crime &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:crime @settima@mograph.social Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:39:07 +0200 The Thomas Crown Affair (Norman Jewison, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-dp91 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Thomas Crown Affair (Norman Jewison, 1968)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 9/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 0609-Thomas-Crown-Affair1968.png/div div class="caption" A newspaper covered in food scraps. Barely legible a large ad: BE A FINK FOR $25,000! WAS HE IN BOSTON ON JUNE 9TH? DP: Haskell Wexler./div div class="txt" "Left early. Please come with the money… or, you keep the Rolls. All my love, ### Tommy" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #NormanJewison #SteveMcQueen #FayeDunaway #YaphetKotto #MichelLegrand #HaskellWexler #drama #crime #romance #heist #Boston #USA #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Thomas Crown Affair (Norman Jewison, 1968)

Jun

9

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A newspaper covered in food scraps. Barely legible a large ad: BE A FINK FOR $25,000! WAS HE IN BOSTON ON JUNE 9TH? DP: Haskell Wexler.

“Left early. Please come with the money… or, you keep the Rolls. All my love,

Tommy”

#FilmDuJour #June #NormanJewison #SteveMcQueen #FayeDunaway #YaphetKotto #MichelLegrand #HaskellWexler #drama #crime #romance #heist #Boston #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-dp91 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Black Widow (Nunnally Johnson, 1954) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-r5m2 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Black Widow (Nunnally Johnson, 1954)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 6/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Black Widow (1954)/div div class="caption" Carlotta 'Lottie' Mari (Ginger Rogers) reaching out to Nancy 'Nanny' Ordway's (Peggy Ann Garner). DP: Charles G. Clarke./div div class="txt" – Were you drunk when you did these? – A little. – They're very good. ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #NunnallyJohnson #GingerRogers #GeneTierney #PeggyAnnGarner #GeorgeRaft #HughWheeler #RichardWWebb #LeighHarline #CharlesGClarke #BookAdaptation #mystery #crime #fashion #USA #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Black Widow (Nunnally Johnson, 1954)

Jun

6

Black Widow (1954)

Carlotta 'Lottie' Mari (Ginger Rogers) reaching out to Nancy 'Nanny' Ordway's (Peggy Ann Garner). DP: Charles G. Clarke.

– Were you drunk when you did these? – A little. – They're very good.

#FilmDuJour #June #NunnallyJohnson #GingerRogers #GeneTierney #PeggyAnnGarner #GeorgeRaft #HughWheeler #RichardWWebb #LeighHarline #CharlesGClarke #BookAdaptation #mystery #crime #fashion #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-r5m2 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Riot in Cell Block 11 (Don Siegel, 1954) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-t14k <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Riot in Cell Block 11 (Don Siegel, 1954)/div div class="month" June/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 5/div div class="occasion" 1920/div div class="img" Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)/div div class="caption" Inmate James V. Dunn's (Neville Brand) file. He's born on June 5, 1920 and incarcerated in Willows State Prison on August 4, 1950. Somehow he's 32 year's old. DP: Russell Harlan./div div class="txt" And August 4. "You're either in or out. OK?" ### – James V. Dunn /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #August #DonSiegel #NevilleBrand #EmileMeyer #FrankFaylen #LeoGordon #RobertOsterloh #HerschelBurkeGilbert #RussellHarlan #drama #crime #USA #1950s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Riot in Cell Block 11 (Don Siegel, 1954)

June

5

1920

Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)

Inmate James V. Dunn's (Neville Brand) file. He's born on June 5, 1920 and incarcerated in Willows State Prison on August 4, 1950. Somehow he's 32 year's old. DP: Russell Harlan.

And August 4.

“You're either in or out. OK?”

