Tales from the Urban Jungle • BRUTE FORCE (1947) | THE NAKED CITY (1948)
A double-bill of film noir classics from Arrow Academy on Blu-ray.
INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES: The Complete Film Series (1943-45)
There are distinct shades of film noir in Universal’s Inner Sanctum series of B Movies, released between 1943-45, particularly in their expressionist photographic style...
THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942)
When an assassin shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he's paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who's working for foreign spies.
SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
CRISS CROSS (1949)
An armoured truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed.
BLACK ANGEL (1946)
When a man is convicted of a singer's murder, his wife tries to prove him innocent... aided by the victim's ex-husband.
PICKUP ALLEY (1957)
International narcotics smuggler Frank McNally is trailed through various European countries by U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis.
WHITE HEAT (1949)
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist...
KISS ME DEADLY (1955)
A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit".
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (1944)
With his family away on vacation, a respectable psychology professor succumbs to the siren call of adventure, with deadly results.
PHANTOM LADY (1944)
A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.
SCREAMING MIMI (1958)
An exotic dancer witnesses a man getting shot moments after he tries to knife her in a shower, so she goes to a psychiatrist for therapy, who falls in love with her and takes over her life...