Archive for Crime Films

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Movie Review

“We all pay for our vices.” The Asphalt JungleThis tale of small-time crooks trying for a big score can be classed as a Film Noir, a »»

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Harper (1966) Movie Review

Paul Newman channels Humphrey Bogart in a 1960s version of film noir. Film noir had fallen out of fashion and wasn’t being made as movies anymore. »»

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Dead Reckoning (1947) Movie Review

“I’m a man who likes getting his mail.” In Dead Reckoning, Humphrey Bogart plays Rip Murdock, an Army Captain paratrooper getting back from World War II. »»

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The Naked City (1948) Movie Review

The Naked City. Directed by Jules Dassin, written by Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald from the story by Malvin Wald. Starring Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, »»

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Kiss Me Deadly Movie Review

Kiss Me Deadly, directed by Robert Aldrich, Screenplay by A.I. Bezzerides from the novel by Mickey Spillane. Starring Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Cloris Leachman, Jack Elam. »»

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