Classic Films

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Though on a bit of a hiatus without a current TCM subscription, I've still seen and documented 122 films over the past five years.

If you're interested, this blog post from TCM host Eddie Mullers is a great place to start: https://www.eddiemuller.com/top25noir.html, I've seen them all.

To Muller's list I'd add 99 River Street (1953) with John Payne and Evelyn Keyes plus The Set-up (1949) with Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter. Martin Scorsese screened the boxing scenes from The Set-Up prior to filming Raging Bull.

Time period for classic film noir is generally given as from 1941 thru 1959, but there are exceptions. Stranger On The Third Floor (1940) with Peter Lorre can arguably fit the genre, just as Cape Fear (1962).