filmnoir &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:filmnoir @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:41:48 +0200 Les yeux cernés [Marked Eyes] (Robert Hossein, 1964) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-bgsr <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Les yeux cernés [Marked Eyes] (Robert Hossein, 1964)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 2/div div class="occasion" 1964/div div class="img" Les yeux cernés (1964)/div div class="caption" A typed request on official stationary dated April 2, requesting to show up at the police precinct on April 4, 1964. DP: Jean Boffety./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #RobertHossein #MichèleMorgan #MarieFrancePisier #AndréHossein #JeanBoffety #crime #mystery #FilmNoir #France #Italy #Austria #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Les yeux cernés [Marked Eyes] (Robert Hossein, 1964)

Apr

2

1964

Les yeux cernés (1964)

A typed request on official stationary dated April 2, requesting to show up at the police precinct on April 4, 1964. DP: Jean Boffety.

#FilmDuJour #April #RobertHossein #MichèleMorgan #MarieFrancePisier #AndréHossein #JeanBoffety #crime #mystery #FilmNoir #France #Italy #Austria #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-bgsr Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 野獣死すべし [Yajū shisubeshi / The Beast Shall Die] (Eizō Sugawa, 1959) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zpfs <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 野獣死すべし [Yajū shisubeshi / The Beast Shall Die] (Eizō Sugawa, 1959)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="occasion" 7 p.m./div div class="img" 野獣死すべし (1959)/div div class="caption" Kunihiko Date (Tatsuya Nakadai) driving along at night. DP: Fukuzō Koizumi./div div class="txt" "He’s not a beast. No, he’s a robot. A machine created by a modern, twisted society." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #EizōSugawa #HaruhikoŌyabu #TatsuyaNakadai #HiroshiKoizumi #ReikoDan #YumiShirakawa #MakotoSatō #EikoMiyoshi #ToshirōMayuzumi #FukuzōKoizumi #crime #FilmNoir #Bookadaptation #Japan #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

野獣死すべし [Yajū shisubeshi / The Beast Shall Die] (Eizō Sugawa, 1959)

Mar

30

7 p.m.

野獣死すべし (1959)

Kunihiko Date (Tatsuya Nakadai) driving along at night. DP: Fukuzō Koizumi.

“He’s not a beast. No, he’s a robot. A machine created by a modern, twisted society.”

#FilmDuJour #March #EizōSugawa #HaruhikoŌyabu #TatsuyaNakadai #HiroshiKoizumi #ReikoDan #YumiShirakawa #MakotoSatō #EikoMiyoshi #ToshirōMayuzumi #FukuzōKoizumi #crime #FilmNoir #Bookadaptation #Japan #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zpfs Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0200 The Chase (Arthur Ripley, 1946) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-746p <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Chase (Arthur Ripley, 1946)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 21/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Chase (1946).png)/div div class="caption" A man's hand holds up two first class tickets for March 21, destination Cuba. DP: Franz Planer./div div class="txt" "Have you ever been afraid? Really afraid?" ### – Lorna Roman /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #ArthurRipley #CornellWoolrich #RobertCummings #MichèleMorgan #SteveCochran #LloydCorrigan #JackHolt #DonWilson #PeterLorre #MichelMichelet #FranzPlaner #mystery #drama #crime #romance #FilmNoir #BookAdaptation #USA #1940s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Chase (Arthur Ripley, 1946)

Mar

21

The Chase (1946)

A man's hand holds up two first class tickets for March 21, destination Cuba. DP: Franz Planer.

“Have you ever been afraid? Really afraid?”

– Lorna Roman

#FilmDuJour #March #ArthurRipley #CornellWoolrich #RobertCummings #MichèleMorgan #SteveCochran #LloydCorrigan #JackHolt #DonWilson #PeterLorre #MichelMichelet #FranzPlaner #mystery #drama #crime #romance #FilmNoir #BookAdaptation #USA #1940s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-746p Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100 Hell Bound (William J. Hole Jr., 1957) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-yb4c <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Hell Bound (William J. Hole Jr., 1957)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 12/div div class="occasion" Sat/div div class="img" Hell Bound (1957)/div div class="caption" A man writes a name in the 9:30 a.m. time slot of the calendar page for Saturday March 21. DP: Carl E. Guthrie./div div class="txt" "Three days ago, at exactly 0600 – because that is really not the time – on February 5 – because that is really not the date – this freighter, which shall be nameless, sailed from a certain Far Eastern port. Its destination: The Port of Los Angeles, Wilmington, California. This is fact." ### – narrator /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #WilliamJHoleJr #JohnRussell #JuneBlair #StuartWhitman #DehlBerti #GeorgeEMather #LesBaxter #CarlEGuthrie #crime #drama #romance #FilmNoir #drugs #heist #USA #1950s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Hell Bound (William J. Hole Jr., 1957)

