FILM NOIR AND NEO-NOIR ON TV
Turner Classic Movie Channel
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Wednesday, February 1, 11:15 AM
KEY LARGO (1948): A returning veteran (Humphrey Bogart) tangles with a ruthless gangster (Edward G. Robinson) during a hurricane while falling for his dead war buddy's widow (Lauren Bacall). Claire Trevor steals the film with, and won an Oscar for, her performance as the gangster's alcoholic and emotionally abused girlfriend. Dir. John Huston
Saturday, February 4, 11:15 AM
GASLIGHT (1944): A newlywed (Ingrid Bergman) fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion where her aunt was murdered ten years earlier. Joseph Cotten stars as the handsome stranger who aids her. Charles Boyer stars as the handsome husband who terrorizes her. Dir. George Cukor
Monday, February 6, 12:15 AM
BLOW-UP (1966): A womanizing photographer (David Hemmings) discovers a murder in the background of a candid photo. His investigation tests his deductive skills and his sanity. Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni
Saturday, February 11, 6:45 AM
THE NAKED CITY (1948): A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York. Barry Fitzgerald plays the compassionate cop on the trail of a murder in this groundbreaking police procedural. Watch for noir regular and radio's Sam Spade, Howard Duff as the murdered girl's sleazy boyfriend. Dir. Jules Dassin
Friday, February 17, 1:15 PM
PANIC IN THE STREETS (1950): A policeman (Paul Douglas) and a doctor (Richard Widmark) race against time to find two gun-happy hoodlums (Zero Mostel and Jack Palance) who are somewhere in the streets of New Orleans carrying the pneumonic plague. Score by Alfred Newman and cinematography by Joseph MacDonald. Director: Elia Kazan
Friday, February 17, 3:15 PM
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967): In a small Mississippi town , racist Police Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) mistakenly accuses African American Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) of the recent murder of a prominent Northern industrialist. When Gillespie discovers that Tibbs is a Homicide detective from Philadelphia, he enlists his help to solve the murder. This groundbreaking neo-noir won five Oscars, including Best Picture. Dir. Norman Jewison
Monday, February 20, 7:00 PM
THE THIRD MAN (1949): This fantastic film about a naive American, Joseph Cotten, investigating the death of his friend, Orson Welles, in post-World War II Vienna never loses its impact no matter how many times you watch it. "Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love — they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock" Dir. Carol Reed
Tuesday, February 21, 7:30 AM
AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD (1952): Nightclub singer Chris Emery (Rita Hayworth) enlists the help of her brother-in-law Steve Emery (Glenn Ford) to prove that her recently deceased husband didn't commit suicide, but was murdered. Cold war politics and sexual tension between the pair soon complicate Steve's investigation. Dir. Vincent Sherman
Wednesday, February 22, 5:00 PM
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951): A childlike but charming psychopath named Bruno (Robert Walker) suggests that he and a tennis player with political ambitions named Guy (Farley Granger) crisscross murders. Unfortunately, Guy realizes too late that Bruno wasn't joking. Guy's unwanted wife shows up murdered and he has no alibi. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Thursday, February 23, 8:00 PM
THE LETTER (1940): Bette Davis gives a masterful performance as a married woman claiming self-defense in the murder of a fellow Britisher on her husband's rubber plantation in Malay. This succeeds both as a film noir and an incisive look into colonialism. Watch for Victor Sen Yung as a solicitous lawyer's clerk. Dir. William Wyler
Friday, February 24, 7:00 PM
ACE IN THE HOLE (1951): A small-town reporter (Kirk Douglas at his hammy best) milks a local disaster to get back into the big time, destroying everyone, including himself, along the way. Jan Sterling gives a tremendous performance as the trapped man's opportunistic wife. Dir. Billy Wilder
Saturday, February 25, 9:30 AM- 1:00 PM
San Francisco Noir Double Feature
9:30 AM
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941): How do I love this movie, let me count the ways… Arguably the first, and greatest, film noir, hard-boiled detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) gets caught up in the deadly search for a priceless statue. Along the way he tangles with a murderous liar (Mary Astor), an effete thug (Peter Lorre) and a fat mastermind (Sydney Greenstreet). Director John Huston brilliantly adapted it from the Dashiell Hammett novel. Dir. John Huston
11:15 AM
THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL (1951): A young concentration camp survivor (Valentina Cortese) assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to live in the United States, only to discover one of her new relatives has murderous intentions. Never trust a man who tells you that orange juice will help you sleep. Dir: Robert Wise
Tuesday, February 28, 12:00 PM
