Tales from the Urban Jungle • BRUTE FORCE (1947) | THE NAKED CITY (1948)
byA double-bill of film noir classics from Arrow Academy on Blu-ray.
GENRE: FILM NOIR
INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES: The Complete Film Series (1943-45)
byThere 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 that…
THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942)
byWhen 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)
byA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
CRISS CROSS (1949)
byAn armoured truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed.
BLACK ANGEL (1946)
byWhen 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)
byInternational narcotics smuggler Frank McNally is trailed through various European countries by U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis.
WHITE HEAT (1949)
byA 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)
byA doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious “great whatsit”.
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (1944)
byWith his family away on vacation, a respectable psychology professor succumbs to the siren call of adventure, with deadly results.
PHANTOM LADY (1944)
byA 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)
byAn 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…