Mar

12

Sat

Hell Bound (1957)

A man writes a name in the 9:30 a.m. time slot of the calendar page for Saturday March 21. DP: Carl E. Guthrie.

“Three days ago, at exactly 0600 – because that is really not the time – on February 5 – because that is really not the date – this freighter, which shall be nameless, sailed from a certain Far Eastern port. Its destination: The Port of Los Angeles, Wilmington, California. This is fact.”

– narrator

#FilmDuJour #March #WilliamJHoleJr #JohnRussell #JuneBlair #StuartWhitman #DehlBerti #GeorgeEMather #LesBaxter #CarlEGuthrie #crime #drama #romance #FilmNoir #drugs #heist #USA #1950s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-yb4c Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 暗黒街の美女 [Ankokugai no bijo / Underworld Beauty] (Seijun Suzuki, 1958) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-8d4m <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 暗黒街の美女 [Ankokugai no bijo / Underworld Beauty] (Seijun Suzuki, 1958)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 8/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 暗黒街の美女 (1958)/divdiv class="caption" ###### A man, all in #bandages besides one half of his face, is interviewed by a policeman. Captions read: February 8supth/sup. DP: Wataro Nakao./div div class="txt" Policeman: What's today's date? Injured man: February 8supth/sup. /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #February #SeijunSuzuki #MichitarōMizushima #MariShiraki #HideakiNitani #ShinsukeAshida #HiroshiKondō #KakuTakashina #TōruAbe #NaozumiYamamoto #WataroNakao #crime #FilmNoir #Japan #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

暗黒街の美女 [Ankokugai no bijo / Underworld Beauty] (Seijun Suzuki, 1958)

Feb

8

暗黒街の美女 (1958)

A man, all in #bandages besides one half of his face, is interviewed by a policeman. Captions read: February 8th. DP: Wataro Nakao.

Policeman: What's today's date?

Injured man: February 8th.

#FilmDuJour #February #SeijunSuzuki #MichitarōMizushima #MariShiraki #HideakiNitani #ShinsukeAshida #HiroshiKondō #KakuTakashina #TōruAbe #NaozumiYamamoto #WataroNakao #crime #FilmNoir #Japan #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-8d4m Sun, 08 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Canon City (Crane Wilbur, 1948) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-27h5 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Canon City (Crane Wilbur, 1948)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="occasion" 1947/div div class="img" Canon City (1948)/div div class="caption" A calendar page. It's December 30, 1947. DP: John Alton./div div class="txt" "We're not here to play dominoes." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #December #CraneWilbur #ScottBrady #JohnAlton #drama #crime #JailBreak #FilmNoir #DocuDrama #thriller #HomeInvasion #CanonCity #Colorado #USA #1940s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Canon City (Crane Wilbur, 1948)

Dec

30

1947

Canon City (1948)

A calendar page. It's December 30, 1947. DP: John Alton.

“We're not here to play dominoes.”

#FilmDuJour #December #CraneWilbur #ScottBrady #JohnAlton #drama #crime #JailBreak #FilmNoir #DocuDrama #thriller #HomeInvasion #CanonCity #Colorado #USA #1940s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-27h5 Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Nowhere to Go (Seth Holt + Basil Dearden, 1958) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-1nw4 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Nowhere to Go (Seth Holt + Basil Dearden, 1958)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 22/div div class="occasion" Tue/div div class="img" Nowhere to Go (1958).png)/div div class="caption" A man checks into a hotel. A wall calendar reads December 22, a Tuesday. DP: Paul Beeson ./div div class="txt" "Sloane! Be lucky!" ### – Paul Gregory /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #December #SethHolt #BasilDearden #DonaldMacKenzie #GeorgeNader #MaggieSmith #BernardLee #DizzyReece #PaulBeeson #drama #crime #FilmNoir #jazz #BookAdaptation #UK #USA #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Nowhere to Go (Seth Holt + Basil Dearden, 1958)

Dec

22

Tue

Nowhere to Go (1958)

A man checks into a hotel. A wall calendar reads December 22, a Tuesday. DP: Paul Beeson .