– James V. Dunn

#FilmDuJour #June #August #DonSiegel #NevilleBrand #EmileMeyer #FrankFaylen #LeoGordon #RobertOsterloh #HerschelBurkeGilbert #RussellHarlan #drama #crime #USA #1950s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-t14k Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 A cavallo della tigre [On the Tiger's Back] (Luigi Comencini, 1961) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-1l0y <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" A cavallo della tigre [On the Tiger's Back] (Luigi Comencini, 1961)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 4/div div class="X" /div div class="img" A cavallo della tigre (1961)/div div class="caption" Mario (Mario Adorf) rinsing his mouth while eyeing two of the wardens. DP: Aldo Scavarda./div div class="txt" or June 5th? /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #LuigiComencini #NinoManfredi #MarioAdorf #ValeriaMoriconi #GianMariaVolontè #RaymondBussières #PieroUmiliani #AldoScavarda #crime #comedy #drama #prison #JailBreak #Italy #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

A cavallo della tigre [On the Tiger's Back] (Luigi Comencini, 1961)

Jun

4

A cavallo della tigre (1961)

Mario (Mario Adorf) rinsing his mouth while eyeing two of the wardens. DP: Aldo Scavarda.

or June 5th?

#FilmDuJour #June #LuigiComencini #NinoManfredi #MarioAdorf #ValeriaMoriconi #GianMariaVolontè #RaymondBussières #PieroUmiliani #AldoScavarda #crime #comedy #drama #prison #JailBreak #Italy #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-1l0y Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 La Femme Bourreau [A Woman Kills] (Jean-Denis Bonan, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5krp <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" La Femme Bourreau [A Woman Kills] (Jean-Denis Bonan, 1968)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" 1943/div div class="img" La Femme Bourreau (1968)/div div class="caption" A dark-haired woman lounging on a bed. DP: Gérard de Battista./div div class="txt" "Hélène Picard, born in Lyon, May 20, 1943. A child in care, she is reported as a runaway, a thief and unstable." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #JeanDenisBonan #MyriamMézières #JeanRollin #BernardVitet #GérardDeBattista #drama #crime #ExperimentalFilm #Paris #France #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

La Femme Bourreau [A Woman Kills] (Jean-Denis Bonan, 1968)

May

20

1943

La Femme Bourreau (1968)

A dark-haired woman lounging on a bed. DP: Gérard de Battista.

“Hélène Picard, born in Lyon, May 20, 1943. A child in care, she is reported as a runaway, a thief and unstable.”

#FilmDuJour #May #JeanDenisBonan #MyriamMézières #JeanRollin #BernardVitet #GérardDeBattista #drama #crime #ExperimentalFilm #Paris #France #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5krp Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Compulsion (Richard Fleischer, 1959) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-b6f1 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Compulsion (Richard Fleischer, 1959)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 16/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Compulsion (1959)/div div class="caption" Straus (Bradford Dillman) with Steiner (Dean Stockwell) behind the wheel. They're beaming. DP: William C. Mellor./div div class="txt" "Murder's nothing. It's just a simple experience. Murder and rape? Do you know what beauty there is in evil?" ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #RichardFleischer #MeyerLevin #BradfordDillman #DeanStockwell #OrsonWelles #DianeVarsi #LionelNewman #WilliamCMellor #BookAdaptation #LGBT #crime #drama #USA #1950s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Compulsion (Richard Fleischer, 1959)

May

16

Compulsion (1959)

Straus (Bradford Dillman) with Steiner (Dean Stockwell) behind the wheel. They're beaming. DP: William C. Mellor.

“Murder's nothing. It's just a simple experience. Murder and rape? Do you know what beauty there is in evil?”

#FilmDuJour #May #RichardFleischer #MeyerLevin #BradfordDillman #DeanStockwell #OrsonWelles #DianeVarsi #LionelNewman #WilliamCMellor #BookAdaptation #LGBT #crime #drama #USA #1950s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-b6f1 Sat, 16 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Una libélula para cada muerto [A Dragonfly for Each Corpse] (León Klimovsky,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-kg3r <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Una libélula para cada muerto [A Dragonfly for Each Corpse] (León Klimovsky, 1975)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 14/div div class="occasion" Martedi/div div class="img" Una libélula para cada muerto (1975).png)/div div class="caption" Grimy looking Inspector Paolo Scaporella (Paul Naschy) in intense phone conversation. The wall calendar reads Maggio 29 Martedi. DP: Miguel Fernández Mila./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #LeónKlimovsky #PaulNaschy #ErikaBlanc #ÁngelAranda #MaríaKosty #RicardoMerino #StelvioCipriani #CarloRustichelli #MiguelFernándezMila #SerialKillers #Movember #giallo #crime #mystery #thriller #Spain #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Una libélula para cada muerto [A Dragonfly for Each Corpse] (León Klimovsky, 1975)

May

14

Martedi

Una libélula para cada muerto (1975)

Grimy looking Inspector Paolo Scaporella (Paul Naschy) in intense phone conversation. The wall calendar reads Maggio 29 Martedi. DP: Miguel Fernández Mila.

