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SOME LEADING LADIES Lauren Bacall, Joan Crawford, Ava Gardner, Gloria Grahame, Jane Greer, Rita Hayworth, Ida Lupino, Ann Savage (perfect name), Barbara Stanwyck, Lana Turner - with curvy figures, sultry voices, eroticism and mystery, these broads would cut out your heart, eat it for breakfast and not smudge their make-up. SOME PROMINENT CHARACTER ACTORS If Elisha Cook Jr or Peter Lorre is in it, it's likely to be film noir. If they're both in it, as in The Maltese Falcon, there's no doubt, doll face. SOME LITERARY SOURCES James M Cain, Raymond Chandler - the pulp writers' formula of intricate schemes, wisecracks, private dicks, crooked cops and fake blondes with great gams translated perfectly to the screen. OTHER NOIR Proto-noir, neo-noir, science fiction noir, stoner noir, psycho noir, horror noir, superhero noir, noir westerns, noir comedies - there's seemingly a sub-genre for every kind of film fan. Knock yourself out, angel puss.
The best noir There are scores, perhaps hundreds of lists of film noir classics. One that seems to be included in everyone's Top 10 is Double Indemnity (1944). Here's why it's so good: THE DIRECTOR Billy Wilder shows his legendary genius. The film's keen pacing, subtle humour and crackling drama and tension are sublime. THE SCREENWRITERS Wilder and Raymond Chandler make magic with a gripping plot and smart, witty dialogue. THE SOURCE MATERIAL The writers, shrewdly, were faithful to the brilliant James M Cain's hard-boiled novel. THE LEADING MAN Fred MacMurray, cast against type, excels as the insurance agent with a larcenous heart who is seduced by a sultry housewife into killing her husband and making it look like suicide.
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THE FEMME FATALE Barbara Stanwyck is icy, evil and irresistibly alluring. THE TENACIOUS INVESTIGATOR Edward G Robinson is perfectly gruff, canny and nobody's fool. AND ALSO A jangling score by Miklos Rozsa, gritty cinematography by John Seitz, costumes by Edith Head and seedy real-life Hollywood locales enhance the appeal.
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