I'm a big fan of the final foursome...which gets us to 108 B-noirs over the time frame, putting us about three dozen ahead of what Bruce Goldstein programmed some years back at Film Forum.
Eddie should go for it...
Week 7
THE BIG NIGHT (1951, United Artists, dir. Joseph Losey, 75m) Barrymore Jr, Foster
PICKUP (1951, Columbia, dir. Hugo Haas, 78m) Hass, Michaels
PIER 23 (1951, Lippert, dir. Willam Berke, 58m) Beaumont, Savage
NEVER TRUST A GAMBLER (1951, Columbia, dir. Ralph Murphy, 78m) Clark, O’Donnell, T. Drake, Corey, Dell, R. Williams
THE MAN WITH MY FACE (1951, United Artists, dir. Edward Montague, 78m) Nelson, Mathews, Chinita
f.B.I. GIRL (1951, Lippert, dir. Wiliam Berke, 75m) Totter, Brent, Romero, Burr, T.Drake
SECRETS OF MONTE CARLO (1951, Republic, dir. George Blair, 60m) W. Douglas, J. Vincent, Ahn
MILLION DOLLAR PURSUIT (1951, Republic, dir. R.G. Springsteen, 60m) Edwards, Withers, Budd, Pyle
THE NARROW MARGIN (1952, RKO, dir. Richard Fleischer, 71m) McGraw, Windsor, White
WITHOUT WARNING! (1952, United Artists, dir. Arnold Laven, 77m) A. Williams, Randall, Binns
MODELS, INC. (1952, Mutual, dir. Reginald LeBorg, 73m) Duff, Coleen Gray, Howard, Reynolds, Heydt
HAMMER THE TOFF (1952, Butchers/UK, dir. Maclean Rogers, 71m) Bentley, Dainton
Week 8
VIOLATED (1953, Mishkin, dir. Walter Strate, 78m) Holland, Lili Dawn, Kowall
ONE GIRL’S CONFESSION (1953, Colubmia, dir. Hugo Haas, 74m) Haas, Cleo Moore, Langan, Helene Stanton
THE FLAMING URGE (1953, Hackel, dir. Harold Ericson, 68m) Lloyd, Jr., Downs, Foulger
JEOPARDY (1953, MGM, dir. John Sturges, 69m) Stanwyck, Meeker, Sullivan
HIGHWAY DRAGNET (1954, Allied Artists, dir. Nathan Juran, 71m) Conte, Bennett, Hendrix
BAIT (1954, Columbia, dir. Hugo Haas, 79m) Haas, Cleo Moore, Agar
ALASKA SEAS (1954, Paramount, dir. Jerry Hopper, 78m) Ryan, Sterling, Keith, Barry, Carey
THE MIAMI STORY (1954, Columbia, dir. Fred F. Sears, 75m) Sullivan, L. Adler, Baer, Jergens, Garland
THE CROOKED WEB (1955, Columbia, dir. Nathan Juran, 77m) Lovejoy, Blanchard, Denning
TEEN-AGE CRIME WAVE (1955, Columbia, dir. Fred F. Sears, 77m) Cook, McCart, England
BOBBY WARE IS MISSING (1955, Allied Artists, dir. Thomas Carr, 67m) Brand, A. Franz, Willies, Picerni
FEMALE JUNGLE (1955, ARC, dir. Bruno VeSota, 73m) Carradine, Tierney, Mansfield, K. Crowley, VeSota
Week 9
HOT CARS (1956, United Artists, dir. Don McDougall, 60m) Bromfield, Lansing, Dana, Osterloh
TERROR AT MIDNIGHT (1956, Republic, dir. Franklin Adreon, 70m) Brady, Vohs, Faylen, Dehner, Gregg
CALLNG HOMICIDE (1956, Allied Artists, dir. Edward Bernds, 60m) Elliott, Haggerty, Case, Cooper, Talbot
PLEASE MURDER ME! (1956, DCA, dir. Peter Godfrey, 78m) Lansbury, Burr, Foran, Dehner
PLUNDER ROAD (1957, Regal, dir. Hubert Cornfield, 72m) Raymond, Cooper, Cook Jr., Morris
THE SHADOW ON THE WINDOW (1957, Columbia, dir. William Asher, 76m) Carey, Garrett, Barrymore Jr.
THE GIRL IN BLACK STOCKINGS (1957, United Artists, dir. Howard W. Koch, 75m) Barker, Bancroft, Van Doren
COP HATER (1958, United Artists, dir. William Berke, 75m) Loggia, O’Laughlin, Parker, Ballard, Orbach
EDGE OF FURY (1958, United Artists, dir. Gurney/Lerner, 77m) Higgins, Holmes, Allison
THE YOUNG CAPTIVES (1959, Paramount, dir. Irvin Kershner, 61m) Marlo, Patten, Selden, Nelson
PRIVATE PROPERTY (1960, Citation/Daystar, dir. Leslie Stevens, 79m) C. Allen, Oates, Manx
WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES (1961, United Artists, dir. Edward L. Cahn, 72m) Brown, Anders, Cordem, Barcroft
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