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Tuesday, July 1, 9:15 AM
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946): Drifter Frank (John Garfield) takes a job with roadside diner owner Nick Smith (Ceil Kellaway). Frank begins a torrid affair with Nick’s younger and extremely sexy wife (Lana Turner). Betrayal, murder, perversion of the law, and divine justice follow. Based on the novel by James M. Cain. Dir. Tay Garnett
Wednesday, July 1, 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM
5:00 PM
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951): Childlike but charming psychopath Bruno (Robert Walker) suggests that he and Guy (Farley Granger), a tennis player with political ambitions, crisscross murders. Unfortunately, Guy realizes too late that Bruno wasn’t joking. Guy’s unwanted wife shows up murdered and he has no alibi. Screenplay by Raymond Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith. D.P. Robert Burks’ outstanding work earned an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
7:00 PM
SIDE STREET (1950): A New York City mailman (Farley Granger) dreams of taking his wife (Cathy O’Donnell) to Europe. So, he steals a shipment of dirty money and soon finds himself pursued by both cops and crooks. Dir. Anthony Mann
8:30 PM
THE NAKED STREET (1955): A mobster (Anthony Quinn) springs a condemned murderer (Farley Granger) who impregnated his sister in time to save him from the electric chair, to spare her (Ann Bancroft) from a fate worse than death, unwed motherhood. The brother, of course, lives to regret it. Dir. Maxwell Shane
10:15 PM
THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (1949): Nicholas Ray’s fiercely romantic noir about a young innocent, Farley Granger who gets mixed-up with hardened criminals and a violent escape after serving an unjust prison sentence. Cathy O'Donnell plays the girl who becomes his lover in an ill-fated romance. Based on the Edward Anderson novel Thieves Like Us. Dir. Nicholas Ray
Thursday, July 3, 6:00 AM – 12:30 PM
6:00 AM
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955): A one-armed veteran (Spencer Tracy) uncovers small-town secrets when he tries to visit an Asian-American war hero's family. Noir icon Robert Ryan shines as the bigoted boss of the town. This film earned three Oscar nominations: Spencer Tracy for Best Actor in a Leading Role; John Sturges for Best Director; and Best Writing, Screenplay for Millard Kaufman. Dir. John Sturges
7:30 AM
CLASH BY NIGHT (1952): In this film noir social realism hybrid, an embittered and world-weary woman (Barbara Stanwyck) seeks escape from her life of hard knocks in marriage, only to fall for her husband's amoral best friend (Robert Ryan). The film features a small, early role for Marilyn Monroe. Based on a play by the ever-ponderous Clifford Odets. Dir. Fritz Lang
9:30 AM
HOT SUMMER NIGHT (1957): An out-of-work journalist (Leslie Nielsen) decides to spend his honeymoon with his wife Irene (Colleen Miller), unknown to her, in a small town where an armed robbery has taken place. He has a lead to the whereabouts of the notorious bank robber (Robert J. Wilke) responsible and tries to get an interview. Dir. David Friedkin
11:00 AM
CRY OF THE HUNTED (1953): Barry Sullivan is an L.A. cop hunting a Cajun fugitive (Vittorio Gassman) back to the bayou, "assisted" by a hateful partner (William Conrad). Sounds straightforward . . . but nothing is "straight" in Jack Leonard's screwy script or Lewis's delirious direction, which veers from goofy to brutal without missing an off-kilter beat. Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
Saturday, July 5, 2:45 PM - 7:00 PM
2:45 PM
THE GETAWAY (1972): In this first big screen adaptation of Jim Thompson’s novel, a husband (Steve McQueen) and wife (Ali McGraw) 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
5:00 PM
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955): Bogus preacher Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) marries an outlaw’s widow (Shelly Winters in a stunning performance) in search of the dead man’s hidden loot. The widow’s son (Billy Chapin) sees through him and tries to keep the secret of the treasure location and protect his mother, sister and himself from Powell. Lillian Gish plays the force of good in opposition to Mitchum’s evil. Dir. Charles Laughton
Saturday, July 5, 9:00 PM & Sunday, July 6, 7:00 AM
THIS SIDE OF THE LAW (1950): An unscrupulous lawyer hires vagrant David Cummins (Kent Smith) to impersonate missing millionaire Malcolm Taylor. Things get complicated when David falls for Taylor’s wife Evelyn (Viveca Lindfors) and seeks to protect her from the scheming of Taylor’s sister-in-law and lover Nadine (Janis Paige). Dir. Richard Bare
Tuesday, July 8, 10:30 AM
INTRUDER IN THE DUST (1949): Nobel prize winner William Faulkner's 1948 novel is a high-minded piece of crime fiction, written as atonement for the mistreatment of blacks in his native South. Proud African American farmer Lucas Beauchamp (Juano Hernandez, in a memorable portrayal) is a defiant Mississippi landowner accused of murdering a white man. When the county's most prominent lawyer (David Brian) refuses to defend him, it's up to a young boy (Claude Jarman Jr.) to stand up to the vigilantes and help solve the crime. Dir. Clarence Brown
Wednesday, July 9, 4:15 AM – 5:00 PM
Here are the noirs...
