Mystery Course Syllabi

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Noir films online, the Public Domain Review.

Sterling Hayden in
Suddenly (1954)
The Public Domain Review features the following films that include some noir:

Five Minutes to Live (1961): Johnny Cash is involved in a bank job; also features Ron Howard, Merle Travis, and Vic Tayback.

The Lodger (1927). Early film by Alfred Hitchcock of Marie Belloc Lowndes's work about a suspected Jack the Ripper.

Quicksand (1950): Mickey Rooney and Peter Lorre in a tale of theft that goes sour.

Scarlet Street (1945): In this Fritz Lang film, con artists Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea set their sights on cashier Edward G. Robinson.

Suddenly (1954): Frank Sinatra, hired to assassinate the president, takes a family hostage. Also stars Sterling Hayden as a sheriff.

(Hat tip to PhiloBiblos)

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