Film Noir and Neo-Noir on TCM: August, 2026

Saturday, August 1, 12:30 AM

MIKE’S MURDER (1984): A bank teller (Debra Winger) is pulled into the seedy world of Los Angel’s underworld when she tries to uncover the disappearance of her tennis coach and occasional lover with his partner in drug dealing (Darrell Larson). She is drawn into the underworld Dir. James Bridges

Saturday, August 1, 3:00 AM – Sunday, August 2, 3:00 AM

Today’s star: Doris Day

Here are the noirs…

10:30 AM

LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME (1955): Engrossing musical bio (from an Oscar-winning story by Daniel Fuchs) of Jazz Age singer Ruth Etting (Doris Day), whose life and career were dominated by gangster Marty 'The Gimp' Snyder, (James Cagney). Ruth’s musical advisor Johnny Alderman (Cameron Mitchell) attempts repeatedly to persuade Ruth to leave her abusive relationship. Dir. Charles Vidor

9:00 PM

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956): A family vacationing in Morocco accidentally stumbles on to an assassination plot and the conspirators are determined to prevent them from interfering. Jay Livingston and Ray Evans garnered the Oscar for Best Music, Original Song for the film’s song "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)”. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

11:15 PM

STORM WARNING (1951): A model (Ginger Rogers) visits her recently married younger sister (Doris Day) in small town America and witnesses a lynching. When she arrives at her sister’s home, she realizes her brother-in-law (Steve Cochran) was part of the lynch mob. Will she help the crusading D.A. (Ronald Regan) bring down the local branch of the KKK, including her sister’s husband? Dir. Stuart Heisler

Sunday, August 2, 3:00 AM – Monday, August 3, 3:00 AM

Today’s star: Humphrey Bogart

Here are the noirs (almost all of the films)…

7:00 AM

ACROSS THE PACIFIC (1942): The cast and director of The Maltese Falcon reunited to make this breezy espionage thriller about an American agent, Humphrey Bogart, who tries to keep Axis spies from blowing up the Panama Canal. The all-time greatest Chinese-American character actor, Keye Luke, has the distinction of wearing the most hideously garish suit in the history of Hollywood cinema. Co-stars Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet add to the fun. Dir. John Huston

9:00 AM

CASABLANCA (1942): A love triangle plays out in Vichy controlled Casablanca between a cynical bar owner (Humphrey Bogart), a resistance fighter (Paul Henreid) and his beautiful wife (Ingrid Bergman). The supporting cast includes Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Conrad Veidt. Dir. Michael Curtiz

11:00 AM

BEAT THE DEVIL (1949): In this humorous crime film, six professional thieves, all on the trail of a piece of African land supposedly containing a valuable uranium deposit in Africa, cross paths with a seemingly guileless British couple (Jenifer Jones and Edward Underdown) while stranded in Italy. Double crosses and romantic entanglements stir things up. The thieves include Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Robert Morley and Gina Lollobrigida. Dir. John Huston

3:00 PM

THE BIG SLEEP (1946): In Howard Hawks’ clever and sophisticated adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s novel, private eye Philip Marlowe’s (Humphrey Bogart) investigates the involvement of an opium addled (and nymphomaniacal) society girl (Martha Vickers) in the murder of a pornographer. He also must determine if her sister (Lauren Bacall) is helping or hindering him. Dir. Howard Hawks

5:00 PM

KNOCK ON ANY DOOR (1949): A crusading lawyer (Humphrey Bogart) fights to defend a young man (John Derek) on trial for killing a cop. His long rap sheet doesn’t help his credibility. Dir. Nicholas Ray

7:00 PM

THE HARDER THEY FALL (1956): A cynical press agent (Humphrey Bogart) tempted by the money, goes to work as a PR flak for the corrupt manager (Rod Steiger) of a naïve boxer. He then must decide between the dough and exposing the inhuman conditions rife in the boxing game. DP Burnett Guffey earned an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White for his work on the film. Dir. Mark Robson

9:00 PM

DEAD RECKONING (1947): A tough veteran (Humphrey Bogart) sets out to solve his war buddy's murder. During his investigation he encounters his friend’s best girl Lizabeth Scott in easily the best performance of her career. Dir. John Cromwell