7:00 AM
CRIME IN THE STREETS (1956): A social worker (James Whitmore) tries to redeem a juvenile delinquent (John Cassavetes) and finds himself trying to prevent a murder. Can he stop the kid from becoming another statistic? Dir. Don Siegel
8:45 AM
STAKEOUT ON DOPE STREET (1958): Three teens (Yale Wexler, Morris Miller, Jonathon Haze) get into the drug business when they discover heroin in a stolen briefcase, things end badly. Dir. Irvin Kershner
Thursday, July 10, 12:30 PM
HUMORESQUE (1946): Noirish romance about an equally talented and narcissistic classical musician (John Garfield) from the New York slums who falls in love with wealthy neurotic (Joan Crawford) with expectedly problematic results. Crawford’s performance as a self-destructive alcoholic raises the level of the film beyond its melodramatic script. Dir. Jean Negulesco
Thursday, July 10, 11:45 PM
THE LAST OF SHELIA (1973): Movie producer Clinton Greene hopes to solve the mystery surrounding his wife's death the year before by inviting the suspects aboard his yacht and engaging them in an elaborate mystery game. He assigns everyone a secret that they are not to share with anyone. Every day for the next six days, they will call into a port where they will be given clues to discover one person's secret. The game takes a deadly twist when a murder takes place. The guests comprise Richard Benjamin, James Mason, Joan Hackett, Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon, and Ian McShane. Co-writers Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins used to host murder mystery parlor games. Guests included producer and director Herbert Ross, who encouraged them to write a script based on this type of party. Dir. Herbert Ross
Friday, July 11, 2:00 AM
TEN LITTLE INDIANS (1966): This adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie novel (AKA And Then There Were None, transplants the story of ten strangers brought to a modern house on an isolated English island to face death for their previously unpunished crimes of murder to an Austrian castle in the Alps. Dir. George Pollock
Friday, July 11, 7:00 PM
BLUE VELVET (1986): Back when David Lynch was a genius, he created this neo-noir about a small-town boy back from college, Kyle MacLachlan, who gets sucked into the dark world festering in the heart of his hometown. Isabella Rossellini and Dennis Hopper play his underworld guides. Laura Dern plays his Beatrice. Dir. David Lynch
Saturday, July 12, 9:00 PM & Sunday, July 13, 7:00 AM
THE GANGSTER (1947): One of the most peculiar noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan in a riveting performance as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. His night club singer-girlfriend (Belita) unwittingly fuels his paranoia. Director Wiles, normally a production designer and art director, creates an arresting visual corollary for the character's disintegrating psyche. Noir regulars Henry Morgan, John Ireland, Sheldon Leonard, Elisha Cook, Jr. and Charles McGraw give the stars an able assist. Based on Fuchs's novel Low Company. Dir. Gordon Wiles
Sunday, July 13,3:00 PM
A WOMAN’S FACE (1941): The soon to be queen of the noirs, Joan Crawford, starred in this suspenseful drama as a facially scarred blackmailer who’s given a new outlook on life after plastic surgery. Can she adjust to a normal life and stop her ex-accomplice’s nefarious plan to murder his nephew? Dir. George Cukor
Tuesday, July 13, 11:30 PM
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1981): David Mamet wrote this second adaptation of James M. Cain’s novel. Drifter Frank (Jack Nicholson) takes a job with roadside diner owner Nick Smith (John Colicos). Frank begins a torrid affair with Nick’s younger and extremely sexy wife (Jessica Lange). Betrayal, murder, perversion of the law, and divine justice follow. Angelica Huston plays the role originated by Audrey Totter in the first movie. Dir. Bob Rafelson
Wednesday, July 16, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
TCM Salutes Barbara Stanwyck. Here are the noirs...
