RARA-AVIS: Top 10 Noir Films FINAL LIST

From: GERLACH, Steven ( steven.gerlach@smavic.com.au)
Date: 01 Sep 2003


HI all,

As I promised, please find below the list of films that everyone was so kind enough to suggest I need to hunt down.

I've listed the films in the order of number of votes cast, and then alphabetical. I thought I'd post it here in case anyone else needs it. Hopefully it'll serve a purpose in the archives for future reference.

Again, thanks once more. Any other suggestions I'll happily add to this list...

Steve

----------- Top 10 Noir Films as voted by RARA-AVIS
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4 - MALTESE FALCON (Huston-written/directed)

3 - The Big Heat (William P. McGivern/Fritz Lang) 3 - BIG SLEEP (the Brackett, et al., one)... 3 - Double Indemnity (James M. Cain/Billy Wilder) 3 - KILLERS (earlier--William Conrad's best role before radio's Matt Dillon) 3 - MURDER, MY SWEET

2 - Dirty Pretty Things 2 - Kiss Me Deadly (Mickey Spillane/A. I. Bezzerides/Robert Aldrich) 2 - LONG GOODBYE (the Brackett) 2 - Out of the Past (Daniel Mainwaring-Geoffrey Homes/Jacques Tourneur) 2 - Shoot the Pianist (Piano Player) - Truffaut 2 - TOUCH OF EVIL

1 - Asphalt Jungle - Huston based on W.R. Burnett 1 - Bad Lieutenant - Abel Ferrara (92) 1 - BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Delores Hitchens/Godard) FRENCH 1 - Blow-Up - Antonioni based on Julio Cortạr 1 - BODY-SNATCHER 1 - CAT PEOPLE 1 - Chinatown (1974) starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston. 1 - Coup De Torchon (Jim Thompson/Betrrand tavernier) 1 - CROSSFIRE, b/o the novel THE BRICK FOXHOLE by Richard Brooks 1 - CUTTER'S WAY 1 - D.O.A. (earlier--deeply flawed, but still a favorite) 1 - Farewell My Lovely (1975) starring Mitchum, Rampling, John Ireland 1 - Gambler - Reisz based on Dostoyevski (via Toback) 1 - Glass Key (1942) starring Donlevy, Ladd, Lake, and William Bendix. 1 - Grifters (Jim Thompson/Stephen Frears) 1 - HAUNTING (earlier, also of course, if horror can join the fun) 1 - HE WALKED BY NIGHT, original screenplay 1 - IN A LONELY PLACE 1 - Killing - Kubrick based on Lionel White 1 - LA BETE HUMAINE (THE HUMAN BEAST-1938- aka JUDAS WAS A WOMAN) 1 - LAURA 1 - LE JOUR SE LEVE (DAYBREAK-1939) by Marcel Carne 1 - Le Samoura Jean-Pierre Melville (67) 1 - Long Good Friday - John Mackenzie (80) 1 - MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, b/o the novel by Richard Condon 1 - Miami Blues (Charles Willeford/George Armitage) 1 - MINISTRY OF FEAR 1 - Night and the City - Jules Dassin (50) 1 - Nightmare Alley 1 - Night of the Hunter - Laughton based on Davis Grubb 1 - On Dangerous Ground 1 - OSSESSIONE (James M.Cain/Visconti) 1 - ODD MAN OUT 1 - ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW 1 - On Dangerous Ground - Nick Ray (52) 1 - PIERROT LE FOU (Lionel White/Godard) 1 - Point Blank. Boorman's Point Blank is a far better film. 1 - Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain/Tay Garnett, I think) 1 - PSYCHO (earlier, of course) 1 - Quiet American 1 - Servant - Losey based on Robin Maugham (via Pinter) 1 - SPIRAL STAIRCASE 1 - Spy who Came In From The Cold - Martin Ritt (65) 1 - STREET WITH NO NAME 1 - Third Man - Reed based on Graham Greene 1 - T-MEN, original screenplay 1 - WHO'll STOP THE RAIN 1 - THE WOMAN CHASER

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