Encyclopedia of film noir
When viewers think of film noir, they often picture actors like Humphrey Bogart playing characters like Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, the film based on the book by Dashiell Hammett.
Print Book, English, 2007
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Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn., 2007
Wörterbuch
XIV, 477 Seiten : Illustrationen
9780313333064, 0313333068
238871430
Introduction:The Myths and Parameters of Film NoirThe Hard-Boiled InfluenceFilm Noir and the CityFilm Noir StyleFilms, Actors and DirectorsAct of ViolenceAldrich, RobertAmong the LivingAndrews, DanaAngel FaceApology for MurderAsphalt Jungle, TheBeaumont, HughBennett, JoanBig Clock, TheBig Combo, TheBig Heat, TheBig Sleep, TheBlack AngelBlonde IceBlood SimpleBody HeatBogart, HumphreyBorn to KillBreaking Point, TheBrighton RockBrodie, SteveBrothers, TheBrothers Rico, TheBurr, RaymondCarnivalCash on DemandChase, TheChinatownCollateralConte, RichardCook, Jr., ElishaCorridors of MirrorsCosh BoyCrack-UpCriminal, TheCriss CrossCrooked Way, TheCrossfireCroupierCry of the CityDance With a StrangerDark CityDark Corner, TheDark PassageDaughter of DarknessDead ReckoningDear MurdererDecoyDesperateDetourDevil in a Blue DressDmytryk, EdwardD.O.A.Double IndemnityDuryea, DanFallen AngelFallen Sparrow, TheFarrow, JohnFear in the NightFile on Thelma Jordan, TheForce of EvilFord, GlennFramedFuller, SamGarfield, JohnGet CarterGildaGood Die Young, TheGoring, MariusGrahame, GloriaGreat DayGreat Flamarion, TheGreer, JaneGun CrazyGynt, GretaHatters CastleHayden, SterlingHeflin, VanHell DriversHigh SierraHistory of Violence, AHitchcock, AlfredHollow TriumphHouse Across the Lake, TheHuston, JohnI Wake Up ScreamingI Wouldnt Be In Your ShoesImpulseIn a Lonely PlaceInterrupted JourneyIt Always Rains on SundayJohnny OClockKansas City ConfidentialKarlson, PhilKillers, TheKilling, TheKiss Me DeadlyKiss of DeathKiss the Blood Off My HandsKluteL.A. ConfidentialLadd, AlanLake, VeronicaLancaster, BurtLang, FritzLate Edwina Black, TheLauraLeave Her to HeavenLewis, Joseph H.Long Memory, TheLupino, IdaMacMurray, FredMacomber Affair, TheMacready, GeorgeMadeleineMan From Colorado, TheMann, AnthonyMark of Cain, TheMason, JamesMementoMildred PierceMine Own ExecutionerMitchum, RobertMoney Trap, TheMr. Perrin and Mr. TraillMurder, My SweetMy Brothers KeeperMy Name is Julia RossNaked CityNeal, TomNight and the CityNight Has Eyes, TheNight MovesNightmare Alley99 River StreetNo Orchids For Miss BlandishOBrien, EdmondObsessionOctober Man, TheOdds Against TomorrowOn Dangerous GroundOut of the PastParis By NightPayne, JohnPhantom LadyPickup on South StreetPink String and Sealing WaxPitfallPoint BlankPortman, EricPossessedPostman Always Rings Twice, ThePowell, DickPreminger, OttoProwler, ThePushoverRaw DealRay, NicholasReckless Moment, TheRide the Pink HorseRoadblockRobinson, Edward G..Rocking Horse Winner, TheRyan, RobertSavage, AnnScandal SheetScarlet Street.Scott, LizabethSet-Up, TheSe7en711 Ocean DriveSeventh Veil, TheSeventh Victim, TheShallow GraveSin CitySiodmak, RobertSlightly ScarletSo Dark the NightSo Evil My LoveSomewhere in the NightSorry, Wrong NumberSpider and the Fly, TheStanwyck, BarbaraStranger on the Third FloorStreet of ChanceSunset BoulevardTake My LifeTaxi DriverThey Made Me a FugitiveThey Wont Believe MeThird Man, TheThis Gun For HireTierney, GeneTightropeT-MenTodd, AnnTotter, AudreyTouch of EvilTourneur, JacquesTrevor, ClaireTrue ConfessionsUlmer, EdgarUnder the GunUndercover Man, TheVictimWhere Danger LivesWhere the Sidewalk EndsWidmark, RichardWilde, CornelWilder, BillyWindsor, MarieWings of the Dove, TheWinstone, RayWoman in the Window, TheSelected BibliographyAppendixIndex