Binging on 40s/50s Film-Noir ... [View all]

while I still have a subscription streaming TCM.

I won't be surprised if/when the new owners of TCM screw it all up -- it's what new owners usually do. In the meantime, a tip of the hat is due to Time/Warner for resurrecting so many smaller films that otherwise would have been forgotten.

Mid 40's to 50s Film-Noir is more fun IMO: studios were pushing the productions into grittier looks and themes. Some of my favs I've seen recently:

The Killers (1946), with Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmund O'Brien.

Out of the Past (1947), with Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas.

Crossfire (1947), with Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Robert Young, and Gloria Graham.

The Set-Up (1949), with Robert Ryan (directed by Robert Wise).

The Night of the Hunter (1955), with Robert Mitchum.

The Wrong Man (1956), with Henry Fonda and Vera Miles (directed by Alfred Hitchcock).

Partial list -- more to come (some repeat viewings, others for the first time like Gilda, Gun Crazy, Touch of Evil, The Big Sleep, Sunset Boulevard).

What are your favorites?