Out of the Podcast - A Film Noir Conversation

Welcome to the New Year! The lads kick off 2022 in style with an essential film noir: 1952’s Kansas City Confidential, directed by Phil Karlson (99 River Street) and starring John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Lee Van Clef, Neville Brand and Jack Elam. Expertly plotted with all of your favorite actors, this one is not to be missed. Tear up your playing cards and meet us in Barados!

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The lads close out their first full year of the show with a big celebration from the shadows: it's 1944’s Murder, My Sweet! Philip Marlowe is back and this time he’s played by Dick Powell, also starring Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger, Miles Mander, Douglas Walton and Mike Mazurki. Directed by Edward Dmytryk and based on Raymond Chandler's 1940 novel Farewell, My Lovely - you won’t want to miss this classic with its hard boiled plot, snappy dialogue and gorgeous femme fatales!

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Happy holidays, noir-os! It's Christmas 1961 and we're gonna walk through New York City to discuss an all time favorite of the lads: that's right, we're talking about Blast of Silence! Directed, written and starring Allen Baron with Molly McCarthy and Larry Tucker. Pack up your best voiceover and watch the weather report - this one is something real special!!

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Lace up your taps and join the lads as they bring you a perfect fit with today's film: 1948's I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes, directed by William Nigh, adapted by Steve Fisher (from the novel by Cornell Woolrich) and starring Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey... and perhaps a visit from Santa Claus?

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It's Gentleman Joey's birthday and his gift is a bullet - 1955's A Bullet for Joey to be exact! Directed by Lewis Allen and starring the one-two punch that is Edward G. Robinson and George Raft plus TKO Audrey Totter, join the lads as they unwrap this Cold War puzzle and try to make sense of it all.

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Get ready: you, the lads and director/star Robert Montgomery aka Philip Marlowe are going to solve a murder mystery together with 1943's Lady in the Lake! That's right, it's alllllll P.O.V. and we're looking directly at co-stars Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon Ames and Jayne Meadows. Don't blink - we'll SEE you there!

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It's the end of Neo Noirvember and the lads are closing it up in style with writer/director Walter Hill's The Driver, starring Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern and Isabelle Adjani. In honor of the film we'll keep this light on words, so just buckle up and hop in!

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Happy Thanksgiving! Today the lads (and the snow) are going to hit you like a thunderbolt with 1955's Storm Fear, directed by and starring Cornel Wilde plus Jean Wallace, Lee Grant, David Stollery, Dennis Weaver, Steven Hill and Dan Duryea. Bundle up, grab the leftovers and put on your snowshoes, we're going up a mountain of fun!

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Today the lads crack the safe of jewels that is 1981's Thief aka the debut feature from director Michael Mann! It stars James Caan with Tuesday Weld, James Belushi, Robert Prosky, Dennis Farina and Willie Nelson plus a 10/10 score from the legendary Tangerine Dream. What can we say, it's a perfect film - come join our gush fest!

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Step right up, noir-o! The lads are in the tent and we're conjuring a discussion on 1947's Nightmare Alley, directed by Edmund Goulding. We're reading the tarot and it says that it stars Tyrone Power with Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray and Helen Walker. They also read that it was based on the 1946 novel of the same title, written by William Lindsay Gresham - come listen and see if our predictions come true!

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