Posted by Don Malcolm on 11/29/2019, 9:52 am, in reply to "100 ballots..."
Edited by Don Malcolm on 12/2/2019, 5:08 pm
Below, a few annotations on the list: this one focusing on personnel. Key personages do seem to have driven the formation of these lists (whether the 2005 Top 25 poll or the 2019 Twitter list). Directors and writers (shown underlined below...) are nearly as prominent in this process for the Top 29 films on this list. I'm not sure we ever compiled an analogous list for the 2005 voting effort...will have to revisit it at some point in light of this.
60 Double Indemnity (#3)--->Wilder, EG Robinson, Stanwyck, MacMurray
47 Out of the Past (#1)--->Mitchum, Tourneur
39 Maltese Falcon, The (#7) --->Bogart
37 Laura (#26)--->Preminger, Andrews, G. Tierney
33 In a Lonely Place (#12)--->Bogart, Ray, Grahame
31 Touch of Evil (#8)--->Welles
29 Third Man, The (#51)--->Welles
28 Big Sleep, The (#11)---Bogart, Chandler
25 Gun Crazy (#6)--->Lewis
24 Sunset Blvd. (#25)--->Wilder
23 Detour (#17)--->Ulmer
23 Murder My Sweet (#24)--->Chandler, Powell, Trevor
22 Killers, The 46 (#5)--->Siodmak, Lancaster, O'Brien, Gardner
22 Kiss Me Deadly (#15)--->Bezzerides
21 Big Heat, The (#20)--->Lang, Grahame
20 Pickup on South Street (#37)--->Fuller, Widmark
17 Gilda (#31)--->Hayworth
16 Asphalt Jungle (#4)--->Hayden
16 Killing, The 56 (#10)--->Hayden
16 Nightmare Alley (#13)
15 Criss Cross (#2)--->Siodmak, Lancaster
15 Scarlet Street (#21)--->Lang, Bennett, EG Robinson, Duryea
12 Night and the City (#14)--->Widmark, Dassin
12 Night of the Hunter (#80)--->Mitchum
11 Dark Passage (#83)--->Bogart, Bacall
11 Lady From Shanghai (#66)--->Welles, Hayworth
11 Mildred Pierce (#28)--->Crawford, Curtiz
11 Set-Up, The (#19)--->Ryan
11 Sweet Smell of Success (#48)--->Lancaster
----top 25 (actually 29)----
9 D.O.A.--->O'Brien
9 Leave Her to Heaven--->G. Tierney
9 Narrow Margin, The--->McGraw
8 Act of Violence--->Ryan, Heflin
8 Postman Always Rings Twice--->Garfield
8 This Gun For Hire--->Ladd, Lake
7 Big Combo, The--->Lewis
7 Raw Deal--->Mann, Trevor, Burr
7 Shadow of a Doubt--->Hitch
7 Strangers on a Train--->Hitch
6 Force of Evil--->Garfield
6 Key Largo--->Bogart, Bacall
6 Letter, The
6 Notorious--->Hitch
6 On Dangerous Ground--->Ryan, Lupino, Ray
6 Stranger, The--->Welles, EG Robinson
5 99 River St.--->Karlson, Payne
5 Crossfire--->Ryan, Mitchum, Grahame
5 Strange Love of Martha Ivers--->Stanwyck, Heflin
5 White Heat--->Cagney, O'Brien
4 Ace in the Hole---Wilder, Douglas
4 Brute Force--->Lancaster, Dassin
4 His Kind of Woman--->Mitchum
4 Kansas City Confidential--->Karlson, Payne
4 Lady in the Lake--->Chandler
4 Naked City--->Dassin
4 Pushover--->MacMurray
4 They Live by Night--->Ray
3 Angel Face--->Preminger, Mitchum
3 Big Clock, The
3 Breaking Point, The--->Garfield, Curtiz
3 Hitch-Hiker, The--->Lupino, O'Brien, Talman
3 M 31--->Lang
3 No Man of Her Own--->Stanwyck