11:00 PM

DARK PASSAGE (1947): Adapted from a story by David Goodis, this noir follows convicted wife murderer Vincent Parry’s (Humphrey Bogart) escape from jail and subsequent hunt for the real killer of his wife. Sympathetic stranger Irene (Lauren Bacall) encounters him during his jail break and aids him. Agnes Moorehead steals the show as Irene’s shrewish friend who knew Vincent and his wife prior to the murder. Dir. Delmer Daves

Tuesday, August 4, 3:00 AM – Wednesday, August 5, 3:00 AM

Today’s star: Glen Ford

Only one noir programmed

5:00 PM

THE BIG HEAT (1953): In this seminal noir, a police detective (Glenn Ford) whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a gangster's moll (Gloria Grahame) to bring down a powerful racketeer (Alexander Scourby). Lee Marvin steals the film as Grahame’s abusive boyfriend and eventual object of her revenge. Dir. Fritz Lang

Wednesday, August 5, 3:00 AM – Thursday, August 6, 3:00 AM

Today’s star: Joan Bennett (Eddie's Pick)

Here are the noirs…

9:00 AM

HOLLOW TRIUMPH (1948): In this iconic noir, an ex-con (Paul Henreid) whose “last heist” just went wrong, goes on the lam and poses as a psychiatrist. He falls for the psychiatrist’s lover and secretary (Joan Bennett) and then things go awry. The great John Alton serves as cinematographer. As we like to say at the FNF, “It’s a bitter little world.” Dir. Steve Sekely

10:30 AM

THE WOMAN ON THE BEACH (1947): A shell-shocked coast guardsman (Robert Ryan) falls for a married woman (Joan Bennett) trapped in a loveless marriage to a renowned artist that she accidentally blinded during a drunken fight. He begins to suspect that her husband (Charles Bickford) might be able to see. Dir. Jean Renoir

1:15 PM

THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (1944): This almost seems like a trail run for Fritz Lang’s noir classic Scarlet Street (1945) - same stars, same bad guy, same director and a similar storyline. A mild-mannered professor (Edward G. Robinson) meets a beautiful young woman (Joan Bennett) by chance and soon finds himself caught in web of murder and blackmail. Dan Duryea (who else?) co-stars as a very sleazy private detective. Dir. Fritz Lang

3:00 PM

SCARLET STREET (1945): A henpecked cashier and weekend painter, Christopher Cross (Edward G. Robinson), falls for heartless tramp Kitty (Joan Bennett) whom he meets by chance. She and her pimp/boyfriend Johnny (Dan Duryea) play the sucker for everything he has. Then Chris starts to embezzle to keep his lady love happy and things go from bad to worse. Dir. Fritz Lang

5:00 PM

MAN HUNT (1941): In this suspenseful noir based on Geoffrey Household's novel Rogue Male, the Gestapo hunts down a sportsman (Walter Pidgeon) after he accidentally stumbles across Hitler's secret residence. He finds an unlikely ally in a lovely Cockney girl (Joan Bennett). t is based on the 1939 novel Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household. Dir. Fritz Lang

Saturday, August 8, 3:00 AM – Monday, August 9, 3:00 AM

Today’s star: Steve McQueen

Here are the noirs…

5:15 AM

THE GETAWAY (1972): In this first big screen adaptation of Jim Thompson’s novel, a husband (Steve McQueen) and wife (Ali MacGraw) meet a series of misadventures after a bank heist and the wife’s shooting of the mastermind of the robbery who double crossed them. Stars McQueen and McGraw fell in love during the shooting of the film. Walter Hill penned the screenplay. Dir. Sam Peckinpah

3:00 PM

THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968): A bored business tycoon (Steve McQueen) turns to bank robbery and courts the insurance investigator (Faye Dunaway) assigned to bring him in. Hard to decide which of the leads is prettier. Dir. Norman Jewison

6:30 PM

BULLITT (1968): When mobsters kill the witness Frank Bullitt (Steve McQueen) was assigned to protect, he uses unorthodox methods to investigate the case. Beautiful San Francisco location work and a breathtaking car chase sequence add additional pleasure to watching this fine neo-noir, not to mention the iconic Lalo Schifrin score. Dir. Peter Yates

Sunday, August 9, 3:00 AM – Monday, August 10, 3:00 AM

Today’s star: Gene Tierney

Here are the noirs...

