HI all,
As I promised, please find below the list of films that
everyone was so kind enough to suggest I need to hunt
down.
I've listed the films in the order of number of votes cast,
and then alphabetical. I thought I'd post it here in case
anyone else needs it. Hopefully it'll serve a purpose in the
archives for future reference.
Again, thanks once more. Any other suggestions I'll happily
add to this list...
Steve
----------- Top 10 Noir Films as voted by RARA-AVIS
-----------
4 - MALTESE FALCON (Huston-written/directed)
3 - The Big Heat (William P. McGivern/Fritz Lang) 3 - BIG
SLEEP (the Brackett, et al., one)... 3 - Double Indemnity
(James M. Cain/Billy Wilder) 3 - KILLERS (earlier--William
Conrad's best role before radio's Matt Dillon) 3 - MURDER, MY
SWEET
2 - Dirty Pretty Things 2 - Kiss Me Deadly (Mickey
Spillane/A. I. Bezzerides/Robert Aldrich) 2 - LONG GOODBYE
(the Brackett) 2 - Out of the Past (Daniel
Mainwaring-Geoffrey Homes/Jacques Tourneur) 2 - Shoot the
Pianist (Piano Player) - Truffaut 2 - TOUCH OF EVIL
1 - Asphalt Jungle - Huston based on W.R. Burnett 1 - Bad
Lieutenant - Abel Ferrara (92) 1 - BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Delores
Hitchens/Godard) FRENCH 1 - Blow-Up - Antonioni based on
Julio Cortạr 1 - BODY-SNATCHER 1 - CAT PEOPLE 1 - Chinatown
(1974) starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John
Huston. 1 - Coup De Torchon (Jim Thompson/Betrrand tavernier)
1 - CROSSFIRE, b/o the novel THE BRICK FOXHOLE by Richard
Brooks 1 - CUTTER'S WAY 1 - D.O.A. (earlier--deeply flawed,
but still a favorite) 1 - Farewell My Lovely (1975) starring
Mitchum, Rampling, John Ireland 1 - Gambler - Reisz based on
Dostoyevski (via Toback) 1 - Glass Key (1942) starring
Donlevy, Ladd, Lake, and William Bendix. 1 - Grifters (Jim
Thompson/Stephen Frears) 1 - HAUNTING (earlier, also of
course, if horror can join the fun) 1 - HE WALKED BY NIGHT,
original screenplay 1 - IN A LONELY PLACE 1 - Killing -
Kubrick based on Lionel White 1 - LA BETE HUMAINE (THE HUMAN
BEAST-1938- aka JUDAS WAS A WOMAN) 1 - LAURA 1 - LE JOUR SE
LEVE (DAYBREAK-1939) by Marcel Carne 1 - Le Samoura
Jean-Pierre Melville (67) 1 - Long Good Friday - John
Mackenzie (80) 1 - MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, b/o the novel by
Richard Condon 1 - Miami Blues (Charles Willeford/George
Armitage) 1 - MINISTRY OF FEAR 1 - Night and the City - Jules
Dassin (50) 1 - Nightmare Alley 1 - Night of the Hunter -
Laughton based on Davis Grubb 1 - On Dangerous Ground 1 -
OSSESSIONE (James M.Cain/Visconti) 1 - ODD MAN OUT 1 - ODDS
AGAINST TOMORROW 1 - On Dangerous Ground - Nick Ray (52) 1 -
PIERROT LE FOU (Lionel White/Godard) 1 - Point Blank.
Boorman's Point Blank is a far better film. 1 - Postman
Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain/Tay Garnett, I think) 1 -
PSYCHO (earlier, of course) 1 - Quiet American 1 - Servant -
Losey based on Robin Maugham (via Pinter) 1 - SPIRAL
STAIRCASE 1 - Spy who Came In From The Cold - Martin Ritt
(65) 1 - STREET WITH NO NAME 1 - Third Man - Reed based on
Graham Greene 1 - T-MEN, original screenplay 1 - WHO'll STOP
THE RAIN 1 - THE WOMAN CHASER
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