The City and the Night (Mexican Film Noir, American Film Noir and British Film Noir films)
American Film Noir, British Film Noir, and Mexican Film Noir films.
"I was thinking about that dame upstairs, and the way she had looked at me, and I wanted to see her again, close, without that silly staircase between us."
Double Indemnity (1944)
"I was thinking about that dame upstairs, and the way she had looked at me, and I wanted to see her again, close, without that silly staircase between us."
Double Indemnity (1944)
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- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsDolores Del RíoAgustín IrustaVíctor JuncoDolores Del Rio plays a dual role as identical twins - one good and one bad.Mexican Noir Films list start.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsAlfonso MejíaRoberto CoboEstela IndaA group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, as the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
- DirectorRené CardonaStarsMaría Elena MarquésAbel SalazarLuis BeristáinPaco and Raquel are a couple of pickpockets that began to work together, as they begin to know each other, their stories and the reason they became thiefs starts to appear. A melodramatic comedy with a tint of noir.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsErnesto AlonsoMiroslavaRita MacedoThe delirious journey of a mentally disordered man, who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.
- DirectorChano UruetaStarsDavid SilvaMartha RothIsabel del PuertoA murderer known as "Ventarrón" escapes from prison to get revenge.
- DirectorJohn FarrowRichard FleischerStarsRobert MitchumJane RussellVincent PriceA deported gangster's plan to re-enter the USA involves skulduggery at a Mexican resort, and gambler Dan Milner is caught in the middle.Country: USA
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsRobert MitchumJack PalanceLinda DarnellMobster Vic Spalato's girlfriend Claire is in hiding in Mexico and she's willing to testify for a US Senate investigation committee, if she can make it back to the US alive.Country: USA
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsRobert MitchumJane GreerWilliam BendixAn army lieutenant accused of robbery pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's fiancee.Country: USA
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsRobert MitchumClaude RainsFaith DomergueA young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman, becomes involved in her husband's death, and must flee with her to the Mexican border.Country: USA
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsJames MasonMärta TorénDan DuryeaAfter stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico.Country: USA
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsRay MillandAnthony QuinnDebra PagetA murderous thief on the run with stolen loot forces a poor rancher to guide him across the desert into Mexico. Accompanying them is the rancher's wife, who happens to be the killer's former girlfriend.Country: USA
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsRoland WintersKeye LukeMantan MorelandCharlie Chan and his two eldest sons, investigate a murderous gang who is forcing an archaeologist to search for a treasure in Mexico.Country: USA
- DirectorD. Ross LedermanStarsGerald MohrEric BloreSheila RyanA croupier is murdered in a Mexico City gambling casino and the Lone Wolf is suspected. Sharon Montgomery, wife of diamond merchant Charles Montgomery, becomes involved in a jewel heist, in which again the Lone Wolf is a suspect.Country: USA
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsRicardo MontalbanGeorge MurphyHoward Da SilvaMexican and American federal agents tackle a vicious gang exploiting illegal farm workers in southern California.Country: USA
- DirectorFrank ArrigoStarsRod CameronEduardo NoriegaLucy PrentisDan is in Mexico City to attend a funeral and quickly uncovers a tangled web of deceit and violence. Is the dandified police detective dogging Dan's trail a friend or foe? As the clues mount, so does Dan's determination to crack the case.Country: USA
- DirectorYves AllégretRafael E. PortasStarsMichèle MorganGérard PhilipeVíctor Manuel MendozaLife in a small Mexican village where joy and misery, hope and pain, passion and guilt, love and decay, life and death are mixed in the peasants life and two French citizens who end up stranded in there, during a typhoid epidemic.Country: France | Mexico
- DirectorPaul HenreidStarsRalph MeekerJanice RulePaul HenreidA newly-married American couple vacationing in Mexico is prevented by the police from leaving Acapulco when the husband becomes the prime suspect in a local girl's murder.Country: USA
- DirectorRex BaileyStarsGeorge BrentHillary BrookeMorris AnkrumLos Angeles, 1953. The author David L. "Dave" Brady wants to bring a missed ex-newspaperman back to Los Angeles. Therefore Dave has to travel to Mexico City. Dave gets involved with a murder case that occurred fifteen years ago. It's an obsession for Dave to solve that murder.Country: USA
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsCharlton HestonOrson WellesJanet LeighA stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.Country: USA
- DirectorJulio BrachoStarsAndrea PalmaPedro ArmendárizAlberto GalánThe disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, where she finds a purpose-and a thrill-missing from her married life.
