Film Noir

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006)
DVDrip | 716x478 | MKV/x264 @ 2016 Kbps | 67mn | Audio: English AC3 192 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English | 1.06 GB
Genre: Documentary

Wichita Films - Los Angeles Film Noir (2015)
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Audio: English AAC 127 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary

(Film Noir) The Stranger [DVDrip] 1946
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USA 1946
Director Orson WELLES

Cast Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, Loretta Young, Philip Merivale, Richard Long

That this 1946 noir was the only Orson Welles film to show profit on release and that it was the director’s least favourite picture might suggest an absence of his signature talent. But while Welles had been pressured into making a more conventional (ie commercial) film after what RKO Radio Pictures saw as his disastrous second film, the studio butchered but still brilliant The Magnificent Ambersons, the auteur nevertheless managed to turn in a terrific cat-and-mouse thriller that’s full of recognisably Wellesian touches (notably the climax set in a church clocktower). The great man himself plays a German war criminal hiding out in a small Connecticut town, where he poses as a teacher and is engaged to lovely Loretta Young. Hot on his tail, however, is Nazi hunter Edward G Robinson. That casting was forced on Welles (who wanted his regular player Agnes Moorhead), but it works splendidly anyway.

Un enquêteur, Wilson, relâche de prison Konrad Meinike (Konstantin Shayne), un criminel de guerre nazi. Il espère que ce dernier le guidera à attraper un autre fugitif très reconnu, Franz Kindler (Orson Welles). Meinike retrouve Kindler, qui se fait passer pour “Charles Rankin”, un professeur d’histoire dans la charmante petite ville de Harper au Connecticut. Une ironie troublante fait qu’un criminel nazi notoire enseigne l’histoire du monde à l’élite Américaine tout en étant marié à la fille (Loretta Young) d’un juge de la cour suprême (Philip Merivale). Le film est un divertissant jeu du chat et de la souris avec Wilson qui met une incroyable pression sur Kindler pour révéler sa véritable identité.

Film Noir (2007)
DVDRip | Lang: English | AVI | 720x416 | XVID 1549Kbps | AC3 192Kbps | 96:01mins | 1.17GB
Genre: Animation, Crime, Mystery | USA

(Film Noir Parody) Les Cadavres ne portent pas de Costard / Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid [DVDrip]
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USA 21 May 1982
Comedy_Thriller Réalisation Carl REINER

Avec/Cast Steve MARTIN, Rachel WARD, Reni SANTONI, Carl REINER, George GAYNES …
Avec cette délirante parodie des films noirs des années quarante et cinquante, dans laquelle sont insérés des extraits d'oeuvres célèbres jouées par Lauren Bacall, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner et bien d'autres, Carl Reiner a ravi toute une flopée de cinéphiles. Grâce à un habile montage, Steve Martin donne en effet la réplique aux stars de l'âge d'or hollywoodien (mortes pour la plupart !), et les images d'hier et d'aujourd'hui "raccordent" dans un noir et blanc qui retrouve la texture des classiques d'antan. Ainsi, l'intrigue trouve dans la confusion des vieux films qu'elle pastiche une justification commode pour détourner des séquences entières de leur sens premier. Résultat à l'écran : un festival de gags ininterrompus, qu'un formidable travail de reconstitution (costumes, décors, photo) rend irrésistible. A noter la présence de Rachel Ward (l'héroïne des Oiseaux se cachent pour mourir) au sommet de sa beauté, dans un rôle de vamp.

This is one of the best parodies of the '40s hardboiled detective genre, with a very clever conceit: weaving the plot and production design around memorable movie clips (The Killers, The Big Sleep, Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, White Heat, This Gun for Hire, Sorry, Wrong Number, Notorious). Steve Martin plays the cool Rigby Reardon, who tries solving an incomprehensible mystery with the assistance of Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Burt Lancaster, Fred MacMurray, Ingrid Bergman, and Ray Milland, among others. It's all silly hokum with Rachel Ward as the pretty moll and director-cowriter Carl Reiner as the nefarious villain. Miklos Rozsa takes us back to yesteryear with his lush score, and, fittingly, Edith Head handles the period costumes in her final production.

