Mike's NOIR IN 1968 list from 2015

Posted by Don Malcolm on 5/29/2019, 6:49 am
Noir in 1968

If we were to search among the Italian giallo and poliziotteschi and among the Eurospy genre, we’d perhaps find a few more, but the sifting remains to be done. By 1972, for example, Kirk Douglas would be in the very good Italian one “The Master Touch”. There are some below that are merely noir-tinged or even should be eliminated, like “Hot Millions”, “Fedora”, and “Red Peony Gambler”. I chose not to pre-judge these or others because tangential entries may shed light on noir’s condition and meaning at this juncture. I leave it in the good hands of others to figure out the state of health of noir at this point and where it stood in its evolution.

A Black Veil for Lisa aka La morte non ha sesso
A Dandy in Aspic
A Lovely Way to Die
Assignment K
Assignment to Kill
Bad Girls, “Les biches”, d. Claude Chabrol, 100m g
Bandits of Milan aka Banditi a Milano aka The Violent Four
Beyond the Law d. Norman Mailer (usually regarded as intolerable junk)
Big Time Gambling Boss aka Bakuchi-uchi socho tobaku
Blackmail Is My Life d. Fukasaku
Bonnot’s gang, “La Bande a Bonnot”, d. Philippe Fourastie
Bullitt
Coogan’s Bluff
Day of the Owl aka Il giorno della civetta
Deadfall
Death and Diamonds
Death by Hanging
Die Kandidaat
Duel in the Storm aka Arashi no hatashiji
Duffy
Farewell Friend, “Adieu l’ami”, d. Jean Herman, 115m g
Fedora
Fuoco!
Gideon of Scotland Yard
Hammerhead
Ho! d. Robert Enrico, 103m g
Hostile Witness
Hot Millions
House of Cards
I, the Executioner aka Minagoroshi no reika
If He Hollers, Let Him Go aka Dead Right
Inadmissible Evidence
Interlude
Jigsaw d. James Goldstone
Killers Three
Kona Coast
L’Astragale, d. Guy Casaril, 103m
La main noire, d. Max Pécas
Le démoniaque, d. René Gainville
Lady in Cement
Le Rapace, d. Jose Giovanni
Madigan
My Bed Is Not for Sleeping aka Negresco – Eine Todliche Affare
Night of the Following Day
No Roses for OSS 117, “Niente rose per OSS 117”, d. Renzo Cerrato, Jean-Pierre Desagnat, 105m
No Way to Treat a Lady
P.J.
Panic in the City
Pasha, “Le pacha”, d. Georges Lautner, 90m g
Pretty Poison
Prison Boss aka Gokucho no kaoyaku
Red Peony Gambler aka Hibutan botuko
Rogue’s Gallery
Sanbiki no akutô (sparse information at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294890/)
Sebastian
Secret Ceremony
Shameless aka Schamlos
Single Room Furnished
Sleep Is Lovely
Sol Madrid
Spider Baby
Stress is Three
The Boston Strangler
The Bride Wore Black, “La mariee etait en noir”, d. Francois Truffaut, 107m g sp
The Brink’s Job
The Brotherhood
The Counterfeit Killer aka Crack Shot
The Detective
The Falling Man aka Frame Up aka Quella carogna dell’ispettore Sterling
The Gangster VIP aka Burai yori daikanbu
The Golden Claws of the Cat Girl, “La Louve Solitaire”, d. Edouard Logereau, 96m
The Legend of Lylah Clare
The Man without a Map aka Moetsukita chizu
The Money Jungle
The Name of the Game is Kill
The Pick-Up
The Split
The Strange Affair
The Swimmer
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Young Animals
Twisted Nerve
Uptight
Wild 90 d. Norman Mailer (usually regarded as intolerable junk)