9:00 AM
LADY OF BURLESQUE (1943): Stripper Dixie Daisy (Barbara Stanwyck) plays detective when two of her fellow burlesque stars are strangled with their own costumes since she has no intention of becoming victim number three. Based on the novel The G-String Murders penned by the legendary Gypsy Rose Lee. Dir. William Wellman
10:45 AM
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
3:15 PM
CLASH BY NIGHT (1952): In this film noir social realism hybrid, an embittered and world-weary woman (Barbara Stanwyck) seeks escape from her life of hard knocks in marriage, only to fall for her husband's amoral best friend (Robert Ryan). The film features a small, early role for Marilyn Monroe. Based on a play by the ever-ponderous Clifford Odets. Dir. Fritz Lang
Thursday, July 17, 6:15 AM
STRANGE ALIBI (1941): Cop Joe Geary (Arthur Kennedy) goes undercover as a disgraced police officer to infiltrate a racket, after the murder of the star witness that would have brought them down. Unfortunately the only one who knew Geary’s true mission, the Chief of the Police, dies and Gear goes to the big house on a murder rap. He has only one chance—escape! Dir. D. Ross Lederman
Thursday, July 17, 1:00 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
Saturday, July 19, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
5:00 PM
KILLER’S KISS (1955): Boxer Davey (Davey Gordon) becomes entangled with taxi dance Gloria (Irene Kane) drawing the wrath of her boss/gangster Rapallo (Frank Silvera) who is obsessed with her. This is director Stanley Kubrick’s second feature and his first foray into film noir. Dir. Stanley Kubrick
6:30 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
Saturday, July 19, 9:00 PM & Sunday, July 20, 7:00 AM
INTRUDER IN THE DUST (1949): Nobel prize winner William Faulkner's 1948 novel is a high-minded piece of crime fiction, written as atonement for the mistreatment of blacks in his native South. Proud African American farmer Lucas Beauchamp (Juano Hernandez, in a memorable portrayal) is a defiant Mississippi landowner accused of murdering a white man. When the county's most prominent lawyer (David Brian) refuses to defend him, it's up to a young boy (Claude Jarman Jr.) to stand up to the vigilantes and help solve the crime. Dir. Clarence Brown
Tuesday, July 22, 5:00 AM
HIGH SIERRA (1941): Humphrey Bogart plays Roy Earle, a hardened criminal with a heart of gold, who finds love, redemption, and a not so happy ending with the lovely and vulnerable Ida Lupino in this noir classic. This was one of three roles that George Raft refused that Bogart accepted, ironically the three roles that shot him into stardom after years of playing second bananas at Warner Brothers to among others, George Raft. Dir. Raoul Walsh
Thursday, July 24, 8:30 PM
CHINATOWN (1974): In this critically lauded neo-noir, a private eye (Jack Nicholson) unwittingly sets up an innocent man for murder and then joins his widow (Faye Dunaway) in unearthing the corruption behind the crime in this physically beautiful but emotionally bleak neo-noir set in a morally bankrupt 1930s Los Angeles. Dir. Roman Polanski
Friday, July 25, 4:15 AM – 9:15 AM
4:15 AM
SHADOW OF A WOMAN (1946): After a quick courtship, naïve newlywed Brook (Andrea King) moves to San Francisco to her husband, diet doctor Eric Ryder’s (Helmut Dantine) home and less than receptive family. She continues to stand by her man, despite mounting evidence that he is a fraud and a series of weird accidents. It also appears that he also might be starving his son from a previous marriage to death in order to get his hands on the kid’s inheritance. Will Brook wake up in time? Dir. Joseph Santley
5:45 AM
BORN TO KILL (1947): This utterly bizarre film noir details the torrid affair between a killer (Lawrence Tierney) and the narcissistic woman (Claire Trevor) who witnessed his crime. He marries her sister, and things really heat up between the amoral pair. Dir. Robert Wise
7:30 AM
