The Killing USA, 1956 Director: Stanley Kubrick Screenplay: Stanley Kubrick and Jim Thompson (based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White). Genre: Noir Soundtrack composer: Gerald Fried. Editing: Betty Steinberg. Production: James B. Harris (Harris-Kubrick Productions). Main Cast Sterling Hayden (Johnny Clay) Coleen Gray (Fay) Elisha Cook Jr. (George …
The Public Enemy USA, 1931 Director: William A. Wellman Screenplay: Harvey F. Thew (based on the novel by Kubec Glasmon and John Bright) Genre: Film noir Soundtrack composer: David Mendoza Editing: Edward M. McDermott Production: Darryl F. Zanuck, Warner Bros. Pictures Main cast: James Cagney (Tom Powers) Jean Harlow (Gwen …
High Sierra USA, 1941 Director: Raoul Walsh Screenplay: John Huston and W.R. Burnett (based on the novel by Burnett) Genre: Film noir / drama Soundtrack composer: Adolph Deutsch Editing: Jack Killifer Production: Warner Bros. Main cast: Humphrey Bogart (Roy Earle) Ida Lupino (Marie Garson) Alan Curtis (Babe Kozak) Arthur Kennedy …
Kansas City Confidential USA, 1952 Director: Phil Karlson Screenplay: Rowland Brown, George Bruce, Harry Essex, Phil Karlson, John Payne Genre: Film noir Editing: George Crone Production: United Artists Main cast: John Payne (Joe Rolfe) Coleen Gray (Helen Foster) Preston Foster (Tim Foster) Neville Brand (Boyd Kane) Jack Elam (Pete Harris) …
The Maltese Falcon USA, 1941 Director: John Huston Screenwriter: John Huston, based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett Genre: Film noir / detective thriller Soundtrack composer: Adolph Deutsch Editing: Thomas Richards Production: Warner Bros. Main cast: Humphrey Bogart (Sam Spade) Mary Astor (Brigid O’Shaughnessy) Gladys George (Iva Archer) Peter Lorre …
Perversion Story (Original title: Una sull’altra / One on top of the other) Italy, 1969 Director: Lucio Fulci Screenplay: Roberto Gianviti, Lucio Fulci, José Luis Martínez Mollá, Massimo Castellani, Franco Ferrari, Massimo Franciosa Cast: Jean Sorel (Dr. George Dumurrier), Marisa Mell (Susan/Monica), Elsa Martinelli (Jane), John Ireland (Inspector Wald), Riccardo …
Marnie USA, 1964 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay: Jay Presson Allen, based on the novel by Winston Graham Genre: Psychological thriller Soundtrack composer: Bernard Herrmann Editing: George Tomasini Production: Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions / Universal Pictures Cast Tippi Hedren (Marnie Edgar) Sean Connery (Mark Rutland) Diane Baker (Lil Mainwaring) Martin Gabel …
The Last Man on Earth USA/Italy, 1964 Director: Sidney Salkow Screenplay: Richard Matheson (based on his novel I Am Legend), Furio M. Zanfrotti, Ubaldo Ragona Genre: Science fiction, horror, post-apocalyptic Soundtrack composer: Paul Sawtell Editing: Amedeo Giomini Production: Robert L. Lippert, Sidney Salkow Cast Vincent Price (Dr. Robert Morgan) Franca …
Suspicion USA, 1941 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay: Samson Raphaelson, Joan Harrison, Alma Reville Genre: Psychological thriller, romance Soundtrack composer: Franz Waxman Editing: William Hamilton Production: David O. Selznick (producer) Cast Cary Grant (Johnnie Aysgarth) Joan Fontaine (Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth) Cedric Hardwicke (General McLaidlaw) Nigel Bruce (Gordon Cochran Thwaite, alias Beaky) …
The Lady Vanishes United Kingdom, 1938 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Screenwriters: Ethel Lina White, Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder Genre: thriller, comedy Editing: H. J. Trever; Helen Lewis Production: Michael Balcon (executive producer), Gainsborough Pictures Cast Margaret Lockwood (Iris) Michael Redgrave (Gilbert) Paul Lukas (Doctor) C. Aubrey Smith (Inspector) Plot Many tourists …