- DirectorAlejandro GalindoStarsAmalia AguilarRoberto CañedoVíctor ParraManuel, a factory worker, and Estrella, a rumba dancer, conspire to rob Manuel's employer.
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsNinón SevillaTito JuncoRodolfo AcostaIn México City, a Cuban dancer from "Cabaret Changó" rescues a baby from a garbage can and decides to raise him, but her pachuco pimp gets in her way.
- DirectorMiguel M. DelgadoStarsMiroslavaSara MontielKaty JuradoEvangelina asesina a su amante Alberto. En prisión ella conoce a Dora, la novia de Alberto, quien fue privada de su libertad por los negocios ilicitos de él. Una interesante historia esta a punto de tejerse.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsMaría FélixArturo de CórdovaRosario GranadosA artist model who leads the ever hapless Arturo de Córdova away from the arms of his innocent, blue-eyed wife and down, down, down into the ecstatic depths of degradation which include a stop at seedy Panamanian nightclub.
- DirectorTito DavisonStarsMaría FélixFernando SolerJulián SolerLena is a spy who manages to seduce rich men only to obtain information.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsTongoleleDavid SilvaManuel ArvideTongolele is the name of an exotic dancer who is the main attraction at a club in Mexico City. She plans to marry a newspaperman. The club owner is upset about this since he doesn't want to lose his big star. In addition, other adoring fans and fellow performers are in love with the exotic dancer. One of them, the Chinese magician, is so jealous that he plots to stop the wedding.
- DirectorLuis SpotaStarsAbel SalazarLuis AguilarLilia del Valle
- DirectorFernando CortésStarsMaría Antonieta PonsCésar del CampoManuel MedelThe show must continue after a murder is committed inside a famous theater, in order to keep everyone inside while trying to discover the killer.
- DirectorJuan OrolStarsVíctor AlcocerIsrael CamusCesar CarboA hard-boiled crime story also known as "The Waiting-room of Death".
- DirectorEmilio Gómez MurielStarsPedro ArmendárizMartha RothCarlos López MoctezumaPedro es declarado culpable de asesinato luego de matar accidentalmente el esposo de una amiga. Su propia familia se enfrentará a tiempos difíciles, asi como él cuando confíe su libertad en quien no debe.
- DirectorJuan OrolStarsRosa CarminaArturo MartínezCésar del CampoAn exuberant dancer decides to change her lifestyle after meeting a millionaire.A dancer film.
- DirectorAlberto GoutStarsNinón SevillaTito JuncoAndrea PalmaLeft alone after her mother runs off with another man and her father kills himself, Elena attempts to make a new life for herself in a new city. Believing he's a friend, Elena goes to dinner with "Pretty Boy" Lucio, but he drugs her champagne and sells her to Rosaura, who runs a brothel out of her nightclub. Elena becomes a sensation as a dancer, but all the while she nurtures plans of revenge against those who have conspired against her.A dancer film.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsArturo de CórdovaLeticia PalmaRamón GayA fortune teller blackmails a beautiful widow whose husband has recently died.
- DirectorJuan OrolStarsRosa CarminaTito JuncoJosé G. CruzFinal installment in Juan Orol's Percal trilogy. In this film, Malena is freed from prison by a gangster but a rival mobster will make things impossible for them.
- DirectorJulio BrachoStarsArturo de CórdovaGloria MarínJulio VillarrealA brilliant surgeon is dazed and feels he can no longer operate. Told in flashback, we find his troubles began with a woman.
- DirectorTito DavisonStarsArturo de CórdovaElsa AguirreMarga LópezAfter a heist, hardened criminal Daniel escapes to a small town assuming the identity of the new school teacher, where he undergoes personal growth.
- DirectorTito DavisonStarsLeticia PalmaManolo FábregasCarmen MontejoFive women work together as prostitutes in an elegant cabaret near by the seashore. They're all exploited by cruel Willy (Fábregas), a suave conman who has stolen the club from the always-drunk don Ángel (Soler). Things change when a sailor (the long-lost son of don Ángel) arrives and fights Willy.
- DirectorMiguel MoraytaStarsAna Luisa PeluffoJoaquín CorderoAlberto de MendozaA lonely homeless woman, is seeking revenge from the ruthless man who killed her family and left her with a disfigured face.
