Archive for the 'Film Noir' Category
Stranger
Film Noir| No Comments »This picture falls into a category that we made up at the store. It is called tawdry noir.
This picture is the epitome of tawdry noir. It is also a great movie and was a regular on the screen at Movie Place.
The story follows three kids and the paths they take. Young, orphaned and wealthy, […]
Desperate
Film Noir| No Comments »The picture stars Fredric March (in a role originally intended for Spencer Tracy) as a not such a pushover middleaged uppermiddle class business man who’s home is invaded and family held hostage by a gang of escaped convicts. Humprey Bogart in a role originated by Paul Newman on Broadway shines in his last tough guy […]
Underworld
Film Noir| No Comments »This was a big favorite at Movie Place and was on the screen quite a bit. Nothing better than a revenge on the mob picture. Teenaged Tolly Devlin sees four gangsters beat his father to death. He saw who did it but clams up when questioned by the police. He ain’t seen […]
Odds
Film Noir| No Comments »Former cop David Burke (Ed Begley) lives in a rundown hotel in Harlem (143rd and Riverside to be exact).� He is looking to hire two men to assist in a fool proof perfect crime nobody gets hurt bank robbery.� Earl Slater (Robert Ryan) is a bitter white ex con, married with a girlfriend […]
The
Film Noir| No Comments »I know that this is a long post but I do not want to cut it. Back in the mid late 1980’s when I first began working at Movie Place,we had a customer who knew of my longtime obsession with Robert Mitchum. Nothing wrong with that. This customer had also been the […]