3 Odds Against Tomorrow--->Ryan
3 Phantom Lady--->Siodmak
3 Rear Window--->Hitch
3 Reckless Moment, The--->Bennett
3 Ride the Pink Horse
3 Rififi--->Dassin
3 Sorry, Wrong Number--->Stanwyck
3 Too Late For Tears--->Scott, Duryea
3 Witness for the Prosecution--->Wilder
2 Blue Dahlia, The--->Ladd, Lake
2 Born to Kill--->Trevor, L. Tierney
2 Crime Wave--->DeToth, Hayden
2 Cry Danger--->Powell
2 Elevator to the Gallows
2 Fallen Angel--->Preminger, Andrews
2 Gaslight
2 He Walked By Night--->Mann
2 Kiss of Death
2 Lost Weekend, The--->Wilder
2 M 51--->Losey
2 Moonrise
2 Murder by Contract
2 Nightfall--->Tourneur
2 Pitfall--->DeToth, Powell, Liz Scott, Burr
2 Possessed 47--->Crawford, Heflin
2 Seventh Victim The
2 They Drive By Night--Lupino, Sheridan, Raft, Bogart
2 Woman in the Window--->Lang, Bennett, EG Robinson, Duryea
2 Woman on the Run
1 39 Steps, The
1 A Kiss Before Dying
1 Angels with Dirty Faces
1 Appointment With Danger--->Ladd
1 Armored Car Robbery--->McGraw. Talman
1 Black Angel--->Duryea
1 Border Incident--->Mann, McGraw
1 Bribe, The--->Gardner
1 Burglar, The--->Duryea
1 Cape Fear--->Mitchum
1 City Streets
1 City That Never Sleeps
1 Conflict--->Bogart
1 Crashout--->Talman
1 Crime of Passion--->Stanwyck, Hayden, Burr
1 Cry of the City--->Siodmak, Conte
1 Dark City 50--->L. Scott
1 Dark Corner, The
1 Desperate Hours, The--->Bogart
1 Devil Thumbs A Ride, The--->L. Tierney
1 Diabolique
1 Dial M for Murder--->Hitch
1 Doulos, Le
1 Drive A Crooked Road
1 Enforcer, The--->Bogart
1 File on Thelma Jordon, The--->Stanwyck, Siodmak
1 Follow Me Quietly
1 Glass Key, The--->Ladd, Lake
1 Hell's Half Acre
1 Hellbound
1 High Sierra--->Bogart, Lupino
1 Hollow Triumph--->Bennett
1 Human Desire--->Lang, Grahame, Ford
1 I Wake Up Screaming
1 Impact
1 Johnny O'Clock--->Powell, Keyes
1 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye--->Cagney
1 Lady Vanishes, The-->Hitch
1 Le deuxieme souffle
1 Long Memory, The
1 Lured
1 Macao--->Mitchum, Grahame
1 Mr. Arkadin--->Welles
1 My Friend Ivan Lapshin
1 Naked Kiss, The---Fuller
1 Nocturne--->Raft
1 On the Waterfront
1 Phenix City Story, The--->Karlson
1 Place in the Sun, A
1 Prowler, The---Losey, Heflin
1 Psycho--->Hitch
1 Racket, The--->Ryan, Mitchum, L. Scott
1 Reign of Terror--->Mann
1 Road House--->Widmark, Lupino
1 Ruthless--->Ulmer
1 Scandal Sheet---Karlson
1 Scarface (1932)
1 Shock Corridor--->Fuller
1 Stranger on the 3rd Floor
1 Stray Dog
1 Sudden Fear--->Crawford, Grahame
1 Suddenly
1 T-Men--->Mann1 They Made Me A Criminal
1 Thieves' Highway--->Dassin, Bezzerides, Conte
1 Threat, The--->McGraw
1 Three Strangers
1 Touchez pas au grisbi
1 Try and Get Me!
1 Walk Softly, Stranger
1 Where Danger Lives--->Mitchum
1 Where the Sidewalk Ends--->Preminger, Andrews, G. Tierney
1 While the City Sleeps--->Lang, Andrews
1 Wicked Woman
1 Woman's Secret--->Ray
1 Wrong Man, The--->Hitch
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