Saturday, January 29, 2022

TCM’s Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 10 a.m. ET is Clouzot’s Critical Darling, Quai des Orfevres (1947), a French Police Procedural with a String of Aliases

By David in TN
Friday, January 28, 2022 at 5:26:00 P.M. EST

TCM’s Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 10 a.m. ET is Quai des Orfevres (1947). Also known as Goldsmith’s Quay and Jenny Lamour, a French police procedural.

David in TN: According to a preview, the plot is, “A detective investigates a sleazy producer’s death.”



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  1. David In TNFriday, February 4, 2022 at 5:48:00 PM EST

    TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 1- a.m. ET is William Dieterle's The Turning Point (1952) with Willam Holden, Edmond O'Brien, Alexis Smith, Tom Tully, Ed Begley, Ted de Corsia.

    Film Noir Guide: "Crusading reporter Holden, covering the crime commission headed by his friend (O'Brien), discovers that O'Brien's policeman father (Tully) has ties to a vicious crime lord (Begley). Holden confronts Tully, giving him the opportunity to make amends by turning state's evidence. But the worried Begley has the cop down during a staged robbery. Smith plays the socialite who helps the love-smitten O'Brien gather the evidence that will bring Begley to justice. Begley does a fine job as the brutal syndicate chieftain, and veteran character actor de Corsia is enjoyable as Begley's Irish henchman, brogue and all, in this otherwise standard crime drama."

    David In TN: The Turning Point (1952) has never been on TCM before, has a good cast. This film is one of the numerous 50s entries with an organized crime theme.

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