Roy William Neill's "Black Angel"

Mavis is about to be murdered. It's a shame that Roy William Neill never got to direct an "A" film during his tenure at Univer...

This Gun For Hire: One of the Great Film Noirs in American Cinema

Alan Ladd in his star-making role. This practically perfect early noir has a strong reputation and yet, while researching for this review, I...

Raymond Chandler's "The Blue Dahlia"

The Blue Dahlia nightclub. "As pictures go, it is pretty lively. No classic, but no dud either." That's how Raymond Chandler d...

Dark Passage (1947)

dir. Delmer Daves Vincent Parry (Humphrey Bogart) escapes from prison – San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California . Parry hitches ...