BOOMERANG (1947): In this fact based noir, State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey (Dana Andrews) contends with an explosive political situation while trying to discover rather or not a drifter is innocent of a terrible crime, the murder of a beloved priest. Dir. Elia Kazan
Wednesday, February 29, 5:00 PM
THE SHANGHAI GESTURE (1941): A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint. His daughter (Gene Tierney) and her vices prove to be his downfall. Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Fox Movie ChannelTimes are PST. See their website to confirm dates and times. Thursday, February 2, 3:00 AM WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950): A gritty film noir about a detective, Dana Andrews, with a strong hatred of crooks who accidentally kills a suspect, and must confront his conscience when an innocent man is accused of the crime. To further complicate matters, he falls for the victim's estranged wife, Gene Tierney. Dir: Otto Preminger Thursday, February 2, 6:00 AM THE SEVEN-UPS (1973): Roy Scheider stars as Buddy, one of a band of elite but ruthless cops called The Seven-Ups, in this 70s neo-noir. When his partner gets killed he discovers a criminal conspiracy to kidnap mobsters and a mole in their group. Dir: Philip D'Antoni Thursday, February 2, 8:00 AM POPEYE DOYLE (1986): In this neo-noir TV movie, French Connection cop, Popeye Doyle (Ed O'Neill) investigates the murder of a young model and uncovers a drug conspiracy with international political overtones. Director: Peter Levin Wednesday, February 3, 10:00 AM BLACK WIDOW (1986): In this stylish thriller, a young justice department investigator (Debra Winger) tails a widow (Theresa Russell) suspected of murdering multiple husbands. Dir: Bob Rafelson Monday, February 6, 6:15 AMM HOUSE OF STRANGERS (1949): Max Monetti (Richard Conte) contemplates vengeance against his brothers after their betrayal of his father Gino (Edward G. Robinson). Will the tempering influence of his lady love (Susan Hayward) stop him? Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz Tuesday, February 7, 4:31 AM KISS OF DEATH (1995): An ex-con, who is betrayed by his criminal cohorts, plans an ingenious revenge against the vicious killer who becomes his nemesis. Hollywood remade the 1947 classic film noir with David Caruso in the Victor Mature part, the ex-con, and Nicolas Cage in the Richard Widmark part, the psycho. Why? Dir: Barbet Schroeder Tuesday, February 7, 8:30 AM CALL NORTHSIDE 777 (1948): In this fact based film noir, a Chicago journalist (Jimmy Stewart) crusades to overturn the false conviction of a man (Richard Conte) serving a life sentence for a policeman's murder. Director: Henry Hathaway Wednesday, February 8, 7:00 AM BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956): Produced and starring James Mason, this groundbreaking film deals with the previously unexplored subject of 1956-miracle drugs and their unpredictable side-effects. Mason is a modest school teacher initially helped by prescription cortisone, but soon faces devastating addiction. Dir. Nicholas Ray Thursday, February 9, 3:00 AM MAN HUNT (1941): In this suspenseful noir, based on Geoffrey Household's novel Rogue Male, the Gestapo hunts down a big game hunter (Walter Pidgeon) that they believe attempted to assassinate Hitler. Joan Bennett, who later co-starred in director Fritz Lang's Scarlet Street (1945), plays Jerry, a young Cockney prostitute who aids him. Dir. Fritz Lang Monday, February 20, 1:00 AM BLOOD AND WINE (1997): A wine dealer (Jack Nicholson) finds his life spinning out of control after he steals a million dollar diamond necklace and becomes alienated from his wife (Judy Davis). Dir: Bob Rafelson February 22, 4:30 AM A LIFE IN THE BALANCE (1955): A young Mexican boy (José Pérez) possibly the bravest boy of all time, tails a killer (Lee Marvin) in order to clear his musician father (Ricardo Montalban) of murder charges. Filmed on location in Mexico. Widescreen. Dir. Harry Horner and Rafael Portillo February 27, 4:30 AM DRESSED TO KILL (1941): Brett Halliday's pulp detective, Michael Shane (Lloyd Nolan) stumbles across a bizarre string of murders with all of the victims found dressed in costumes from a musical comedy staged 25 years prior. The film was based on Death Takes No Bows, a mystery novel by Richard Burke. Dir. Eugene Forde February 29, 3:00 AM JUST OFF BROADWAY (1942): Brett Halliday's pulp detective, Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan), while serving jury duty on a murder trial, begins to investigate the case when a witness is killed in the middle of the courtroom. Janis Carter plays the sexy defendant he tries to clear. Dir. Herbert I. Leeds February 29, 6:30 AM LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945): A jealous woman, Gene Tierney, will stop at nothing to destroy anyone that she perceives as a threat to her being first in her husband's affections. The truth begins to dawn on her husband, Cornell Wilde, after a tragic "accident". When she realizes that he no longer loves her, she designs the ultimate revenge. Dir. John M. Stahl |
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