Film Noir director
This director created films such as Shadow of a doubt, Veritgo, and the wrong man
Alfred hitchcock
Detective Sam Spade gets more than he bargained for when he takes a case brought to him by a beautiful but secretive woman. As soon as Miss Wonderly shows up, trouble follows as Sam's partner is murdered and Sam is accosted by a man demanding he locate a valuable statuette. Sam, entangled in a dangerous web of crime and intrigue, soon realizes he must find the one thing they all seem to want: the bejeweled _______________
The Maltese falcon
Considered the classical period for black and white noir films.
The detective of the Maltese falcon.
Sam Spade
“I just wanna be somebody.”
Night and the city
Robert siodmak
An ex-police officer who suffers from an intense fear of heights is hired to prevent an old friend's wife from committing suicide, but all is not as it seems. Hitchcock's haunting, compelling masterpiece is uniquely revelatory about the director's own predilections and hang-ups and is widely considered to be one of his masterworks.
Vertigo
Considered the first hit noir film.
The maltese falcon
Broker in need of cash in Before the devil knows you're dead.
Andy hanson.
“I don’t think I’ll have to kill her. Just slap that pretty face into hamburger meat, that’s all.”
The killing
Director of Stalag 17 (1953)
Otto preminger
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender) and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and marries his fiancee, Fay. But when George tells his restless wife, Sherry, about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.
The killing
Is black and white essential to a noir film?
No, noir means dark and so the story can be told in a dark manner instead of the actual lighting in the film.
Switch man in The man from London.
Maloin
“I never confuse business with sentiment. Unless it’s extremely profitable, of course.”
The dark corner
Director of Men in war (1957)
Anthony man
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
Sweet smell of success
Can noir films be color?
Yes, the word noir means dark in french and so the story can be told in a dark manner while the lighting and colors are bright.
Detective in Vertigo.
James Stewart
“Nobody’s your pal now. You’re dead. Lay down.”
Johnny O'clock
Director of The Maltese falcon (1941)
John Huston
Restless femme fatale Florence Carala recruits her lover, Julien Tavernier, to murder her wealthy husband, Simon, in his office and make it appear like a suicide. Tavernier does the dirty deed eagerly, but becomes trapped in an elevator when he returns to remove a key piece of evidence he had accidentally left behind. Tavernier's unfortunate oversight sets into motion a dark ripple of events that bloodies the cold Paris night.
Elevator to the gallows
What does noir mean?
Noir is French for black and is a type of fiction or a film that has tough characters and is cynical, bleak and pessimistic in nature.
Detective from the Naked City.
James Halloran
“For a nickel, I’d grab him. Stick both thumbs right in his eyes. Hang on ‘til he dropped dead.”
Kiss of death