1:00 PM

WHIRLPOOL (1949): A beautiful kleptomaniac (Gene Tierney) seeks help from a hypnotist (José Ferrer) and soon finds herself accused of murdering his previous clients and with no memory of what happened. Can her psychoanalyst husband (Richard Conte) help her find the truth? Dir. Otto Preminger

5:00 PM

LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945): Gene Tierney gives an astonishing, and Oscar nominated performance as Ellen, an insanely jealous woman. Ellen will stop at nothing to destroy anyone that she perceives as a threat to her being first place in her husband Richards’s affections. The truth begins to dawn on Richard (Cornell Wilde) after a tragic “accident”. When Ellen realizes that Richard no longer loves her, she designs the ultimate revenge. Based on the novel by Ben Ames (a highly recommended read). Dir. John M. Stahl

7:00 PM

NIGHT AND THE CITY (1950): Richard Widmark gives the performance of a lifetime as desperate small time hustler Harry Fabian. Stranded in London, he dreams of the big score that will deliver him out of the bush league. He attempts to break into professional wrestling as a promoter with tragic results. Gene Tierney plays, quite impressively, his long-suffering girlfriend and chronic mark. Adapted from the novel by Gerald Kersh. Dir. Jules Dassin

Monday, August 10, 3:00 AM – Tuesday, August 11, 3:00 AM

Today’s star: George Hamilton

Only one noir...

3:00 AM

CRIME & PUNISHMENT, USA (1959): Director Denis Sanders wanted to make a version of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 19th century Russian masterpiece for the beat generation according to star George Hamilton who made his big screen debut in the film. Hamilton plays Robert, a student who murders a pawnbroker and believes he can get away with it. He more than meets his match in Lieutenant Porter (Frank Silvera) who slowly breaks him down. The action was transplanted to contemporary Los Angeles and was one of the few films that executive producer Roger Corman lost money on. Fun fact, Dostoevsky’s detective was the inspiration for Lieutenant Columbo. Dir. Denis Sanders

Tuesday, August 11, 3:00 AM – Wednesday, August 12, 3:00 PM

Today’s star: Barbara Stanwyck (Alicia Malone’s pick)

Here are the noirs...

9:00 AM

THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS (1947): A sociopathic artist (Humphrey Bogart) decides that he would like to murder his wife in order to marry a flirtatious younger woman (Alexis Smith). However, the current Mrs. Carroll is Barbara Stanwyck, so you know this isn’t going to be so easy, even though Babs is both uncharacteristically slow on the uptake and rather wimpy in this one. Dir. Peter Godfrey

1:00 PM

EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE (1949): Wealthy and married Jessie Bourne (Barbara Stanwyck) finds herself attracted to ex-police officer turned author Mark Dwyer but wants to remain loyal to her husband (James Mason). Unfortunately, he’s playing around with his ex-flame Isabel (Ava Gardner). Isabel tells Jessie that she has every attention of taking away her husband. Then Isabel winds up dead and Jessie falls under suspicion for the murder. Low rent noir goddess Beverly Michaels does a wonderful turn a trashy gun moll in a small but pivotal role. Dir. Mervyn LeRoy

9:00 PM

SORRY, WRONG NUMBER (1948): Barbara Stanwyck gives a tour-de-force performance (Oscar-nominated) as a bedridden woman who, through crossed phone wires, overhears a murder being planned. This engrossing extension of Lucile Fletcher’s legendary 22-minute radio drama is pure noir, tracking an ill-fated romance that spirals into deceit, despair, and death. Featuring Burt Lancaster in one of his earliest roles and richly atmospheric camerawork by the great Sol Polito. Famous, yet still underrated! Dir. Anatole Litvak

10:45 PM

THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946): Years after a murder drove them apart, an heiress (Barbara Stanwyck) tries to win back her lost love, Sam Masterson (Van Heflin). Her scion husband (Kirk Douglas), a four-star sot, objects. Lizbeth Scott plays the down on her luck girl that falls for Sam and further complicates things. Writer John Patrick earned an Oscar nod for Best Writing, Original Story. Dir. Lewis Milestone

Thursday, August 13, 3:00 AM – Friday, August 14, 3:00 PM

Today’s star: Susan Hayward

Here are the noirs...