 

#FilmDuJour #May #LeónKlimovsky #PaulNaschy #ErikaBlanc #ÁngelAranda #MaríaKosty #RicardoMerino #StelvioCipriani #CarloRustichelli #MiguelFernándezMila #SerialKillers #Movember #giallo #crime #mystery #thriller #Spain #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-kg3r Thu, 14 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200 Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ldk7 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 14/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Les félins (1964)/div div class="caption" Barbara Hill (Lola Albright) going through Marc Borel's (Alain Delon) passport, which states Marc's date of birth as May 14. On Barbara's desk several curiosities, including a shrunken head in a glass case. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #RenéClément #DayKeene #JaneFonda #AlainDelon #LolaAlbright #CarlStuder #SorrellBooke #LaloSchifrin #HenriDecaë #crime #mystery #comedy #jazz #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964)

May

14

Les félins (1964)

Barbara Hill (Lola Albright) going through Marc Borel's (Alain Delon) passport, which states Marc's date of birth as May 14. On Barbara's desk several curiosities, including a shrunken head in a glass case. DP: Henri Decaë.

#FilmDuJour #May #RenéClément #DayKeene #JaneFonda #AlainDelon #LolaAlbright #CarlStuder #SorrellBooke #LaloSchifrin #HenriDecaë #crime #mystery #comedy #jazz #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ldk7 Thu, 14 May 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Fritz Lang, 1956) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rpt6 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Fritz Lang, 1956)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 7/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)/div div class="caption" Susan Spencer (Joan Fontaine) lighting Tom Garrett's (Dana Andrews) cigarette. DP: William E. Snyder./div div class="txt" "It's a weird, crazy idea, but that's the reason it intrigues me." ### – Tom Garrett /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #FritzLang #DanaAndrews #JoanFontaine #HerschelBurkeGilbert #WilliamESnyder #crime #drama #NewspaperNoirTrilogy #FilmNoir #USA #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Fritz Lang, 1956)

May

7

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

Susan Spencer (Joan Fontaine) lighting Tom Garrett's (Dana Andrews) cigarette. DP: William E. Snyder.

“It's a weird, crazy idea, but that's the reason it intrigues me.”

– Tom Garrett

#FilmDuJour #May #FritzLang #DanaAndrews #JoanFontaine #HerschelBurkeGilbert #WilliamESnyder #crime #drama #NewspaperNoirTrilogy #FilmNoir #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rpt6 Thu, 07 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 The Unholy Three (Tod Browning, 1925) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-unholy-three-1925 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Unholy Three (Tod Browning, 1925)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 6/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Unholy Three (1925)/div div class="caption" Tweedledee (Harry Earles), Hercules (Victor McLaglen), and Echo - The Ventriloquist (Lon Chaney). DP: David Kesson./div div class="txt" "It's spooky! It sounds… unholy!" ### – Echo /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #TodBrowning #LonChaney #HarryEarles #VictorMcLaglen #DavidKesson #SilentFilm #crime #PreCode #USA #1920s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

The Unholy Three (Tod Browning, 1925)

May

6

The Unholy Three (1925)

Tweedledee (Harry Earles), Hercules (Victor McLaglen), and Echo – The Ventriloquist (Lon Chaney). DP: David Kesson.

“It's spooky! It sounds… unholy!”

– Echo

#FilmDuJour #May #TodBrowning #LonChaney #HarryEarles #VictorMcLaglen #DavidKesson #SilentFilm #crime #PreCode #USA #1920s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-unholy-three-1925 Wed, 06 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200