By David in TN
friday, june 7, 2024 at 6:38:00 p.m. edt
TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at 12:15 and 10 a.m. ET is Never Open that Door (1952). This is from Argentina, the third Argentine film Red Eddie Muller has selected.
The plot is two stories are separated by the door between good and evil. According to Eddie's Outro last week it's based on a story by Cornell Woolrich.
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TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 10 a.m. ET is Henry Hathaway's Call Northside 777 (1948) with James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker, John McIntire, Kasia Orzazewski.
Film Noir Guide: "This interesting semi-documentary, shot on location in Chicago, is based on actual events. Stewart is cast against type as a tough, outspoken reporter assigned to follow up a story about a man (Conte) convicted of killing a cop eleven years earlier. He interviews the con's mother (Orzazewski), a Polish scrubwoman who has scrimped and saved enough money to be able to offer a five thousand dollar reward for information that will prove her son's innocence."
"Knowing a hot human interest story when he sees one, Stewart's editor (Cobb) sends his reluctant ace reporter to Illinois State Prison to interview Conte, who's serving a ninety-nine year term. The skeptical reporter finds himself believing Conte's story and starts investigating more thoroughly, running into numerous obstacles--a police department covering up its mistakes, a missing witness, a dead judge and politicians worried about being the fall guys for a previous administration's screw-ups."
"Walker plays Stewart's wife and McIntire is a frightened politician. The film is thoroughly entertaining thanks in large part to Stewart's solid performance as the methodical investigative reporter."
David In TN: Stop The Presses! Red Eddie Muller has chosen a good one that hasn't been on Noir Alley before! It'll be interesting to see what Eddie says about Jimmy Stewart.
I forgot to add that Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) with James Stewart and Kim Novak, is on TCM right after Call Northside 777 at 2:15 a.m. ET.
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