Sometimes when a person is sinking, the only direction to go is further down in the hopes that they come out the other side. As most will know, that usually makes things […]
Deeper and Deeper – Quicksand (1950)
When Life Takes a Turn – Crime of Passion (1957)
Going against one’s nature can either lead to unexpected good things or very foreseeable bad things and in this film, Barbara Stanwyck’s character Kathy does just that to marry the man she […]
A Deadly Love – Black Angel (1946)
Black Angel is an interesting film for a variety of reasons, one such being the performance of Dan Duryea which is as compelling as anything to be found within. While the man […]
Out of the Fire… – Jeopardy (1953)
Jeopardy is a very tense and suspenseful thriller starring Barbara Stanwyck, who while looking for aid after a camping trip turns bad, meets an escaped convict instead. It begins rather plainly enough […]
A Dangerous Game – Johnny Allegro (1949)
Falling for the wrong person and knowing that they are indeed just that, never turns out well for those doing the falling, especially when it comes to film noir and yet, it […]
Mystery and Menace Was… – The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Despite heavy studio cuts, The Lady from Shanghai remains a film noir classic and one of Orson Welles’ best movies. Intended to be a much longer picture than it was, Welles might […]
A Thumb, a Gun and Bad Intentions – The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
The Hitch-Hiker, like many movies before and after it, is based upon real-world events, specifically the story of killer Billy Cook. It stars William Tallman as sociopath Emmett Myers who has been […]
A Door Not Fully Closed – Crime Wave (1954)
Steve had thought that after two years away, he had left his former life of crime behind. He is on parole, has a job, a wife and leads what some might call […]
Treachery and Treason in… – Hell’s Half Acre (1954)
A man is accused of a murder he did not commit while half a country away, a woman hears his voice on a record and believes it is her husband, long-dead from […]
Not as Tough as He Seems – Pushover (1954)
Fred MacMurray stars in Pushover, a Columbia Pictures release from 1954 and while one can always count on the man for a good performance, the film feels more like Double Indemnity-lite than […]
The Telltale Mind 