Speakeasy Noir Cast

This week, the Speakeasy takes a detour from noir as we tackle the brilliantly fun murder-mystery spoof Best Man Dead Man, a film we desperately wish had been shot in black and white!Carly and Jason catch up on life, grief and nonsense. Carly talks about losing her beloved dog and her unlikely comfort: a Richard Dean Anderson signed photo.Then Jason reveals his dark past of stealing and burying animal corpses.Yep, you read that absolutely correctly!Just another night at the Speakeasy. 🥃🎙️💀

Best Man Dead Man, a bachelor party in the middle of nowhere quickly turns into a night of murder and mystery when the best man ends up with a knife in his head. Everyone is a suspect and only an eccentric private eye in town can solve the mystery.

Directed by Verner MaldonadoWritten by Jack Ireland and Matthew Schlissel

and starring David Gridley, Molly Bernard, Kimberley Crossman

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Hey, hey! In this episode we dive head first into... Cherry tumblers, book flashbacks, yakking....And.... The Black Glove! aka Face The Music!Face the Music (U.S. title: The Black Glove) is a 1954 British second feature ('B')[2] crime drama film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Alex Nicol, Eleanor Summerfield and Paul Carpenter.[3][4] It was written by Ernest Borneman based on his 1954 novel of the same title. J. Elder Wills was art director, Jimmy Sangster was assistant director and Phil Leakey did Makeup. Michael Carreras, who loved jazz music, was able to hire trumpeter Kenny Baker to coach Alex Nicol in how to play the trumpet. The film was released in the United States by Lippert Pictures. Filming ran from June 22nd to July 20th, 1953, and the film was trade shown at the Hammer Theatre on Feb. 2, 1954 and released on Feb. 22.

Welcome back to the Speakeasy! In this episode we talk Hulk, Bana, Storm Stacey, The #BSB, Dead Mans Fingers and ....HANNA! Jason finally admits he doesn't mind Eric and Carly exposes the world of British people travelling...

Hanna is a 2011 action thriller film directed by Joe Wright. The film stars Saoirse Ronan as the title character, a girl raised in the wilderness of northern Finland by her father, an ex-CIA operative (Eric Bana), who trains her as an assassin. Cate Blanchett portrays a senior CIA agent who tries to track down and eliminate the girl and her father. The soundtrack was written by the Chemical Brothers.

Welcome back folks! In this episode, Jason tries to navigate truck racing, Carly admits she's a button basher not a technical whizz... and we talk Cutters Way!Cutter's Way (originally titled Cutter and Bone) is a 1981 American neo-noir thriller film directed by Ivan Passer, and starring Jeff Bridges, John Heard, and Lisa Eichhorn. It is adapted by Jeffrey Alan Fiskin from the 1976 novel Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg. The musical score was written by Jack Nitzsche. In the film, Vietnam veteran Alex Cutter (Heard) and his friend Richard Bone are embroiled in a murder investigation after Cutter suspects that Bone was a witness.

Blood Simple is simply dividing our shady hosts!

Blood Simple is a 1984 American independent neo-noir crime film written, edited, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya and M. Emmet Walsh. Its plot follows a Texas bartender who is having an affair with his boss's wife. When his boss discovers the affair, he hires a private investigator to kill the couple. It was the directorial debut of the Coens and the first major film of cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld, who later became a director, as well as the feature-film debut of McDormand.

Welcome to the Speakeasy!

This episode Carly tries to educate Jason on Oulton Park, they talk about Superman and the #🎥FilmNoir Affair In Trinidad!

Welcome to the Scarlet Hour!

This week at The Speakeasy we explore Carly being lazy and Jason explains pre production crunch time - which is as dicey as it sounds!

Oh, and we watch The Scarlet Hour, a tale of infidelity, greed, and murder.The Scarlet Hour is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed and produced by Michael Curtiz, and starring Carol Ohmart, Tom Tryon, and Jody Lawrance. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures. Curtiz had previously directed such noted films as Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and White Christmas. The screenplay was based on the story "The Kiss Off" by Frank Tashlin. 

Big Speakeasy welcome to our wonderful guest co host Carlos!! He has been a supporter of the show since day one so it was great pleasure for him to spend some time with us.

We had such a wonderful time talking to him about film, weather, indie film and general shenanigans! Oh - and the classic Night Moves!

Night Moves is a 1975 American neo-noir thriller film directed by Arthur Penn from a screenplay by Alan Sharp. It stars Gene Hackman as an ex-professional football player turned Los Angeles private investigator who uncovers a series of sinister events while searching for the missing teenage daughter of a former movie actress. The cast also features Susan Clark, Edward Binns, Jennifer Warren, James Woods and Melanie Griffith in her film debut.

This week our shady hosts explore the freaky world of #freshfilm

Carly discovers a secret world of apple tasting grapes and supermarket shenanigans whilst Jason grapple with WiFi both on and off screen!

You might want to murder us after this delve into the classic noir starring our mystery sleuthing favs...In this episode Jason is haunted by Carly's nans spirit after he reprimands Raymond Burr and we dive into Please Murder Me!