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsMarga LópezMiguel InclánRodolfo AcostaMercedes (Marga Lopez) dances for money with the clients of Salon Mexico, a famous cabaret in Mexico City. Her younger sister Beatriz (Derbez) studies in an expensive private school, paid by Mercedes. Obviously, young Beatriz doesn't know about her sister's job. Troubles begin when Mercedes wins a danzon contest with Paco (Acosta), her pimp. Paco refuses to share the prize with Mercedes, so she steals the money when he's sleeping.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsPedro ArmendárizAnita BlanchRebeca IturbideMarcos is an arrogant jai-alai player who seduces and discards women until he himself becomes the object of a cunning revenge.
- DirectorMiguel MoraytaStarsPedro ArmendárizLeticia PalmaRamón GayWhen a robbery goes wrong, the thief takes a singer as hostage, they fall in love and try to rebuild their lives, but tragedy surges in the most unexpected way.Mexican Noir Films list end.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsRobert MitchumJane GreerKirk DouglasA private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses, and duplicitous dames.American Noir Films list start.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartMary AstorGladys GeorgeSan Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterYvonne De CarloDan DuryeaAn armored truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsHumphrey BogartLauren BacallJohn RidgelyPrivate detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail and what might be love.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsCharles McGrawAdele JergensWilliam TalmanA well-planned robbery goes awry with tough cop Jim Cordell in pursuit of the thieves.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterAva GardnerEdmond O'BrienHit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
- DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsJohn DallPeggy CumminsBerry KroegerTwo disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsEdward G. RobinsonJoan BennettDan DuryeaA man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses.
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsTom NealAnn SavageClaudia DrakeThe life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
- DirectorCharles VidorStarsRita HayworthGlenn FordGeorge MacreadyA small-time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino discovers his employer's new wife is his former lover.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsSterling HaydenColeen GrayVince EdwardsCrook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJames CagneyVirginia MayoEdmond O'BrienA psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsDick PowellClaire TrevorAnne ShirleyAfter being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
- DirectorVincent ShermanStarsAnn SheridanKent SmithBruce BennettA doctor spins an ever-growing web of lies after a taste of the excitement that he was missing in his conventional life, thanks to a chance meeting with a nightclub singer.
- DirectorHoward W. KochEdmond O'BrienStarsEdmond O'BrienJohn AgarMarla EnglishWhen a brutal police detective Lt. murders a bookmaker's runner for $25,000 in cash, a deaf mute sees him do it and now he finds he must kill again to cover his tracks.
- DirectorHubert CornfieldStarsGene RaymondJeanne CooperWayne MorrisFive men rob a train in Utah of 10 million dollars in gold and head to Los Angeles in 3 trucks hoping to meet up with their beautiful accomplice and leave the country.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsLizabeth ScottDon DeForeDan DuryeaThrough a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsSteve BrodieAudrey LongRaymond BurrA young married couple flee both the police and a gangster out for revenge.
- DirectorVincent ShermanStarsJoan CrawfordDavid BrianSteve CochranA New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted.
- DirectorJohn BerryStarsRichard BasehartAudrey TotterCyd CharisseA meek pharmacist creates an alternate identity under which he plans to murder the bullying liquor salesman who has become his wife's lover.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsLaraine DayRobert MitchumBrian AherneJust before a wedding, the bridegroom hears a complex tale painting his lovely bride as devilish and unbalanced.
- DirectorRussell RouseStarsBroderick CrawfordRichard ConteAnne BancroftA top syndicate crime boss and his corrupt politicians make multi-million deals and order murders until the vicious pattern finally catches up to them.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsHoward DuffPeggy DowBrian DonlevyUnscrupulous and opportunistic San Francisco news media photographer Jack Early steps on and uses folks to get ahead, but in the end he tangles with the wrong people.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsDana AndrewsRhonda FlemingGeorge SandersA serial killer has been killing beautiful women in New York and the new owner of a media company offers a high ranking job to the first of his senior executives who can get the earliest scoops on the case.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsKim HunterTom ConwayJean BrooksA woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village and finds that they could have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsWilliam GarganMarjorie LordRalph ByrdAn investigative reporter tells his assistant about a book called "The Argyle Album", which contains a list of people who were traitors and war profiteers during World War II. After the reporter is murdered in the hospital, his assistant is framed for the killing and must elude the police and a gang of international criminals who are looking for the album to use for blackmail.
- DirectorRichard FleischerWilliam Cameron MenziesStarsCharles McGrawMarie WindsorJacqueline WhiteA woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against potential assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.