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BBC - The Rules of Film Noir (2009)
HDTV | 1920x1080 | .MKV/AVC @ 1320 Kbps | 57 min 24 s | 595 MiB
Audio: English AAC 126 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary

Film Noir (Joseph MANKIEWICZ) Somewhere in the night [DVDrip] 1946
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USA 1946
Director Joseph L. MANKIEWICZ

Cast John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte, Nancy Guild

George Taylor (John Hodiak) is a war veteran suffering from amnesia with only two clues to his past: the bitter letter from a woman who hates him and another mysterious letter signed "Larry Cravat." Taylor goes to Los Angeles to meet Cravat. It turns out that Cravat is wanted for murder and the robbery of $2 million. George becomes involved with a singer, Christy (Nancy Guild) and is chased by mobsters while on a search for the stolen money. There ensue a series of chases, an interesting plot twist and a surprise ending as John learns the true identity of Cravat.Somewhere in the Night is the quintessential "amnesia victim" as protagonist film, somewhat slow, but nevertheless, engrossing and suspenseful.

George Taylor, soldat devenu amnésique après une blessure, revient à Los Angeles avec comme seuls repères sur son passé un nom qui ne lui dit rien, Larry Cravat, et la lettre haineuse d'une femme, morte entre-temps…

(Film Noir) Kiss me Deadly [DVDrip] 1955
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USA 1955
Robert ALDRICH

Cast Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, Wesley Addy, Marian Carr, Maxine Cooper, Cloris Leachman, Gaby Rogers, Jack Elam

Ralph Meeker plays Mike Hammer, a tough Los Angeles private eye who is just slightly less brutal and corrupt than the crooks he chases. One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina (Cloris Leachman), an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.

Alors qu'il est en route pour Los Angeles en pleine nuit, le détective privé Mike Hammer recueille une femme blonde en détresse qui faisait de l'auto-stop. Elle lui raconte qu'elle s'est enfuit d'un asile d'aliénés où elle fût enfermée par des inconnus, sous prétexte qu'elle en savait trop sur leurs activités. Hammer n'a pas le temps d'en apprendre plus car il est victime d'un accident provoqué délibérément par ceux qui recherchent la jeune femme. Celle-ci étant retrouvée morte par la suite, Hammer décide de poursuivre l'enquête bien que la police lui suggère fortement de laisser tomber. Des gangsters cherchent à acheter puis à éliminer Hammer, mais celui-ci persiste dans son enquête. Il finit par découvrir que la jeune auto-stoppeuse avait avalé une clé permettant d'ouvrir un mystérieux coffret contenant des éléments radioactifs. Lorsque la clé et le coffret tombent entre les mains des gangsters, qui ont auparavant kidnappé sa secrétaire, Hammer se met en devoir de les retrouver.

Film Noir Collection (1942-49) [8 DVD5s]
Classics | 1.33:1 | Black & White/Colour | English Dolby Digital | English Subtitles
8 Full Original DVD Images (.ISO) + 400dpi Scans = 30.23GBs | 400MB RARs | NL/FSe/FSo

(Film noir) High Sierra [Una pallottola per Roy] 1941 BivX
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USA 25 Jan 1941
Director Raoul WALSH

Cast Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy

An aged gangster, Big Mac (Donald MacBride), is planning a robbery at a California resort casino, and he wants an experienced Roy Earle (Humphrey Bogart), just released from an eastern prison by a governor's pardon, to lead the heist and to take charge of the operation. Roy drives across the country to a camp in the mountains to meet up with the three men who will assist him in the heist: Louis Mendoza (Cornel Wilde), who is working in the resort, and Red (Arthur Kennedy) and Babe (Alan Curtis), who are already living at the camp. Babe has also brought along a young woman, Marie (Ida Lupino). Roy wants to send Marie back to Los Angeles, but after some argument she convinces Roy to let her stay. At the camp Roy also is adopted by a small dog called Pard…

Un pericoloso rapinatore, Roy Earl, mentre sconta una lunga detenzione in un carcere, viene graziato e rimesso in libertà. Uscito dal carcere riprende i contatti con altri malviventi progettando un altro colpo: lo scassinamento della cassaforte di un grande albergo della città. Uno dei due giovani complici è una ragazza, Ida Lupino, che presto si innamora, non corrisposta, di lui. Roy infatti ama un'altra donna, che in passato aveva aiutato a guarire da una grave malattia. Dopo il colpo alla cassaforte, durante la fuga, Roy uccide due persone, inseguito dalla polizia abbandona per strada i due complici, si reca dalla ragazza da lui aiutata, che ignora il suo passato di gangster, scoprendo ben presto che essa ha un fidanzato e sta per sposarsi…