BackFilm Noir Guide
745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959 (book in English)
- Type
- Encyclopedias
- Subject
- Genre > Detective movie
- film noir, detective film, 1940s, 1950s
- Publishing Date
- 2011
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co
- Collection
- (no collection)
- Language
- English
Relative size
- Physical desc.
- Paperback • 551 pages • 35 €
7 x 10 ½ inches (17.5 x 26.5 cm)
Also available as an eBook. - ISBN
- 978-0-7864-6366-4
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Book Presentation:
More than 700 films from the classic period of film noir (1940 to 1959) are presented in this exhaustive reference book--such films as The Accused, Among the Living, The Asphalt Jungle, Baby Face Nelson, Bait, The Beat Generation, Crossfire, Dark Passage, I Walk Alone, The Las Vegas Story, The Naked City, Strangers on a Train, White Heat, and The Window. For each film, the following information is provided: the title, release date, main performers, screenwriter(s), director(s), type of noir, thematic content, a rating based on the five-star system, and a plot synopsis that does not reveal the ending.
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