5:00 AM

THE LUSTY MEN (1952): In this Nicholas Ray helmed Western noir, a faded rodeo star (Robert Mitchum) mentors a younger rider to help him raise the money he needs to buy his dream ranch through rodeo competition (Arthur Kennedy) and then falls for his wife (Susan Hayward). As one would expect, complications ensue. Dir. Nicholas Ray

9:00 AM

THEY WON’T BELIEVE ME (1947): Robert Young is brilliantly cast against type as a married Lothario whose sexual antics lead to tragedy. Director Irving Pichel elicits superb, nuanced performances from Susan Hayward (his latest lover), Jane Greer (his former lover) and Rita Johnson (his beleaguered wife), all full-blooded characters in Jonathan Latimer’s sharp-edged screenplay. Produced by Hitchcock protégé Joan Harrison. Dir. Irving Pichel

9:30 PM

I WANT TO LIVE (1958): Susan Hayward deservedly won the Best Actress Oscar for her bravura performance as Barbara Grahame, a former prostitute and drug addict, executed for murder. Hayward perfectly captures a possibly innocent woman convicted more for her lifestyle than evidence. Dir. Robert Wise

1:30 AM

DEADLINE AT DAWN (1946): In this adaptation of the Cornell Woolrich novel, a taxi dancer June (Susan Hayward) helps an amnesiac sailor Alex (Bill Williams), that she believes to be innocent, try to track down the real killer of a woman whom Alex apparently robbed earlier in the evening, after she helped fleece him in a card game. A friendly cabbie (Paul Lukas) aids them in their search for the murderer. Dir. Harold Clurman

Sunday, August 16, 3:00 AM – Monday, August 17, 3:00 AM

Star of the day: Cary Grant

One noir…

2:30 PM

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959): Foreign agents mistake suave and swinging advertising man Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) for a spy. He takes it on the lam and encounters a beautiful blonde (Eva Marie Saint) who may or may not be trusted. This film earned three Oscar nominations: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color; Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen; and Best Film Editing. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Monday, August 17, 3:00 AM – Tuesday, August 18, 3:00 AM

Star of the day: Rosalind Russell

Here are the noirs...

8:00 AM

NIGHT MUST FALL (1937): Young and charming Danny (Robert Montgomery) worms his way into elderly and wealthy Mrs. Bramson’s (Dame May Whitty) household. Her sexually repressed niece (Rosalind Russell) suspects him of larceny and possibly a local murder while being strongly attracted to him. What’s in that hatbox? Both Whitty and Montgomery were nominated for Oscars for their performances. Based on the play by Emlyn Williams. Dir. Richard Thorpe

3:15 PM

THE VELVET TOUCH (1948): Prominent Broadway actress Valerie Stanton (Rosalind Russell) accidentally kills her producer and ex-lover (Leon Ames) during an argument. She manages to slip away from the crime scene but finds she can’t run away from her conscience. Noir icon Sidney Greenstreet plays the detective investigating the case. Noir stalwart Claire Trevor plays Stanton’s theatrical rival who’s arrested for the crime. Dir. John Gage

Friday, August 21, 3:00 AM – Saturday, August 22, 3:00 AM

Star of the day: Marie Windsor (Ben Mankiewicz's pick)

Here are the noirs...

