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Champion is a 1949 American sports drama film noir directed by Mark Robson with a screenplay written by Carl Foreman based on a short story by Ring Lardner. [6] The film stars Kirk Douglas , Marilyn Maxwell , Arthur Kennedy , Paul Stewart , Ruth Roman and Lola Albright .
Film noir is not a clearly defined genre (see here for details on the characteristics). Therefore, the composition of this list may be controversial. To minimize dispute the films included here should preferably feature a footnote linking to a reliable, published source which states that the mentioned film is considered to be a film noir by an expert in this field, e.g.
The tone of film noir is generally regarded as downbeat; some critics experience it as darker still—"overwhelmingly black", according to Robert Ottoson. [223] Influential critic (and filmmaker) Paul Schrader wrote in a seminal 1972 essay that "film noir is defined by tone", a tone he seems to perceive as "hopeless". [224]
Body and Soul is a 1947 American film noir sports drama directed by Robert Rossen and starring John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere, and William Conrad. [5] The screenplay by Abraham Polonsky is partly based on the 1939 film Golden Boy. [6]
Volume 5 of the series was published on July 13, 2010. Several of the films released as part of the collection were released for the first time on DVD , and are rare for film enthusiasts to find. Crime Wave was first released on DVD with Volume 4 of the Film Noir Classic Collection , released in the summer of 2007. [ 1 ]
5 Fingers, known also as Five Fingers, is a 1952 American spy film noir directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Otto Lang.The screenplay written by Michael Wilson was based on the 1950 book Operation Cicero (original German: Der Fall Cicero) by Ludwig Carl Moyzisch, Nazi commercial attaché at the German embassy in Ankara, Turkey (1943–44).
The Accused (1949 film) Accused of Murder; Ace in the Hole (1951 film) Act of Violence; Adventure in Vienna; Affair in Havana; Affair in Trinidad; Africa (2011 film) Afsporet; Alimony (1949 film) All My Sons (film) All the King's Men (1949 film) Allotment Wives; Among the Living (1941 film) Andha Naal; Angel Face (1953 film) Angels Over ...
Time Table is a 1956 American film noir crime film produced and directed by Mark Stevens, who also stars as the lead character. [1] The film includes early appearances by Jack Klugman and Felicia Farr. Other cast members include King Calder and Marianne Stewart. The film was distributed by United Artists.