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To: Yorlik803

Detour (1945)
A piano player, Al (Neal), sets off hitchhiking his way to California to be with his girl. Along the way, a stranger in a convertible gives him a ride. While driving, Al stops to put the top up during a rainstorm. He discovers that the owner of the car has died in his sleep.

Impact (1949)
Tags: Crime, Drama, Favorites, Film Noir,

Hard bitten San Francisco industrialist Walter Williams’s two-timing wife and her lover plot to do her husband in, but instead the boyfriend gets killed and mistaken for . Half-dazed, Williams stumbles into a moving van that takes him to Mayberry RFD, where newspaper stories of his “death” jog his memory.

Well worth the time to watch watch them free Public Domain.

http://retrovision.tv/freevideo/movies/film-noir/page/2


117 posted on 06/26/2011 3:40:02 PM PDT by Lees Swrd ("Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order in the world as well")
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To: Lees Swrd
I have seen, and loved, Detour, reportedly the very first movie of the noir genre ever made.

On a lighter note, I loved The Mountain, starring Spencer Tracy. A neat, enjoyable drama focusing on courage and character.

There are two comedies Peter Sellers made that may have become more well known over the years, but were sleepers: The Party, and Being There. If you love Peter Seller's humor, you have got to watch these. Better, imo, than even the Pink Panther series.

161 posted on 06/26/2011 4:03:00 PM PDT by ARepublicanForAllReasons (The world will be a better place when humanity learns not to try to make it a perfect place)
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