Gilda USA, 1946 Director: Charles Vidor Screenplay: Marion Parsonnet (with uncredited collaboration from Ben Hecht) Genre: Film noir/drama Soundtrack composer: Hugo Friedhofer Editing: Charles Nelson Production: Virginia Van Upp Main cast: Rita Hayworth (Gilda) Glenn Ford (Johnny Farrell) George Macready (Ballin Mundson) Joseph Calleia (Det. Maurice Obregón) Steven Geray (Uncle …
Rashomon Japan, 1950 Director: Akira Kurosawa Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto (based on stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa) Genre: Drama / chambara Soundtrack composer: Fumio Hayasaka Editing: Akira Kurosawa Production: Daiei Film Main cast: Toshirô Mifune (Tajômaru, the bandit) Machiko Kyô (Masako Kanazawa, the wife) Masayuki Mori (Takehiro Kanazawa, the samurai) …
Cape Fear USA, 1962 Director: J. Lee Thompson Screenplay: James R. Webb (based on the novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald) Genre: Thriller Soundtrack composer: Bernard Herrmann Editing: George Tomasini Production: Sy Bartlett Main cast: Gregory Peck (Sam Bowden) Robert Mitchum (Max Cady) Polly Bergen (Peggy Bowden) Lori Martin …
Strangers on a Train Director: Alfred Hitchcock USA, 1951 Screenplay: Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde, and Whitfield Cook (based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith). Genre: Psychological thriller. Soundtrack composer: Dimitri Tiomkin. Editing: William H. Ziegler. Production: Alfred Hitchcock. Main cast Farley Granger (Guy Haines) Robert Walker (Bruno Antony) Ruth Roman …
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 …