JULIE (1956): Doris Day crosses over to the dark side, in this ultimate example of the "woman-in-peril" film. Shot on-location in Carmel and San Francisco, it literally takes the "husband from hell" premise to new heights in an off-the-charts climax that finds stewardess Day fighting for her life aboard a soaring airliner. Implausibility is steamrolled with berserk gusto, leaving the audience helplessly entertained. Louis Jordan plays Julie's dangerous spouse. Barry Sullivan co-stars. The film earned two Oscar nominations: Best Writing, Best Screenplay – Original for Andrew L. Stone and Best Music, Original Song for Leith Stevens (music) and Tom Adair (lyrics) for the song Julie. Dir. Andrew L. Stone
Friday, July 25, 9:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Two by legendary radio writer/producer Arch Obler
9:15 AM
THE ARNELO AFFAIR (1947): A neglected wife, Frances Gifford, gets mixed up with an homme fatale, John Hodiak. When she tries to break it off, he threatens to implicate her in the murder of his girlfriend. This is a rare cinematic outing by master old time radio writer-producer Arch Oboler. Dir. Arch Oboler
11:00 AM
BEWITCHED (1945): One of 11 films written and directed by radio great Arch Obler. The story is told as a flashback by Dr. Bergson (Edmund Gwenn) who is dictating case notes to his secretary. When he suggests pausing but she asks him to continue. During a party celebrating her engagement to Bob Arnold (Harry H. Daniels Jr.), Joan Ellis (Phyllis Thaxter) finally succumbs to the voice in her head (played by an unbilled Audrey Totter) and moves to New York City, leaving behind her fiancé, friends, and family. In The Big Apple, she meets Stephen McNally, which is never a good thing. Dir. Arch Obler
Friday, July 25, 3:00 PM – 8:30 PM
3:00 PM
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
5:00 PM
CROSSROADS (1942): A recently wed French diplomat (William Powell) is accused of being a master criminal. He is suffering from amnesia and must find out for himself if the accusations are true. The women in the case are his new bride (Heddy Lamarr) and a witness against him (Claire Trevor). Dir. Jack Conway
6:30 PM
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. Angela Lansbury plays the pretty maid who may be in league with Boyer. Based on Patrick Hamilton’s Angel Street. The film won two Oscars, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Ingrid Bergman and Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White for Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky, and earned five more nominations. Dir. George Cukor
Saturday, July 26, 2:00 AM
SIDE STREET (1950): A New York City mailman (Farley Granger) dreams of taking his wife (Cathy O’Donnell) to Europe. So, he steals a shipment of dirty money and soon finds himself pursued by both cops and crooks . Dir. Anthony Mann
Saturday, July 26, 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
1:30 PM
CHASE A CROOKED SHADOW (1958): In this Brit noir, a stranger (Richard Todd) drops in on an heiress (Anne Baxter) at her villa, claiming he is her brother, who recently died in an accident. She knows that he’s not her brother but has problems convincing a police inspector (Herbert Lom) or anyone else otherwise. Dir. Michael Anderson
3:15 PM
THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT (1940): Truck driver Joe Fabrini (George Raft) finds himself the victim of sexual harassment by his boss’s amorous wife (Ida Lupino) in a movie stealing performance. When Joe refuses her advances, she murders her husband and then tries to frame him for it. Humphrey Bogart portrays Raft’s brother and trucking partner. Dir. Raoul Walsh
Saturday, July 26, 9:15 PM & Sunday, July 27, 7:00 AM
RIFIFI (1954): Four thieves (Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel and Jules Dassin) plan a daring jewelry heist, expertly shot in complete silence by blacklisted director Jules Dassin. A woman proves their downfall or really a man’s desire to impress a woman leads to their undoing. Dir. Jules Dassin
Sunday, July 27, 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
Sunday, July 27, 1:15 PM – 7:00 PM
1:15 PM
RANSOM! (1956): The father of a kidnapped boy (Glenn Ford) contends with the police, the press and his family as he struggles to find the best strategy to recover his son safely which may or may not include paying the ransom. Remade in 1996 with Mel Gibson in the lead. Dir. Alex Segal
3:15 PM
