George E. Diskant Films Noir
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1. Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Crime, Family
Expensive diamonds are stolen but before the thief can fence them he is strangled by ex-con Cueball, who then takes the gems and continues murdering people he believes are trying to swindle him.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Lyle Latell, Paula Corday
Votes: 1,438
2. Desperate (1947)
Approved | 73 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
A young married couple flee both the police and a gangster out for revenge.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Douglas Fowley
Votes: 2,616
3. Riffraff (1947)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A plane takes off from Peru (in a long, no-dialogue scene) in a storm with two passengers; it lands in Panama with one. The missing man had valuable oil location maps; everyone who is after... See full summary »
Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Walter Slezak, Anne Jeffreys, Percy Kilbride
Votes: 626
4. They Live by Night (1948)
Passed | 95 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance
An escaped convict injured during a robbery falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen
Votes: 9,360
5. A Woman's Secret (1949)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Failed singer Marian Washburn confesses she shot her friend, successful singer Susan Caldwell, but her manager Luke Jordan and Detective Fowler doubt her story and cannot establish a reasonable motive.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame, Bill Williams
Votes: 1,936
6. Port of New York (1949)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at New York Harbor to smuggle in their contraband.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Scott Brady, Richard Rober, K.T. Stevens, Yul Brynner
Votes: 1,075
7. David Harding, Counterspy (1950)
Passed | 71 min | Drama
Based on the long-running radio program created by Philips H. Lord, the film opens with a radio commentator blasting the U. S. government for the manner in which a certain foreign power has... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Willard Parker, Audrey Long, Howard St. John, Raymond Greenleaf
Votes: 127
8. Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)
Passed | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Prowl car cops on night duty romance a reluctant young woman who works for the department while in danger from a vengeful racketeer.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien, Gale Storm, Donald Buka
Votes: 1,281
9. Sealed Cargo (1951)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1943, an American fishing boat has a fateful encounter with a seriously damaged Danish schooner off of Canada's Atlantic coast.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Dana Andrews, Carla Balenda, Claude Rains, Philip Dorn
Votes: 978
10. The Racket (1951)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In New York, two honest cops try to hinder a crime syndicate from moving into the precinct and also to prevent the mob's plan of electing a corrupt prosecutor to a judgeship.
Directors: John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Tay Garnett, Edmund Grainger, Nicholas Ray, Sherman Todd | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman
Votes: 3,366
11. On Dangerous Ground (1951)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.
Directors: Nicholas Ray, Ida Lupino | Stars: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond, Charles Kemper
Votes: 8,071
12. The Narrow Margin (1952)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against potential assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Directors: Richard Fleischer, William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Gordon Gebert
Votes: 8,661
13. Beware, My Lovely (1952)
Approved | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A mentally disturbed handyman on the run, for reasons even he doesn't understand, takes a job at the house of a lonely war widow in 1918.
Director: Harry Horner | Stars: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes, Barbara Whiting
Votes: 2,349
14. Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand
Votes: 8,148
15. China Smith (1952– )
30 min | Adventure
Con artist and private eye China Smith works out of a bar in Singapore, roaming Asia in search of beautiful women (who like his tough style) and quick money. His nemeses are the friendly British Inspector and the scheming "empress."
Stars: Dan Duryea, Douglass Dumbrille, Myrna Dell, Clarence Lung
Votes: 36
16. The Bigamist (1953)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A man secretly married to two women feels the pressure of his deceit.
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmund Gwenn, Edmond O'Brien
Votes: 4,733
17.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
The Stacked Deck
(1956)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Fresh out of prison, blackmailer Gus Anderson intends to use Willie's casino to launder his victims' money. To insure his cooperation, Gus' thugs are holding one of Willie's waiters hostage... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Dick Powell, Shirley Patterson, Regis Toomey, Herb Vigran
Votes: 28
18.
Chevron Hall of Stars (1956)
Episode:
Double Cross
(1956)
Comedy, Drama, Western
Private eye Richard Diamond is slugged, drugged and framed as he unravels a mystery involving two blondes, two counterfeiters and murder.
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Don Taylor, Jacques Aubuchon, Leonard Bremen, Marian Carr
19. Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956–1960)
30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Richard Diamond is a suave private investigator who at first walks the mean streets of New York City, then later packs up and moves to Los Angeles, California, where he tools around in a ... See full summary »
Stars: David Janssen, Roxane Brooks, Russ Conway, Regis Toomey
Votes: 282
20. Dante (1960–1961)
30 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Willie Dante carries his shady history, and old-time buddies Biff and Stewart, into the operation of his legit San Francisco nightclub. Neither the cops nor the bad guys really believe he's done with the underworld however. Much humor.
Stars: Howard Duff, Alan Mowbray, Tom D'Andrea, James Nolan
Votes: 65
21. The Detectives (1959–1962)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Captain Matt Holbrook leads a squad of brave and tough detectives in a large, unnamed city. Instead of leading personal lives, they spend all of their time tracking murderers, thieves, ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Taylor, Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Mark Goddard
Votes: 241
22. Michael Shayne (1960–1961)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Michael Shayne is a private detective who solves crimes in Miami, Florida.
Stars: Richard Denning, Herbert Rudley, Jerry Paris, Patricia Donahue
Votes: 105
23. Target: The Corruptors (1961–1962)
60 min | Drama
Newspaper reporter Paul Marino and his undercover agent Jack Flood infiltrate the mob and report on a different type of crime every week. The results of their investigation are given to the... See full summary »
Stars: Stephen McNally, Robert Harland, Harold J. Stone, Burt Brinckerhoff
Votes: 98
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