Mystery, Crime and Noir

Mystery, Crime and Noir

Film Noir - marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace.
Dark, moody, shadowy and urban.
Even in color, as you'll see.

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Mystery, Crime and Noir
  • A Study in Scarlet (1932)

    In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining members. Society members start dropping like flies.
    This version tries to stay reasonably close to Doyle's original, But note they got Sherlock's fa...

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  • D.O.A. (1949) Noir

    D.O.A., the classic 1950 Rudolph Mate (billed as "Rudy Mate") San Francisco California crime film noir mystery thriller ("A picture as excitingly different as its title!"; "In all the annals of police history there has never been a story like this - of a man who had 48 hours to find his own murde...

  • 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)

    When his girl commits murder, a hardened criminal takes the rap to protect her honor.
    The film is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film set in Sing Sing Penitentiary, the maximum security prison in Ossining, New York, starring Spencer Tracy as an inmate and Bette Davis as his girlfriend. It was ...

  • Charlie Chan - Black Magic (1944)

    The third Sidney Toler Chan film also features "Number One Daughter".
    Charlie postpones his trip home from service with the government to Honolulu to help with the investigation of murder.
    There's a seance room supported by a gadget room to assist in the various ghostly appearances.

  • Shock (1946) Vincent Price

    A Film Noir classic, noted for its dark themes, stark camera angles and high-contrast lighting. A woman is institutionalized by the man whom she witnessed commit a murder. Stars Vincent Price, Lynn Bari and Frank Latimore. Vincent is his usual soft-spoken, evil, presumptuous self.
    Vincent at his ...

  • M (1931)

    Thriller directed by Fritz Lang stars Peter Lorre in his breakthrough role as serial child killer.
    The film's screenplay was written by Lang and his wife Thea von Harbou and was the director's first sound film. It features many cinematic innovations including the use of long, fluid tracking shots...