Deported is a 1950 film noir directed by the great Robert Siodmak. This was one of Siodmak’s last American movies. The film is loosely based on the deportation of Mafia kingpin Lucky Luciano. Jeff Chandler in Italy where he falls for two beautiful women in-between a crime scheme! In this picture, Vic Smith aka Vittorio…
Night Has a Thousand Eyes Blu-ray review
Night Has a Thousand Eyes is a 1948 supernatural film with noir overtones, starring Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell and John Lund and directed by John Farrow. In this movie the great Edward G. Robinson plays a prophet! John Triton (Edward G. Robinson, Soylent Green) is “The Mental Wizard”, a fortune teller at a nightclub….
Party Girl (1958) Blu-ray review
Party Girl is a 1958 musical film noir directed by Nicholas Ray and starring screen legends Robert Taylor, Lee J. Cobb and Cyd Charisse. This Noir as shot in Cinemascope and during the hard-hitting action, there are musical numbers to also entertain you. Taking place in Chicago during the 1930’s, Party Girl is a tale…
Blu-ray Review – Franco Noir – Death Whistles the Blues/Rififi in the City (Severin Films)
My name is Scott MacDonald and I am addicted to Jess Franco films. If you’ve been reading this website for the past 13 years as I’m sure at least a few of you have, you might be aware of this, so needless to say when this found its way into my mailbox it immediately become…
The Window Blu-ray review
Director Ted Tetzlaff’s The Window is the story about nine year old Tommy Woodry (Bobby Driscoll, Song of the South) who tells so many lies to his parents, that when something real actually happens to him, they don’t believe him, nearly causing Tommy his life. The tale of The Window is basically a ‘boy who…
They Won’t Believe Me Blu-ray review
I am a big fan of the Film Noir genre, and enjoy what dark, gritty atmospheric tales they have to offer. They Won’t Believe Me from Warner Brothers is a one Noir that I had not been acquainted with as it was never available domestically on home video, until now. They Won’t Believe Me is…
Hammer’s House of Directors Presents: Terence Fisher
In this first of one of my Director’s Profile sub-themes, I’ll be profiling directors who have worked regularly with Hammer Productions, the British B-picture studio that reinvigorated the classic monster film in the ‘50s through ‘70s and brought to prominence great actors like Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Terence Fisher is associated with Hammer perhaps…
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands Blu-ray review
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands is a Film Noir crime drama about a former solider Bill Saunders (Burt Lancaster, Criss Cross, Scorpio) who is living in England and finds himself in a web because of a murder. Saunders accidently kills a man at a bar with one punch, runs away from the authorities, and…
Alphaville (Kino) Blu-ray Review
Special agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) is sent to the distant city of Alphaville to investigate the mysterious disappearances of some of his fellow agents and the oppressive supercomputer Alpha 60. Before long it becomes clear that he must also assassinate Alpha 60’s creator (Howard Vernon) before his influence can spread to other cities. But…
The Woman in the Window (Eureka! Masters of Cinema) Blu-ray Review
With his wife and two kids away for a Summer vacation, Psychology Professor Dr. Wanley (Edward G. Robinson) is left all alone to enjoy his work. But his friends can’t help but poke fun at his lack of a sense of adventure. After leaving the gentleman’s club late one evening, He stops to look at…