3:00 AM

SONG OF THE THIN MAN (1947): This was the last outing for Nick (William Powell), Nora (Myrna Loy) and Asta Charles, they investigate the shooting of a band leader in New York. Gloria Grahame plays a sultry jazz singer whose romantic missteps lead to death, another foreshadowing of her career in noir. Another noir siren, Marie Windsor has a small, featured role as a gangster’s wife. Dir. Edward Buzzell

6:15 AM

DOUBLE DEAL (1950): A ruthless and sexy woman will stop at nothing to possess an oil field. Interestingly, noir siren Marie Windsor plays the good girl who is the rightful owner of the land. Dir. Abby Berlin

5:00 PM

THE NARROW MARGIN (1952): Marie Windsor gives one of her signature performances in this heralded thriller, one of the most inventive B films of the classic noir era. Set mostly on a train rife with killers, a tough cop (Charles McGraw) is assigned to haul a mobster’s wife to L.A. to testify against a gang of mobsters. It’s a toss-up as to what’s more exciting—Richard Fleischer’s propulsive handling of the spirited action sequences or Windsor and McGraw, chest to chest, spewing hardboiled insults at each other all the way from Chicago to L.A. Earl Felton’s dialogue snaps, crackles, and pops, and Fleischer’s dynamic direction is explosive enough to have blasted him out of the B unit and into the ranks of Hollywood’s preeminent directors for the next thirty-five years. Dir. Richard Fleischer

6:30 PM

FORCE OF EVIL (1948): A crooked lawyer (John Garfield) tries to protect his numbers running brother (Thomas Gomez) from a ruthless crime boss (Roy Roberts), only to be destroyed by a citywide system of graft and corruption. Noir siren Marie Windsor spices up the proceeding as the racketeer’s flirtatious wife. Dir. Abraham Polonsky

8:00 PM

THE KILLING (1956): The best laid plans… Ex-con Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) masterminds a racetrack heist. Instead of securing the two million dollar take, his gang’s emotional entanglements bring disaster. In a quintessential piece of noir casting, Marie Windsor plays the treacherous wife of Elisha Cook, Jr. Dir. Stanley Kubrick

9:30 PM

THE SNIPER (1952): San Francisco is the backdrop for one of the first movies about a modern serial killer. Decades before such stories became commonplace, husband and wife writers Edna and Edward Anhalt researched dozens of actual cases to create this psychological “exposé” of a murderous misfit who wants to be caught but finds it too easy to slip into the margins of a bustling post-WWII metropolis. Arthur Franz gives an edgy performance as the psychologically scarred sniper, whose murderous trail leads viewers on a fascinating tour of mid-century San Francisco, from Pacific Heights through the back alleys of North Beach to the once-industrial China Basin. Noir siren Marie Windsor gives a small but memorable performance as the sniper’s first victim. Dir. Edward Dmytryk

11:15 PM

THE OUTFIT (1973): In this neo-noir, when Earl Macklin (Robert Duvall) is released from prison, he goes on the offensive against “the outfit” for murdering his brother while he was inside. They have already put a hit out on him because the bank he and his brother robbed was owned by them. His old partner Cody (Joe Don Baker). Earl and his girlfriend Bett (Karen Black) lay low and gather information at a bar owned by Madge (Marie Windsor). Based on the novel of the same name by Richard Stark (Donald E. Westlake). Dir. John Flyn

Monday, August 24, 3:00 AM – Tuesday, August 25, 3:00 AM

Star of the day: Dana Andrews (Dave Karger's pick)

Here are the noirs...

7:00 AM

EDGE OF DOOM (1950): Dana Andrews cast against type as a priest, more typically, hunts down the boy, Farley Granger, who murdered his colleague. However, the boy’s punishment takes a more spiritual turn than his crime. Dir. Mark Robson

9:00 AM

WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1956): The owner of a big city news conglomerate dies, leaving it to his ne’er-do-well son (Vincent Price). Said son decides to create a competition among the heads of each department: Dana Andrews, George Sanders, Thomas Mitchell and James Craig. Whoever can discover the identity of the “Lipstick Killer” terrorizing the city will be the new executive editor. Ids Lupino gives a memorable performance as a cynical reporter in cahoots with Sanders. Dir. Fritz Lang

5:00 PM

LAURA (1944): In this film noir based on the Vera Caspary novel, dedicated detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) investigates the death of the beautiful Laura (Gene Tierney), brutally gunned down at the door of her flat. As he interviews her friends and lovers, a complicated portrait of her emerges and he finds himself falling for the deceased girl. Clifton Webb and Vincent Price give outstanding performances as two bickering rivals for Laura’s affections. Joseph LaShelle won the Oscar for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White for his work on the film. Dir. Otto Preminger

6:45 PM

BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (1956): At the behest of his future father-in law, newspaper editor Austin Spenser, Tom Garret (Dana Andrews)—a novelist and opponent of capital punishment—frames himself for the murder of a stripper to prove the fallibility of circumstantial evidence. The pair callously decides against taking Garret’s fiancée (Joan Fontaine) into their confidence. Dir. Fritz Lang

Tuesday, August 25, 3:00 AM – Wednesday, August 26, 3:00 AM

Star of the day: Bonita Granville

Just the one today...

