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    Body and Soul 1947 POSTER

    Body and Soul

    1947

    English

    7.6

    ♡ 5

    92%

    87%

    Action

    Drama

    film noir

    Film-Noir

    noir

    over the hill

    over-the-hill fighter

    Sport

    sports

    transporter

    Robert Rossen Robert Rossen Director John Indrisano John Indrisano as Davis-Marlowe Fight Referee Theodore Lorch Theodore Lorch as Man at Weigh-in Joseph Pevney Joseph Pevney as Shorty Polaski Forbes Murray Forbes Murray as Weigh-in Official
    Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
    Shakedown 1950 POSTER

    Shakedown

    1950

    English

    7.1

    ♡ 3

    Action

    anguish

    cheating wife

    Crime

    crisis

    damsel in distress

    Drama

    Film-Noir

    held at gunpoint

    Music

    Mystery

    newspaper reporter

    Romance

    Thriller

    Joseph Pevney Joseph Pevney Director Peggie Castle Peggie Castle as Coat-Check Girl at Bay View Club Howard Duff Howard Duff as Jack Early Joseph Pevney Joseph Pevney as Keller - Reporter Forbes Murray Forbes Murray as Mr. Spencer
    Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he gets a job with a major newspaper, and it's not long before he's made a name for himself by charming a notorious crime boss, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.
    Outside the Wall 1950 POSTER

    Outside the Wall

    1950

    English

    6.7

    ♡ 4

    75%

    75%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    film noir

    Film-Noir

    parole

    Romance

    Thriller

    Crane Wilbur Crane Wilbur Director Marilyn Maxwell Marilyn Maxwell as Charlotte Maynard Peggie Castle Peggie Castle as Crossroads Tavern Waitress Joseph Pevney Joseph Pevney as Gus Wormser Richard Basehart Richard Basehart as Larry Nelson
    Larry Nelson, paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, is determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again, and takes a quiet job at a country sanitarium. Thete, he meets and falls for a nurse, Charlotte Maynard, and he knows the only way to enter her web is to have a lot of money, for Miss Maynard is somewhat of a gold-digger.
    Thieves' Highway 1949 POSTER

    Thieves' Highway

    1949

    English

    7.5

    ♡ 1

    100%

    79%

    apple picking

    Crime

    Drama

    film noir

    Film-Noir

    produce

    san francisco, california

    Thriller

    truck crash

    truck driver

    Jules Dassin Jules Dassin Director Richard Conte Richard Conte as Nick Garcos Walter Baldwin Walter Baldwin as Officer Riley Joseph Pevney Joseph Pevney as Pete Robert Foulk Robert Foulk as Taller Cop at Roadside Bar
    Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.
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