Out of the Podcast - A Film Noir Conversation

Today the lads get a little mischievous and bring you 1989's Road House, directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring the great Patrick Swayze, Ben Gazzara, Kelly Lynch and Sam Elliott - Happy April Fools!

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The lads find themselves divided over today's film - 1949's Too Late for Tears, directed by Byron Haskin and starring Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea, Kristine Miller and Arthur Kennedy.

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Join the lads in the Wild West as they head to the heart of the cattle wars to discuss director Robert Wise's Western Noir "Blood on the Moon", the SECOND in our Mitchum double feature! Starring Robert Mitchum (duh), Barbara Bel Geddes and Robert Preston. Bring your first aid kit, it's gonna get bloody!

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Today the lads build their gallows high, baby! It doesn't get any better than Jacques Tourneur's 1947 noir masterpiece "Out of the Past", starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas - come for the Fish Police shout out, stay for the celebration.

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This week: the lads put on their jackets and enter the cold war for 1953's "Pickup on South Street", directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, and Thelma Ritter!

(Attention noir-os: This is a long one - if you're not fond of digressions and you'd like to get straight to the movie business, go ahead and skip to around 25:10 - our feelings won't be hurt, we promise)

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This week: lace up and gloves on! The lads get in the ring for director Robert Wise's 1949 boxing noir The Set-Up, starring Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter.

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This week: the lads take you to Hollywood and we get wild for director Billy Wilder's masterpiece Sunset Boulevard, starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond - a character so brilliant you'll be glued to the screen! This film has everything (yes, including a monkey funeral)!

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Grab your barrel! The lads get bandaged up for 1947's thrill ride Dark Passage, directed by Delmer Daves and starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

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Hey there gumshoes! Join the lad detectives as they open the file on 1944's Laura, directed by Otto Preminger and starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews.

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Ahoy hoy! This week the lads get insane for Gun Crazy from 1950, directed by Joseph H. Lewis, and starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall.

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