Infographic: What makes a film noir?

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• Double Indemnity

  An insurance salesman (Fred MacMurray) is seduced into murder and fraud in Billy Wilder’s classic dark thriller, adapted from the novel by James M. Cain.

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  • Year

    1944

  • Featuring

    Fred MacMurray , Barbara Stanwyck , Edward G. Robinson

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• Out of the Past

  Film details

  • Year

    1947

  • Director

    Jacques Tourneur

  • Featuring

    Robert Mitchum , Jane Greer , Kirk Douglas

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• Touch of Evil

  Orson Welles’ return to Hollywood after ten years working in Europe is a sleazy border tale in which he takes centre stage as gargantuan detective Hank Quinlan.

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  • Year

    1958

  • Director

    Orson Welles

  • Featuring

    Charlton Heston , Janet Leigh , Orson Welles

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• The Maltese Falcon

  First-time director John Huston made a star of Humphrey Bogart with this early example of film noir, adapted from Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 detective novel.

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  • Year

    1941

  • Featuring

    Humphrey Bogart , Mary Astor , Gladys George

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• The Big Sleep

  Howard Hawks reteamed Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall for this stylish and seductive adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s labyrinthine private-eye novel.

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  • Year

    1946

  • Director

    Howard Hawks

  • Featuring

    Humphrey Bogart , Lauren Bacall , John Ridgely

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• In a Lonely Place

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  • Year

    1950

  • Director

    Nicholas Ray

  • Featuring

    Humphrey Bogart , Gloria Grahame , Frank Lovejoy

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