Out of the Podcast - A Film Noir Conversation

The lads are here today to take you from your humdrum routine and onto our boat while we discuss 1948's Pitfall, directed by André de Toth and starring Lizabeth Scott, Dick Powell, Jane Wyatt, & Raymond Burr.

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The lads are on the case today as we cover director John Huston's noir blueprint "The Maltese Falcon"! This one is a total game changer for all who touched it, including star Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade with Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Elisha Cook Jr., Lee Patrick & Gladys George. Come join us on our hunt for glory!

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We're off to the races to plot the perfect crime on today's episode - the lads discuss director Stanley Kubrick's noir classic "The Killing", featuring an all-star cast: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Elisha Cook Jr., Marie Windsor and many more!

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Today the lads take a vacation to the North, as they watch 1953's Niagara - IN TECHNICOLOR! Bring your best jacket and boots as stars Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten and Jean Peters are here to thrill you from the water.

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You're in for one WILD ride, noir-o! The lads discuss their love of 1958's Touch of Evil - written, directed AND starring Orson Welles, with Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh. We'll discuss everything from the famous tracking shot to wiretap echoes, all while one of us slowly devolves from their second vaccination shot!

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It's all about the Roberts on today's episode! The lads watched 1947's Crossfire, a film noir that dares to tackle some important subject matter. Directed by Edward Dmytryk, screenplay by John Paxton, based on the novel "The Brick Foxhole" by Richard Brooks and starring the BIG THREE ROBERTS: we've got Robert Young, Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan, plus some wonderful performances from Gloria Grahame, Sam Levene and many others. Join us for this one, you won't be sorry!

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BONUS EPISODE: Today, the lads watch the unwatchable - we're talking 1973's made-for-TV remake of Double Indemnity!

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Join the lads as they cover THE BIG ONE: it's 1944's film noir classic Double Indemnity, directed by Billy Wilder, co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Edward G. Robinson. Will they do it justice? Stop by and find out!

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The lads are once again a cathouse divided and 1964's The Naked Kiss is the culprit! Join us as we discuss writer/director Samuel Fuller's tale of a prostitute who tries to make it in Anytown, USA and finds something very sinister under the surface - starring Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante and Virginia Grey.

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Today, the lads stop the foolery and get into the fog for director Jean Negulesco's 1948 hidden classic "Road House", starring Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm and a rabid performance from Richard Widmark. This one is not to be missed!

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