Many titles here will be more familiar to audiences, including films already shown on Noir Alley (specifically films like THE GUILTY and HIGH TIDE). Given how the network operates and Eddie's penchant for promoting the work of the FNF, these choices seem like no-brainers. Here are 36 more B-noirs, to run three nights a week across a portion of the TCM summer schedule:
Week 4
BEHIND GREEN LIGHTS (1946, Fox, dir. Otto Brower, 64m) Landis, Gargan, Crane, M. Anderson
FEAR IN THE NIGHT (1946, Paramount/Pine-Thomas, dir. Maxwell Shane, 72m) P. Kelly, Kelly, Scott
STRANGE IMPERSONATION (1946, Republic, dir. Anthony Mann, 68m) Marshall, Gargan, Brooke
SMOOTH AS SILK (1946, Universal, dir. Charles Barton, 64m) Grey, K. Taylor, Stone, Litel
DECOY (1946, Monogram, dir. Jack Bernhard, 76m) Gillie, Norris, Armstrong, Rudley, Leonard
SHOCK (1946, Fox, dir. Alfred Werker, 70m) Price, Bari, Latimore, Anabel Shaw
THE MADONNA’S SECRET (1946, Republic, dir, Wilhelm Thiele, 79m) Lederer, Patrick, Rutherford, Stirling, Litel
STRANGE TRIANGLE (1946, Fox, dir. Ray McCarey, 65m) Hasso, Foster, Annabel Shaw
SO DARK THE NIGHT (1946, Columbia, dir. Joseph H. Lewis, 71m) Geray, Cheriel, Borden
THEY MADE ME A KILLER (1946, Paramount/Pine-Thomas, dir. Willam C. Thomas, 64m) Lowery, Britton, Lola Lane
GIRL ON THE SPOT (1946, Universal, dir. William Beaudine, 75m) Collier, Barker, Dolenz, Stossel
NIGHT EDITOR (1946, Columbia, dir. Henry Levin, 68m) Gargan, Carter, Donnell, Wilcox
Week 5
THE TRUTH ABOUT MURDER (1946, RKO, dir. Lew Landers, 63m) Granville, Conway, Corday, Douglas, Mohr
THE GUILTY (1947, Monogram, dir. John Reinhardt, 71m) Granville, Castle, Toomey
HIGH TIDE (1947, Monogram, dir. John Reinhardt, 72m) Lee Tracy, Castle, Bishop, Anabel Shaw
ROSES ARE RED (1947, Fox/Wurtzel, dir. James Tinling, 67m) Castle, Knudsen, Knight, McGraw, Arness
THE BRASHER DOUBLOON (1947, Fox, dir. John Brahm, 73m) G. Montgomery, Guild, Janis
THE DEVIL THUMBS A RIDE (1947, RKO, dir. Felix Feist, 63m) Tierney, North, Leslie, Betty Lawford, Carr
THE PRETENDER (1947, Republic, dir. W. Lee Wilder, 69m) Dekker, Craig, C. Drake, Carney, Stirling
BLIND SPOT (1947, Columbia, dir. Robert Grodon, 73m) Morris, C. Dowling, Geray
BLONDE ICE (1948, Film Classics/Mooney, dir. Jack Bernhard, 73m) L. Brooks, Paige, R. Vincent
SHED NO TEARS (1948, Eagle-Lion, dir. Jean Yarbrough, 70m) Ford, J. Vincent, Roberts
INNER SANCTUM (1948, Film Classics/M.R.S., dir. Lew Landers, 62m) C. Russell, Hughes, House. L. Patrick
I WOULDN'T BE IN YOUR SHOES (1948, Monogram, dir. Wiiliam Nigh, 70m) Castle, Knox, Toomey
Week 6
ASSIGNED TO DANGER (1948, Eagle-Lion, dir. Budd Boetticher, 66m) G. Raymond, Nash, Bice
BEHIND LOCKED DOORS (1948, Eagle-Lion, dir. Budd Boetticher, 62m) Carlson, Bremer, Fowley
THE THREAT (1949, RKO, dir. Felix Feist, 65m) McGraw, Grey, O’Shea
STRANGE BARGAIN (1949, RKO, dir. Will Price, 68m) Scott, Lynn, H. Morgan
THE TREASURE OF MONTE CRISTO (1949, Lippert, dir. William Berke, 76m) Langan, Jergens, Brodie
MARY RYAN, DETECTIVE (1949, Columbia, dir. Abby Berlin, 68m) Hunt, Litel, J. Vincent
C-MAN (1949, Film Classics, dir. Joseph Lerner, 75m) Jagger, Carradine, Landers, Atwater
SOUTHSIDE 1-1000 (1950, Allied Artists, dir. Boris Ingster, 73m) DeFore, King, Tobias
LONELY HEART BANDITS (1950, Republic, dir. George Blair, 60m) D. Patrick, Eldredge, Fuller
UNMASKED (1950, Republic, dir George Blair, 60m) Rockwell, Burr, Brooke, Fuller
TARNISHED (1950, Republic, dir. Harry Keller, 60m) D. Patrick, A. Franz, Fuller, Lydon, Beddoe, Shannon
HARBOR OF MISSING MEN (1950, Republic, dir. R.G. Springsteen, 60m) Denning, Fuller, Geray, Helton
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