THE LADY VANISHES (1938): A young bride-to-be Iris (Margaret Lockwood), traveling across Europe by train, meets a charming spinster Miss Froy (Dame May Whitty), who then disappears into thin air. When no believes Miss Froy even existed outside Iris’ imagination, including Dr. Hartz (Paul Lukas), a brain surgeon, she turns investigator and finds herself drawn into a complex web of mystery and high adventure. A young musicologist (Michael Redgrave) helps her with her quest. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
5:00 PM
CAPE FEAR (1962): Ex-convict, sex offender, and sociopath Max Caddy (Robert Mitchum) plots to destroy Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck) the district attorney who sent him to prison. Caddy wages a ruthless game of psychological warfare on Bowden, seemingly threatening Sam’s wife (Polly Bergen) and 12-year-old daughter without breaking any actual laws. Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Monday, July 28, 7:00 PM
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955): A one-armed veteran (Spencer Tracy) uncovers small-town secrets when he tries to visit an Asian-American war hero's family. Noir icon Robert Ryan shines as the bigoted boss of the town. This film earned three Oscar nominations: Spencer Tracy for Best Actor in a Leading Role; John Sturges for Best Director; and Best Writing, Screenplay for Millard Kaufman. Dir. John Sturges
Wednesday, July 30, 11:15 AM
DEAD RINGER (1964): In this late era noir, Bette Davis stars as twins, the rich and mean Margaret and the other poor and put-upon spinster Edith meet after many years at the funeral of Margaret’s husband Frank. Edith snaps when she discovers from Margaret why Frank dumped her and married Margaret instead. Edith shoots her sister, takes her place and tries to make “Edith’s” death look like a suicide. Edith's boyfriend, police sergeant Jim Hobbson (Karl Malden) and Margaret's lover Tony (Peter Lawford) soon complicates things. Dir. Paul Henreid
Wednesday, July 30, 1:15 PM
THE BAD SEED (1956): “What will you give me for a basket of kisses?” Based on the stage play adapted from the brilliant novel by William March, Army wife Christine (Nancy Kelly) suspects that her seemingly perfect little girl Rhoda (Patty McCormack) is a ruthless killer. Eileen Heckart shines in her Oscar nominated supporting role as the alcoholic mother of one of Rhoda’s victims. This truly terrifying film will make you look twice at all cute little blonde girls. Kelly and McCormack as well as cinematographer Harold Rosson were nominated for Oscars as well as Heckart. Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
John Garfield and Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice on July 1
Farley Granger and Anthony Quinn in The Naked Street on July 1
Walter Brennan and Spencer Tracey in Bad Day at Black Rock on July 2
Marilyn Monroe and Barbara Stanwyck in Clash by Night on July 3
Leslie Nielsen stars in Hot Summer Night on July 3
Steve McQueen in The Getaway on July 5
Charles Laughton with Robert Mitchum on the set of The Night of the Hunter screening July 5
Eddie Muller presents This Side of the Law on the July 5-6 edition of NOIR ALLEY
Sal Mineo in Crime in the Streets on July 9
Stakeout on Dope Street screens July 9
Racquel Welch n The Last of Shelia on July 10
Agatha Cristie adaptation, Ten Little Indians on July 11
Eddie Muller presents The Gangster on the July 12-13 edition of NOIR ALLEY
Jessica Lange in the 1981 version of The Postman Always Rings Twice on July 13
Barbara Stanwyck in Lady of Burlesque on July 16
Barbara Stanwyck and James Mason in Clash by Night on July 16
Arthur Kennedy in Strange Alibi on July 17
Early Stanley Kubrick, Killer's Kiss on July 19
Eddie Muller presents Intruder in the Dust on the July 19-20 edition of NOIR ALLEY
Bogart and Lupino star in High Sierra on July 22
Helmut Dantine and Andrea King in Shadow of a Woman on July 25
Doris Day and Louis Jourdan in Julie on July 25
Debra Winger in Mike's Murder on July 25
Hedy Lamarr and William Powell in Crossroads on July 25
Anne Baxter in Brit noir, Chase a Crooked Shadow on July 26
Eddie Muller presents Rififi on the July 26-27 edition of NOIR ALLEY
Donna Reed and Glenn Ford in Ransom! on July 27
Robert Mitchum stars in Cape Fear on July 27
Bette Davis v. Karl Malden in Dead Ringer on July 30
Patty McCormack v. Henry Jones in The Bad Seed on July 30