 | Black Angel (Universal Noir Collection)
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $5.00 *** - Dan Duryea and Peter Lorre struggle mightily against balky plot.
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 | The Blue Gardenia
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $5.71 **** - Fritz Lang's riff on the real-life Black Dahlia murder case isn't up to his normal standards, but entertaining nonetheless.
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 | The Chase
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $0.75 *** - Undistinguished love-on-the-run movie with Robert Cummings sacrifices credibility in favor of gimmicks. Beware scratched and blistered prints.
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 | A Double Life
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $5.49 ***** - Ronald Coleman won deserved Oscar for role as obsessed actor
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 | The Enforcer
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $1,995.78 **** - Bogie plays good-guy DA investigating Murder, Inc. Strong supporting cast keeps this one interesting.
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 | Gangs, Inc.
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $1.37 *** - Okay crimer with underutilized Alan Ladd a couple years before he hit it big.
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 | Gangster Story
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.66 * - Walter Matthau directs & stars in this painfully bad movie.
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 | Jigsaw
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.19 *** - Routine investigation story with loads of superstar cameo appearances.
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 | Key Largo (Snap Case)
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $3.89 ***** - Edgar G. Robinson owns the show in this classic.
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 | Kiss Me Deadly
Buy used from: $4.96 **** - Ralph Meeker stars as Mike Hammer in this classic tale of the hunt for the great whatsit.
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 | M - 2 Disc Special Edition - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $31.99 / Used from: $21.89 ***** - A warehouse of visual & thematic noir antecedents in Fritz Lang's masterpiece.
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 | Pickup on South Street - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $16.49 ***** - Everything works in Samuel Fullers' masterpiece.
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 | Port of New York
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.14 *** - Gritty police procedural with a young Yul Brynner (with hair).
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 | The Postman Always Rings Twice
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.37 ***** - Lana Turner and John Garfield sizzle as ill-fated, not to mention ill-advised, lovers. Essential viewing for film noir fans.
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 | The Public Enemy
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $2.75 ***** - James Cagney 1931 starring debut as ambitious gangster still packs a wallop on this extra-loaded dvd. One of the great movies of the '30s.
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 | Quicksand
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $1.27 *** - Mickey Rooney on the run in this one.
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 | The Set-Up
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $3.00 ***** - One of the best boxing movies ever, featuring the underrated Robert Ryan.
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 | The Scavengers
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $2.62 *** - Vince Edwards stars as a smuggler in exotic Hong Kong. So-so story, great locations.
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 | The Shadow
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $3.96 **** - Exuberant and faithful translation of pulp and radio hero.
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 | Shadow: Shadow Strikes/International Crime
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.75 *** - Couple of late-30's B-movies starring Rod LaRocque as Lamont Cranston. Fans of radio and serial hero might peruse out of curiosity.
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 | Strange Illusion (Edgar G. Ulmer)
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $1.84 *** - Henry Aldrich meets Hamlet in tame murder mystery.
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 | They Made Me a Criminal
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.10 *** - John Garfield survives his teaming with the Dead End Kids with dignity intact.
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 | The Thief
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $6.20 **** - 1952 cold-war thriller starring Ray Milland as thieving scientist. The no-dialogue gimmick in this one works surprisingly well.
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 | This Gun For Hire (Universal Noir Collection)
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $6.00 ***** - Alan Ladd's portrayal of psycho criminal Raven rightfully made him a star.
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 | Trapped
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.13 *** - Lloyd Bridges chases forgery plates in moody crimer.
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