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Encyclopedia of Film Noir

Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell

GREENWOOD PRESS

Encyclopedia of Film Noir

Encyclopedia of Film Noir
Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell

GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut • London

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mayer, Geoff. Encyclopedia of film noir / by Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical referencesand index. ISBN-13: 978–0–313–33306–4 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0–313–33306–8 (alk. paper) 1. Film noir—Encyclopedias. I. McDonnell, Brian. II. Title. PN1995.9.F54M39 2007 791.43'655–dc22 2007003659 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2007 by Geoff Mayer, Brian McDonnell All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique,without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2007003659 ISBN-13: 978–0–313–33306–4 ISBN-10: 0–313–33306–8 First published in 2007 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America

The paper used in this book complies with the PermanentPaper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Contents

List of Films, Actors, and Directors Preface: The Problem of Film Noir PART I: ESSAYS Introduction: Readings on Film Noir Geoff Mayer The Hard-Boiled Influence Geoff Mayer Film Noir and the City Brian McDonnell McCarthyism, the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and theCaper Film Geoff Mayer Film Noir Style Brian McDonnell PART II: ENTRIES ON FILMS, ACTORS, AND DIRECTORS The Encyclopedia Selected Bibliography Index

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List of Films, Actors, and Directors

Act of Violence Aldrich, Robert Among the Living Andrews, Dana Angel Face Apology for Murder Asphalt Jungle, The Beaumont, Hugh Bennett, Joan Big Clock, The BigCombo, The Big Heat, The Big Sleep, The Black Angel Blonde Ice Blood Simple Body Heat Bogart, Humphrey Born to Kill Breaking Point, The Brighton Rock Brodie, Steve Brothers, The Brothers Rico, The

Burr, Raymond Carnival Cash on Demand Chase, The Chinatown Collateral Conte, Richard Cook, Elisha, Jr. Corridors of Mirrors Cosh Boy Crack-Up Criminal, The Criss Cross Crooked Way, The CrossfireCroupier Cry of the City Dance with a Stranger Dark City Dark Corner, The Dark Passage Daughter of Darkness Dead Reckoning Dear Murderer

List of Films, Actors, and Directors

Decoy Desperate Detour Devil in a Blue Dress Dmytryk, Edward D.O.A. Double Indemnity Duryea, Dan Fallen Angel Fallen Sparrow, The Farrow, John Fear in the Night File on Thelma Jordan, The Force of Evil Ford, Glenn FramedFuller, Samuel Garfield, John Get Carter Gilda Good Die Young, The Goring, Marius Grahame, Gloria Great Day Great Flamarion, The Greer, Jane Gun Crazy Gynt, Greta Hatter’s Castle Hayden, Sterling Heflin, Van Hell Drivers High Sierra History of Violence, A Hitchcock, Alfred Hollow Triumph House Across the Lake, The Huston, John I Wake Up Screaming I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes Impulse In a Lonely PlaceInterrupted Journey

It Always Rains on Sunday Johnny O’Clock Kansas City Confidential Karlson, Phil Killers, The Killing, The Kiss Me Deadly Kiss of Death Kiss the Blood Off My Hands Klute L.A. Confidential Ladd, Alan Lake, Veronica Lancaster, Burt Lang, Fritz Late Edwina Black, The Laura Leave Her to Heaven Lewis, Joseph H. Long Memory, The Lupino, Ida MacMurray, Fred Macomber Affair, The Macready,George Madeleine Man from Colorado, The Mann, Anthony Mark of Cain, The Mason, James Memento Mildred Pierce Mine Own Executioner Mitchum, Robert Money Trap, The Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill Murder, My Sweet My Brother’s Keeper My Name Is Julia Ross Naked City, The Neal, Tom Night and the City Night Has Eyes, The Night Moves

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