Sunday, October 06, 2024
TCM’s Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 10 a.m. ET is Detour (1945), with Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Edmund MacDonald and Claudia Drake
[“Too Tawdry to be True?! And Starring a Real-Life Killer?! TCM’s Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at 12:15 and 10 a.m. ET is Edgar G. Ulmer’s “Cult Classic,” Detour (1945), Featuring Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Edmund MacDonald and Claudia Drake.”]
By David in TN
friday, october 4, 2024 at 11:13:00 p.m. edt
TCM’s Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 10 a.m. ET is Detour (1945) with Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Edmund MacDonald and Claudia Drake
This is the third time Eddie Muller has shown this one. The last sentence of Film Noir Guide’s overlong description is, “You’ll either hate it or love it.”
N.S.: Is it possible for David to be even more fed up with Red Eddie than he already was?
Yes, it is.
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How many films were designated "film noirs" and how many haven't they shown?
Any suggestions of what they should show?
--GRA
Film Noir Guide has a list of 745 films that are classified as "film noir." It's subjective. Some think any film of the 40s and 50s that are mystery or crime films fall into the category.
Eddie Muller has been doing this series for seven-eight years. Still hasn't shown some good ones, The 1946 version of The Killers for example.
Thanks,David in TN. I looked that one up--Ava Gardner in her prime and Burt Lancaster's first movie. How could they both not be movie stars?
--GRA
Don't know what's in the "Film Guide" or what's been on TCM (or even what movies they're licensing these days), but off the top of my head...
Sam Fuller's "The Crimson Kimono" (1959), "Brainstorm" (1965) (not to be confused with the later movie), "I Love a Mystery" (1945), Leslie Stevens' '"Private Property" (1960), "Crashout" (1955), "Walk the Dark Street" (1955), "The Last Crooked Mile" (1946), "Nightmare" (1956), and this little made-for-TV gem:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight,_My_Love
Then there's "Chinatown," which would make an interesting double feature with its parody version, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"!
Some of these films are on Youtube, if not there then on Ok.Ru.
-RM
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