“Sloane! Be lucky!”

– Paul Gregory

#FilmDuJour #December #SethHolt #BasilDearden #DonaldMacKenzie #GeorgeNader #MaggieSmith #BernardLee #DizzyReece #PaulBeeson #drama #crime #FilmNoir #jazz #BookAdaptation #UK #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-1nw4 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Accidente 703 [Los culpables] (José María Forqué, 1962) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-lv28 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Accidente 703 [Los culpables] (José María Forqué, 1962)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 21/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Accidente 703 (1962)/div div class="caption" A darkened room. People take care of a man slumped on a coach. A wall calendar tells us it's the 21supst/sup. DP: Juan Mariné./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #December #JoséMaríaForqué #AdolfoWaitzman #JuanMariné #FilmNoir #drama #cars #CarCrash #Madrid #Spain #Argentina #1960s/div /section ]]>

Accidente 703 [Los culpables] (José María Forqué, 1962)

Dec

21

Accidente 703 (1962)

A darkened room. People take care of a man slumped on a coach. A wall calendar tells us it's the 21st. DP: Juan Mariné.

#FilmDuJour #December #JoséMaríaForqué #AdolfoWaitzman #JuanMariné #FilmNoir #drama #cars #CarCrash #Madrid #Spain #Argentina #1960s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-lv28 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Panic in the Streets (Elia Kazan, 1950) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-d6dk <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Panic in the Streets (Elia Kazan, 1950)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Panic in the Streets (1950).png)/div div class="caption" A bunch of tough-looking guys at a table with what may be a sandwich. Even the sandwich is up to no good.. DP: Joseph MacDonald./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #EliaKazan #RichardWidmark #PaulDouglas #BarbaraBelGeddes #JackPalance #ZeroMostel #DanRiss #TommyCook #AlfredNewman #JosephMacDonald #crime #outbreak #drama #thriller #FilmNoir #USA #1950s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Panic in the Streets (Elia Kazan, 1950)

Dec

13

Panic in the Streets (1950)

A bunch of tough-looking guys at a table with what may be a sandwich. Even the sandwich is up to no good.. DP: Joseph MacDonald.

 

#FilmDinner #EliaKazan #RichardWidmark #PaulDouglas #BarbaraBelGeddes #JackPalance #ZeroMostel #DanRiss #TommyCook #AlfredNewman #JosephMacDonald #crime #outbreak #drama #thriller #FilmNoir #USA #1950s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-d6dk Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:24:26 +0100 The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis, 1955) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-k396 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis, 1955)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" 1946/div div class="img" The Big Combo (1955)/div div class="caption" A man's hand holds up a photo negative of a black-and-white picture, showing two men and a woman, and the date 11-15-46 underneath. DP: John Alton./div div class="txt" "I'm trying to run an impersonal business. Killing is very personal. Once it gets started, it's hard to stop." ### – Mr. Brown\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #November #JosephHLewis #CornelWilde #RichardConte #BrianDonlevy #JeanWallace #RobertMiddleton #LeeVanCleef #EarlHolliman #DavidRaksin #JohnAlton #crime #drama #FilmNoir #mystery #USA #1950s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis, 1955)

Nov

15

1946

The Big Combo (1955)

A man's hand holds up a photo negative of a black-and-white picture, showing two men and a woman, and the date 11-15-46 underneath. DP: John Alton.

“I'm trying to run an impersonal business. Killing is very personal. Once it gets started, it's hard to stop.”

– Mr. Brown

#FilmDuJour #November #JosephHLewis #CornelWilde #RichardConte #BrianDonlevy #JeanWallace #RobertMiddleton #LeeVanCleef #EarlHolliman #DavidRaksin #JohnAlton #crime #drama #FilmNoir #mystery #USA #1950s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-k396 Sat, 15 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100