- DirectorIrving LernerStarsVince EdwardsPhillip PineHerschel BernardiClaude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsRobert MitchumJean SimmonsMona FreemanAmbulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsRobert CummingsRichard BasehartRichard HartRobespierrre, a powerful figure in the French revolution, is desperately looking for his black book, a death list of those marked for the guillotine.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsHenry FondaVera MilesAnthony QuayleIn 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsFrank LovejoyKathleen RyanRichard CarlsonA man who is down on his luck falls in with a criminal.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsRichard WidmarkJean PetersThelma RitterA pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsBela KovacsHerbert HeyesTina PineThe Globe is a small, but visionary newspaper started by Phineas Mitchell, an editor recently fired by The Star. The two newspapers become enemies, and the Star's ruthless heiress Charity Hackett decides to eliminate the competition.American Noir Films list end.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard ToddAnne BaxterHerbert LomAt Kimberley Prescott's villa, a stranger shows up and claims he is her brother who supposedly died the previous year in a car accident.British Noir Films list start.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsLex BarkerCarole MathewsLisa GastoniA man, awakening with no memory, is told he is an heir to millions, but he suspects he is an heir to trouble instead.
- DirectorPeter MaxwellStarsRobert MacKenzieDelphi LawrenceGordon JacksonA blind American Army officer becomes involved in a murder mystery and solves it after regaining his sight.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsHardy KrügerStanley BakerMicheline PresleIn 1950s London, Dutch painter Jan Van Rooyen has an affair with a rich married Frenchwoman who is supposedly murdered, resulting in Van Rooyen becoming Scotland Yard's prime suspect.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsStanley BakerSam WanamakerGrégoire AslanIn the UK, after pulling a racetrack robbery, repeat offender Johnny Bannion hides the loot in a farmer's field but the police and the local mob come looking for Johnny and the money.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminDan CohenStarsStewart GrangerDonna ReedGeorge SandersA movie executive is framed for the murder of his beautiful promiscuous leading lady by her jealous, estranged husband.
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsJayne MansfieldLeo GennKarlheinz BöhmA French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London's Soho district becomes involved in the lives of the owner and star of a famous club.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsRichard ToddPeter SellersElizabeth SellarsA cosmetic salesman sets out to prove to himself and his wife that he is not a failure.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsRonald HowardCarol MarshIan FlemingJust after he has become engaged to a baronet's daughter, Bob Jenson is arrested for robbery and murder. He breaks jail, tracks down the real criminals and hands them over to the authorities.
- DirectorMax VarnelStarsPatricia DriscollRobert ArdenRichard WilliamsOn-the-run psychopathic escaped murderer Mather (Ryck Rydon) sweet-talks a very imaginative small boy Tommy (played by 11-year-old Richard Williams) into believing that if he quietly fetches him a gun and food, Mather will give him a favorable introduction to outlaw Jesse James.
- DirectorGordon ParryStarsDiana DorsGeorge BakerTerence MorganAn irresistible temptress causes trouble between two brothers when the more handsome charismatic ones turns up, leading to robbery and death.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsStanley BakerJohn CrawfordDonald PleasenceIn Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who escapes from prison.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsJayne MansfieldAnthony QuayleCarl MöhnerA gang leader dumps her criminal boyfriend when he is convicted of robbery, but he recovers the stolen loot once he's released. In retaliation, the gang kidnaps his son and demands the money as ransom.
- DirectorJohn LemontStarsHerbert LomSean ConneryJohn GregsonA small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in his bed and a sick friend to care for, he will have to keep all his wits about him.
- DirectorSidney HayersStarsMichael CraigFrançoise PrévostBillie WhitelawA gang plans to steal a factory's wages, but an armored van foils them. They rob anyway, killing the driver. His vengeful wife and encroaching police make the gang betray each other.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsClaude DauphinDiane CilentoRonald LewisAfter surviving a traumatic car accident, a race car driver travels to the Cote D'Azur to recover but is plagued by an urge to strangle his wife.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsGary CooperDeborah KerrEric PortmanFive years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.
- DirectorPat JacksonStarsJeannie CarsonAlan DobieDelphi LawrenceAn ex-con goes looking for his late cellmate's hidden loot.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsTerence LongdonDonald GrayDermot WalshWhen reporter Mark Kingston's student brother falls from his Cambridge college window, he makes haste from the States to set out to prove that it would not have been suicide, but was rather murder.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsPatrick McGoohanKeith MichellBetsy BlairThis movie, based on William Shakespeare's Othello, is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best jazz musicians of the period, including Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus.
- DirectorJules DassinStarsRichard WidmarkGene TierneyGoogie WithersA small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenAlida ValliPulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsStanley BakerHerbert LomPeggy CumminsA rookie trucker tries to expose his boss' rackets.