2:30 PM

YOUTH RUNS WILD (1944): Producer Val Lewton shone a light on the timely topic of emotionally neglected children being led into crime and other kinds of trouble due to wartime parental neglect. Lawrence Tierney, unsurprisingly, is a bad influence on the impressionable teenagers Studio interference (test screenings) led to the excision of several boundary pushing scenes. It’s still worth your time with a cast that includes Bonita Granville, Kent Smith, Jean Brooks and Dickie Moore at Dir. Mark Robson

Wednesday, August 26, 3:00 AM – Thursday, August 27, 3:00 AM

Star of the day: Jimmy Stewart

Here are the noirs...

5:00 PM

VERTIGO (1958): An old friend hires ex-cop Scotty (Jimmy Stewart) to follow his beautiful but emotionally disturbed wife (Kim Novak) through the gorgeously shot streets of San Francisco. Stewart gives an intensely dark performance as Scotty spirals further and further into romantic obsession. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

7:15 PM

REAR WINDOW (1954): A wheelchair-bound photographer passes the time of his disability by spying on his neighbors. One day he witnesses a murder. Or does he? This iconic mystery was adapted from a story by Cornell Woolrich and earned a Best Writing, Screenplay Oscar nomination for screenwriter John Michael Hayes. The film earned three more Oscar nods for Best Director, Best Cinematography, Color and Best Sound, Recording. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

9:15 PM

ROPE (1948): Two wealthy and louche pseudo-intellectuals (John Dahl and Farley Granger) murder a friend in a Nietzschean demonstration of will and folly. Then they throw a party inviting the victim’s friends, family and their old schoolteacher (Jimmy Stewart) who begins to suspect something odd when the guest of honor doesn’t arrive for his own party. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Thursday, August 27, 3:00 AM – Friday, August 28, 3:00 AM

Star of the day: Bette Davis

Just one noir….

7:30 AM

SATAN MET A LADY (1936): This, the second of the big screen adaptations of Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, takes a determinedly light (and loose) approach to the material. The film rechristens the characters and the hunt is on for the Horn of Roland instead of The Falcon. Warren William plays Shane (Spade) and Bette Davis plays Valerie Purvis (Brigid O'Shaughnessy). Alison Skipworth steals the movie with her turn as Gutman, renamed and re-gendered as Madame Barabbas. Dir. William Dieterle

Saturday, August 29, 3:00 AM – Sunday, August 30, 3:00 AM

Star of the day: Rita Hayworth

Just one of her noirs today:

5:00 PM

GILDA (1946): A gambler (Glenn Ford) discovers an old flame (Rita Hayworth) in South America, but she's married to his new boss (George Macready), and… um… friend—homoerotic noir at its best. If that weren’t enough, there’s Hayworth’s incredibly steamy rendition of “Put the Blame on Mame” Whoof! Dir. Charles Vidor

Sunday, August 30, 3:00 AM – Monday, August 30, 3:00 AM

Star of the day: Joel McCrea

One noir…

12:45 PM

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940): An American reporter (Joel McCrea) covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Dutch diplomat which leads to his uncovering a political conspiracy with the aid of the daughter (Laraine Day) of a prominent politician (Herbert Marshall) and a chap named ffolliott “with two small ‘f’s” (George Sanders), his rival for the girl’s affection. This tremendously entertaining film features several vintage Hitchcock set pieces. The film was nominated for six Oscars including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Albert Bassermann; Original Screenplay, Charles Bennett and Joan Harrison; Best Cinematography, Rudolph Maté; Are Direction and Special Effects, but not Director. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock