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Time to Kill (1942)
, 1h1Directed by Herbert I. Leeds
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Lloyd Nolan, Heather Angel, Doris Merrick, Ralph Byrd, Richard Lane, Sheila Bromley
Un detective demasque des faux-monnayeurs.
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
, 1h18Directed by François Truffaut
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Piano, Erotic thriller films
Actors Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier, Albert Rémy, Jean-Jacques Aslanian
A washed-up classical pianist, Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan (Charles Aznavour), bottoms out after his wife's suicide — stroking the keys in a Parisian dive bar. The waitress, Lena (Marie Dubois), is falling in love with Charlie, who it turns out is not who he says he is. When his brothers get in trouble with gangsters, Charlie inadvertently gets dragged into the chaos and is forced to rejoin the family he once fled.
To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
, 1h49Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about immigration, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about drugs, Transport films
Actors Dick Powell, Signe Hasso, Ludwig Donath, Vladimir Nikolayevich Sokoloff, Edgar Barrier, John Hoyt
In 1935, United States Narcotics Agent Michael Barrows (Powell) is assigned to find an unidentified freighter suspected of smuggling drugs. When he and the Coast Guard spot it along the California coast, they give chase. Barrows watches helplessly through binoculars as the freighter captain has about a hundred chained slave laborers thrown overboard to drown. The ship escapes by passing beyond the 12 mile limit and entering international waters. Horrified by what he has seen, Barrows determines to smash the narcotics ring - traveling "to the ends of the Earth" if need be - without first clearing it with his boss, Commissioner H. J. Anslinger (played by the real Harry J. Anslinger).
Too Many Winners (1947)
, 1h1Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Noir, Crime
Actors Hugh Beaumont, Trudy Marshall, Ralph Dunn, Claire Carleton, Grandon Rhodes, John Hamilton
Le détective privé Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont) se retrouve embarqué dans une affaire de faux billets ayant pour cadre l'hippodrome local. Il fait tour à tour la rencontre du propriétaire du journal local, Gil Madden (Ben Welden ), de la riche Mayme Martin (Claire Carleton), du directeur de la piste John Hardeman (Grandon Rhodes), de l'imprimeur Ben Edwards (Byron Foulger) et d'un tas d'autres personnages et ce sous l'œil du détective Pete Rafferty (Ralph Dunn ) et secondé par sa secrétaire Phyllis Hamilton (Trudy Marshall).
Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)
, 1h34Directed by Jacques Becker, Marc Maurette, Jean Becker, Jean-François Hauduroy
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Lino Ventura, Dora Doll, René Dary, Vittorio Sanipoli
The entire film takes place over the course of three days. Max, a decent and principled gangster, has dinner at Madame Bouche's restaurant, a hangout for criminals, with his longtime associate Riton, their burlesque-dancer girlfriends, and his protege Marco. A newspaper is seen to mention eight bars of stolen gold. The group goes to Pierrot's nightclub, where the girls perform. Max gets Marco a job as a drug dealer working for Pierrot. After the show, Max finds Riton's girlfriend Josy making out with Angelo, another gangster.
The Breaking Point (1950)
, 1h37Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Politic
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Juano Hernández, Phyllis Thaxter, Wallace Ford, Victor Sen Yung
Harry Morgan (John Garfield), is a sport-fishing boat captain whose business is on the skids and whose family is feeling the economic pinch. He begins to work with a shady lawyer, Duncan (Wallace Ford), who persuades him to run illegal immigrants into California. Harry also begins a flirtation with Leona Charles (Patricia Neal). When his plan with Duncan goes wrong, Harry comes even more under the influence of the lawyer, who blackmails him into helping the escape of a gang of crooks, who pull a racetrack heist, by using his fishing boat to get away from authorities. Harry convinces himself that his illegal activities will financially help his family. His wife, Lucy (Phyllis Thaxter), suspects Harry is breaking the law and urges him to stop for the sake of the family. Harry refuses and walks out. As Harry waits for Duncan and the crooks on his boat, Harry's partner, Wesley Park (Juano Hernandez), arrives. Not wanting Wesley around when the crooks arrive, Harry tries to send him on an errand. The crooks arrive before Wesley leaves, and kill him. Harry is horrified, but is forced at gunpoint to transport the crooks out to open sea without drawing the attention of the Coast Guard. Harry also learns that Duncan was killed during the escape from the heist. Wesley's body is dumped overboard along with Harry's only firearm. Harry uses a ploy to access a gun and kills all the crooks in a dramatic shoot out. Harry, however, is critically wounded. Authorities find his boat the next day and tow it to port. Lucy rushes to Harry's side and tries to convince Harry to allow his arm to be amputated to save his life. Harry reaffirms his love for Lucy and is taken to the hospital. In the final scene, Wesley's son, who was briefly introduced earlier in the film, stands alone on the dock looking around for his father.
