Out of the Podcast - A Film Noir Conversation

The lads are BACK in the shadows as they watch one of the all time classic film noirs: D.O.A. from 1950, directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Edmond O'Brien and Pamela Britton. Join us as we sip luminous toxin and race our way against Death's clock throughout the streets of San Francisco - you won't regret it!

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Wow noir-o, have we got a film for you!! It doesn't get anymore perfect than director Robert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly, starring Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, Wesley Addy, Maxine Cooper and Cloris Leachman. Meet private investigator Mike Hammer as he navigates his way through atomic age insanity, beautifully painted with a noir brush. Screenplay by Aldrich and A. I. Bezzerides, based on the 1952 crime novel Kiss Me, Deadly by Mickey Spillane.

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The BIG AUGUST comes to an explosive finish with 1955's The Big Combo, directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Cornel Wilde as Police Lt. Leonard Diamond with Jean Wallace (married to Wilde at the time - the couple produced as well), Richard Conte as the very memorable villain Mr. Brown, Brian Donlevy, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman and Helene Stanton. The lads are closing this month out in style, you're not going to want to miss this fantastic noir!

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Keep the coffee hot! Our BIG AUGUST continues as we turn up the brutality with 1953's The Big Heat, directed by Fritz Lang and starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby and Lee Marvin.

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Get in the car! Our BIG AUGUST continues with director Don Siegel's 1949 road noir The Big Steal, starring one of the lads' all time favorite duos: Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer!

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We're kicking off our BIG AUGUST with one of the biggest of the bigs: today we're talking Howard Hawks' The Big Sleep based on the 1939 novel of the same name by Raymond Chandler. Starring Humphrey Bogart as the classic private detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge. Strap in, it's going to be a wild ride!

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Hold onto your jewels, today the lads are headed to The Asphalt Jungle! Join us for this ensemble noir heist directed by John Huston and starring Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern and Jean Hagen with James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire and Marilyn Monroe.

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Hop in! The lads are taking the boat out on the lake while we discuss 1945's technicolor noir Leave Her to Heaven, directed by John M. Stahl and starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain and Vincent Price!

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The lads hop a bus to Hudson and stakeout the perfect movie: today we're talking 1959's Odds Against Tomorrow, directed by our old pal Robert Wise and starring Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley and Gloria Grahame!

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