Out of the Podcast - A Film Noir Conversation

Another installment of Neo November comes to a close with a hidden gem: Today the lads are driving to Louis Malle’s Atlantic City! It stars Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon as Lou and Sally, brought together by strange circumstances and surrounded by a crumbling city of yesteryear. This one is NOT to be missed!

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The lads visit Little Tokyo to solve the murder of Sugar Torch and review Samuel Fuller’s groundbreaking film The Crimson Kimono, released in 1959. It stars James Shigeta, Glenn Corbett and Victoria Shaw in a love triangle between two detectives who are best friends and a gifted artist, plus a memorable performance from Anna Lee as Mac!

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Thanksgiving comes early this week as Neo Noirvember continues and the lads take the train headed for Newcastle to stir up some trouble with Mike Hodges’ 1971 stone-cold classic: Get Carter! It’s Michael Caine’s show, we’re just along for the ride - hop in!

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The lads escape the cold of November and head for Hawaii to investigate songwriter/restauranteur/ex-criminal Chet Chester aka Randy Williams aka Wendell Corey in John H. Auer’s Hell’s Half Acre! Also starring Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester, Marie Windsor, Keye Luke and Philip Ahn who help bring the shadows to Honolulu.

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The lads continue Neo Noirvember and are watching from above to review the horrors and twists from Curtis Hanson’s 1987 thriller The Bedroom Window, starring Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern, Isabelle Huppert and Brad Greenquist as Creepy Tintin. You won’t want to miss this hidden gem!

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The lads get locked up in the big house and review director Jules Dassin’s violent, claustrophobic nightmare that is 1947’s Brute Force, starring Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, Anita Colby and Art Smith! This one will grab you and it won’t let go, so buckle up!!

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Welcome back to another year and another round of NEO NOIRVEMBER! The lads kick it off in style in Japan with a tale of honor, love and violence: 1975’s The Yakuza, directed by Sydney Pollack, written by Paul Schrader and Robert Towne from a story by Leonard Schrader AND starring Robert Mitchum aka the king of noir!

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The lads go off the beaten path to New York City for a detour down 1950’s Side Street from director Anthony Mann (The Naked Spur)! Come hear us discuss this beautifully shot tale of theft and morality starring Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig, Paul Kelly, Edmon Ryan and Jean Hagen - we promise that you’ll break a sweat!

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Chrissssssstine! The lads rise from the ocean to go all out and bring along spooky birds plus psychic consultants to the party with this week’s Halloween Noir selection: we’re discussing 1948’s The Amazing Mr. X (aka The Spiritualist) from director by Bernard Vorhaus! Starring Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari and Cathy O'Donnell with incredible cinematography from the legend John Alton, this public domain gem is NOT to be missed!

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