Whistle Stop (1946)
, 1h25Directed by Léonide Moguy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors George Raft, Ava Gardner, Victor McLaglen, Tom Conway, Jane Nigh, Florence Bates
Away for two years, a woman named Mary (Ava Gardner) returns to her home in a small town (a 'whistle stop'). She attempts to reconcile with Kenny Veech (George Raft), her former romantic interest, but he is jealous and bitter, particularly after she takes up with Veech's mortal enemy, nightclub owner Lew Lentz (Tom Conway).
Hell Drivers (1957)
, 1h48Directed by Cy Endfield
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Trucker films, Road movies
Actors Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins, Patrick McGoohan, David McCallum, Sean Connery
Tom Yately, just released from prison, is determined to start a new life and he gets a job as a driver at Hawletts, a haulage company that transports loads of ballast gravel from a nearby quarry. The truck-drivers are offered bonuses by the agent Cartley for delivering their loads at dangerously high speeds along narrow roads. Tom is accepted by the other drivers except Red, the foreman and head driver and also a violent bully. Tom soon becomes friends with Gino, an Italian driver who is in love with Cartley's secretary Lucy. Red offers a cash bonus to any driver who can make more runs than him and Tom is determined to try.
Night Train (2007)
, 1h34Directed by Diao Yi'nan
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Films about capital punishment
The film follows a young woman, Wu Hongyan (Liu Dan), who works as a prison guard who aids in the execution of female prisoners. Lonely and widowed, Wu finds herself taking the night train to a dating service in a neighboring city.
City That Never Sleeps (1953)
, 1h30Directed by John H. Auer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Edward Arnold, Chill Wills, Marie Windsor
Johnny Kelly (Gig Young) is a Chicago cop from a long line of police officers. He's grown tired of the job and his married life. Haunted by echoes of his mother-in-law's scolding voice, he plans on leaving his wife Kathy (Paula Raymond) for exotic dancer Sally "Angel Face" Connors (Mala Powers), but Sally is getting tired of waiting for him. Also in love with her is a club entertainer, Gregg, who mimics a mechanical man in his act.
Framed (1947)
, 1h22Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan, Edgar Buchanan, Karen Morley, Art Smith
Mike Lambert takes to driving a truck when he falls on hard times. When the brakes stop working while driving through a small town, he runs into the car of Jeff Cunningham and is arrested. A total stranger, barmaid Paula Craig (Janis Carter), pays his bail, and Mike is quickly drawn into a criminal plot devised by the seductive femme fatale.
Three Strangers (1946)
, 1h32Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre, Alan Napier, Joan Lorring, Robert Shayne
Crystal Shackleford (Geraldine Fitzgerald) lures two strangers, solicitor Jerome K. Arbutny (Sydney Greenstreet) and charming and erudite drunkard Johnny West (Peter Lorre) to her London flat on Chinese New Year in 1938 because of her belief that if three strangers make the same wish to an idol of Kwan Yin, Chinese goddess of fortune and destiny, the wish will be granted. Since money will make their dreams come true, the three go in on a sweepstakes ticket for the Grand National horse race together and agree that they will not sell the ticket if it is chosen, but will hold on to it until the race is run. Shackleford would use the money to try to win her estranged husband back, Arbutny to smooth the way for his selection to the prestigious Barrister's Club, and Johnny to buy a bar and live in it.
Three Days and a Life (2019)
, 2hDirected by Nicolas Boukhrief
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Sandrine Bonnaire, Charles Berling, Philippe Torreton, Margot Bancilhon, Dimitri Storoge, Arben Bajraktaraj
En 1999, à Olloy, dans les Ardennes belges, un enfant disparaît. Tout le monde dans le village se met alors à suspecter son voisin de la disparition. Ce sera sans compter sur un événement inattendu et dévastateur qui va tout chambouler.
This Gun for Hire (1942)
, 1h20Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Marc Lawrence, Tully Marshall
In wartime San Francisco, chemist and blackmailer Albert Baker (Frank Ferguson) is killed by hit man Philip Raven (Alan Ladd), who recovers a stolen chemical formula. Raven is double-crossed by his employer, Willard Gates (Laird Cregar), who pays him with marked bills and reports them to the Los Angeles Police Department as stolen from his company, Nitro Chemical. Raven learns of the set up and decides to get revenge. LAPD detective lieutenant Michael Crane (Robert Preston), who is vacationing in San Francisco to visit his girlfriend, nightclub singer Ellen Graham (Veronica Lake), is immediately assigned the case. He goes after Raven, but the assassin eludes him.
Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
, 1h8Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Noir, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles
Actors Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford, Jane Greer, Richard Lane, Lester Matthews, Roland Drew
An amnesiac, "Step" Allison (Tom Conway), accused of murder searches for the truth with the help of a cabbie, Patty Mitchell (Ann Rutherford). The story is essentially a remake of Two in the Dark (1936).