister things. "Rear Window" (1954) #Hitchcock

Tormented Danny Hawkins (Dane Clark) is the son of a murderer who was hanged. Bullied his entire life, Danny is harassed as an adult by Jerry Sykes (Lloyd Bridges). The two finally fight and Danny lands in more trouble than he could have imagined. "Moonrise" (1948) #filmnoir

Vacationing Dr. Ben McKenna (James Stewart) and family are traveling from Casablanca to Marrakesh when a shocking chain of events unfolds. There's a deadly plot afoot and the McKennas have wandered directly into it. "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956) #thriller #noir

New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael called
"Dirty Harry" (1971) "fascist," and she may have had a point. But more than 50 years on, this tale of a city paralyzed with terror by the crazed machinations of a serial killer is still undeniably suspenseful and thrill packed. #neonoir

Newly promoted homicide detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) is humiliated when his handgun is stolen. He partners with veteran detective Sato (Takashi Shimura) to find the weapon before its new owner can wreak havoc on innocent victims. "Stray Dog" (1949) #filmnoir

"All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun." Maybe Jean-Luc Godard wan't the first to utter that maxim, but he took it to heart in shooting "Breathless" (1960). Its nervous, choppy editing, wry comments on post-war France, and on film itself, make it a landmark. #filmnoir

Newsman Charlie Riggs (Myron McCormick) believes that a murder made to look like a suicide is connected to a white neo-fascist group called the Crusaders. Assistant D.A. Howard Malloy (Franchot Tone) investigates and finds a tangled web of treachery. "Jigsaw" (1949) #filmnoir

‘Pale Flower’: Gambling dens, yakuza and a mysterious woman who lives on the edge Masahiro Shinoda’s “Pale Flower” isn’t your typical yakuza picture. It's more akin to European New Wave films of the 1950s and 1960s.

Mariko Kaga, "Pale Flower" (1964).
An alluring beauty with dangerous obsessions captivates a gangster’s imagination. #filmnoir #neonoir
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Rebellious cop Mike Carter (Lawrence
Tierney) socks his boss and quits the force. He gets roped into a private job protecting a rich widow, but almost nothing about this charade is on the level. Smells like a fix and Carter's going to be the pigeon. "Bodyguard" (1948) #filmnoir

Judge Calvin Cooke (Fredric March) takes a hard line against criminals, but his daughter's beau, Atty. David Douglas (Edmond O'Brien), tries to temper the older man's stern views. Then a family incident puts the judge's beliefs to the test. "An Act of Murder " (1948) #FilmNoir

Longtime bank employee Jim Osborne (Joseph Cotten) gets the itch to grab a bundle and go where the feds can't touch him. But as he makes his getaway can he bring his wife and daughter along without arousing suspicion? Danger follows each step. "The Steel Trap" (1952) #filmnoir

It's tough for Treasury Agent Frank Warren (Glenn Ford) to bust up the mob when witnesses are terrified and informants turn up dead. But who can he turn to for information that will help bring down the head racketeer for tax evasion? "The Undercover Man" (1949) #FilmNoir

Stickup man Nick Robey (John Garfield) fumbles a robbery and a dragnet is out. He meets bakery worker Peg Dobbs (Shelley Winters) who brings him to her family's home. But the romance sours when he takes them all hostage and plans an escape. "He Ran All the Way" (1951) #filmnoir

Lt. Duke Halliday (Robert Mitchum) isn't sure who to trust after a fat payroll is pried loose from his grasp. Joan Graham (Jane Greer) chases the same mug as Halliday, whose boss, Capt. Vincent Blake (William Bendix), joins in the fray. "The Big Steal" (1949). #filmnoir

Café owner Danny Haley (Charlton Heston) wrangles an out-of-towner into a card game. Haley and his buds fleece the sucker, but things go downhill fast. Soon, the card sharks are in the hot seat for something other than their crooked gaming operation. "Dark City" (1950) #filmnoir

Ex-detective Johnny Blake (Edward G.
Robinson) infiltrates the mob run by Al Kruger (Barton MacLane) and moves up in the organization. But gangster Nick "Bugs" Fenner (Humphrey Bogart) doesn't trust Blake, and soon the two will clash. "Bullets or Ballots" (1936). #gangsterfilm

Truck driver Joe Fabrini (George Raft) rebuffs the advances of Lana Carlsen (Ida Lupino), who is married to a trucking company owner. But Lana is not dissuaded and will go to shocking lengths to get what she wants. Humphrey Bogart co-stars. "They Drive by Night" (1940) #filmnoir

Bar girl Mary Dwight Strauber (Bette Davis) entices customers to gamble at a gaudy nightclub. When one punter gets in over his head, club owner Johnny Vanning (Eduardo Ciannelli) takes action. Then D.A. David Graham (Humphrey Bogart) steps in. "Marked Woman" (1937) #filmnoir

Ex-con Bill Clark (Steve Cochran) has hardly tasted freedom before he and dance hall girl Cathy Higgins (Ruth Roman) are on the run. In "Tomorrow is Another Day" (1951), she's got a secret that may get her off the hook. Too bad Bill will have to face the music. #filmnoir

‘The Killers’: A much loved noir that’s the spitting image of another American classic Some say “The Killers” is the “Citizen Kane” of noir, but how could two such different films be compared with one another?

Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, ‘The Killers’ (1946). A noir about a washed up prizefighter is strikingly similar to another American classic, even if the two stories could hardly be more different. It’s all in the telling. #filmnoir
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Women are being murdered in London's Whitechapel district and singer Kitty Langley (Merle Oberon) may be the next victim. Inspector John Warwick (George Sanders) looks at Mr. Slade (Laird Cregar), a tenant in a family's London home, with suspicion. "The Lodger" (1944) #filmnoir

Rogue cop Lt. Barney Nolan (Edmond O'Brien) wants nothing more than a home in the suburbs with his bride to be. But the measures he'll take to fulfill his goal include robbery and cold-blooded killing. The American dream never seemed dirtier. "Shield for Murder" (1954) #filmnoir

American Sandra Carpenter (Lucille Ball) helps Scotland Yard hunt for a London serial killer who seems to have an affinity for 19th-century French poet Charles Baudelaire, in "Lured" (1947). The film's a remake of Robert Siodmak's thriller "Pièges" (1939). #filmnoir

As delinquent psychopaths go, Tommy Udo (Richard Widmark) is the unabashed supreme leader in his field. Maniacal laugh? Got it. Unbridled cruelty to the infirm? You know it. It's a bone-rattling performance that elevates "Kiss of Death" (1947) to dizzying heights. #filmnoir

Alongside Alan Ladd in “This Gun For Hire.”