Category: Noir Cities

Las Vegas Shakedown (1955)
“PUSHOVERS…They tried to escape their destiny, but the odds were against them!
GUNSELS…Trigger-happy, they believed in making every bullet count…it might be their last!“

Call Northside 777 (1948)
Director Henry Hathaway | DP Joe MacDonald

Newspaper noir…

The Sniper (1952)
Director Edward Dmytryk | DP Burnett Guffey
The pathology and anger of a sharp-shooting psychopath on a killing-spree explored with chilling veracity.

Endless Desire (Hateshinaki yokubo 1958 Japan)
Director Shohei Imamura | DP Joji Ohara

Dark satire on greed punished by relentless fate. Bravura direction and cinematography, with hip 50s jazz score.

Impulse (1990) Director Sondra Locke. DP Dean Semler. Theresa Russell as undercover cop Lottie Mason at corner of Sunset Boulevard & Las Palmas Avenue.