FILM-NOIR Watchlist: 1958
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- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsDorothy ProvineJack HoganRichard BakalyanIn the 1930s, amoral blonde tommy-gun girl Bonnie Parker cut a swath of bodies across the South-West. Starting out on gas stations and bars with side-kick Guy Darrow she graduated to bank hold-ups with Darrow's brother and, after bloodily springing him, her jailed husband. But there was never any doubt who was in charge.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsDarren McGavinMargaret HayesWarren StevensFact-based story of a rookie cop who takes on a crime syndicate involved in corrupting government officials in Brooklyn, New York.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard ToddAnne BaxterHerbert LomAt Kimberley Prescott's villa, a stranger shows up and claims he is her brother who supposedly died the previous year in a car accident.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsRobert LoggiaGerald S. O'LoughlinEllen ParkerThe hardworking detectives of the 87th Precinct in an unnamed city during a massive heat wave investigate the seemingly random murders of policemen.
- DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsJames MasonRod SteigerInger StevensDuped by former Army pal Paul Hoplin into building a time-bomb, New York shop owner Jim Molner and his family become hostages of Hoplin who uses bomb-threats to extort money from airlines.
- DirectorRobert GordonStarsKeith AndesMargaret HayesLynn BariBased on a true story, this film tells of a police chief hired to wipe out corruption in the Louisiana State Police.
- DirectorRobert J. Gurney Jr.Irving LernerStarsMichael HigginsLois HolmesJean AllisonA psychopathic young beachcomber pretends to befriend a mother and two daughters living at their summer home.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsDana AndrewsDick ForanMarilee EarleA Korean War veteran returns to Washington D.C. only to discover his business partner had died and their public-research business sold, so he works there undercover to find out the truth.
- DirectorHarry KellerStarsHedy LamarrJane PowellJan SterlingAn aging film star and her alcoholic daughter compete for a handsome extra.
- DirectorGene Fowler Jr.StarsCharles BronsonKent TaylorJennifer HoldenA Los Angeles high-school teacher's problems begin when he happens to witness a gangland killing and agrees to identify the murderers. Not realizing this will cause the underworld to retaliate "big time".
- DirectorPaul HenreidStarsMara CordayLita MilanBarbara BostockVera (Mara Corday) runs a nightclub that's really a front for her secret operation: an all-female crime ring that's been pulling off heist after heist. The gang does a major job with the help of Agnes (Abby Dalton), a new recruit and insider with access to a bank's payroll. But then the nervous Agnes threatens to squeal, so Vera has her rubbed out. And when Vera's good-girl sister, Helen (Barbara Bostock), starts dating suspicious policeman Bill (Mark Richman), Vera gets really cutthroat.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsAudie MurphyEddie AlbertPatricia OwensThe Cuban misadventures of a Florida smuggler, at the time of the Cuban Revolution.
- DirectorJack L. CopelandStarsStephen McNallyColeen GrayVic MorrowA disgruntled ex-employee of a missile fuel plant plans to commit suicide by blowing himself and the plant up with explosives.
- DirectorPaul F. HeardStarsJack KellyMay WynnRichard LooAn American businessman travels to Hong Kong to find out why his tea plantation isn't making money. When he gets there he discovers that his business partner has been growing something on the plantation, but it isn't tea. Complications ensue.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsGene BarryBeverly TylerAllison HayesDuring the Cold War, an American secret agent must find a kidnapped Arab prince who is being used by the Soviets to gain leverage against America's plans to install missiles in a Middle-Eastern country.
- DirectorJames Wong HoweBen ParkerJohn SledgeStarsRichard DerrMark DanielsHelen WestcottLamont Cranston, aka The Shadow, investigates the murder of a New Orleans bandleader.
- DirectorPaul LandresStarsRichard EyerStephen McNallyColeen GrayGangster and police look for a gangster's son who witnessed a murder.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsRegis ToomeyAnn DoranJames WestmorelandTeenage story of a bad apple in a barrel evolving from a kid's desire to drive a new T-bird.
- DirectorPaul HenreidStarsMary MurphyNorma EberhardtMike ConnorsTwo teen sisters leave their no-good father for a lurid life on the road.
- DirectorVincent J. DonehueStarsMontgomery CliftMyrna LoyRobert RyanEager for a job, journalist Adam White accepts the lowly position of columnist for the advice-giving section of the Chronicle but he often clashes with his cynical editor, Shrike.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsCharles BronsonSusan CabotMorey AmsterdamThe criminal exploits of Public Enemy number 1, George 'Machine-Gun' Kelly, during the 1930s.
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsBernard LeeRichard AttenboroughDonald HoustonJohn Wilson is troubled with pain and and an inability to sleep. He tries to light the gas-fire and seeks help from another lodger, artist Nicholas, who is spending the night with his model, and is reluctant to be disturbed. Another neighbor, Pollen, tries to be helpful, but is hit by Wilson. Frightened and angry, Pollen calls for police help. The others in the boarding house are awakened by this time, and Mrs. Harris tries to help the mentally confused Wilson, but he also refuses her help. The police clash with Dr. Sanderson, a welfare worker, who thinks he can take the gun-toting Wilson without complications, but when a Police Sergeant is injured, Police Inspector Thompson is determined to take Wilson by force if necessary.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRod CameronVera RalstonMike MazurkiNightclub owner T.J. Brennon dies in a car accident and two narcotics agents are killed in his apartment, prompting an investigation by the local police aided by Brennon's cop brother.
- DirectorAlbert C. GannawayStarsJohn IrelandMari BlanchardGail RussellA cropduster pilot finds himself caught between two women--one who loves him and the other, who doesn't handle rejection well, who's out to destroy him.
- DirectorSeth HoltBasil DeardenStarsGeorge NaderMaggie SmithBernard LeeIn London, a Canadian serving prison time for grand theft escapes prison and attempts to retrieve his loot, kept in a bank safety deposit box, but his accomplice takes the security key while he only has the pass code.
- DirectorAlvin RakoffStarsDiana DorsEddie ConstantineHerbert LomCabdriver Constantine falls for French girl mixed up with white slave ring, eventually helps to liberate her.
- DirectorRichard WilsonStarsEsther WilliamsJeff ChandlerRossana PodestàOn a small Mediterranean island live Costanza, her father Urbano, and beachcomber Moore, whom she plans to marry. Into this Eden come two plane crash survivors, supermodel Laura and her playboy friend Wally. The shapely, worldly Laura becomes a bad influence, especially when triangles start to develop. But beyond this, little mysteries lead Laura and Wally to wonder what's going on and who Moore really is.
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsJohn SaxonSandra DeeTeresa WrightHigh-school life and the prejudices and moral values of small-town USA during the 1950s.
- DirectorR.G. SpringsteenStarsGene EvansRobert BlakeTimothy CareyGannon is an imprisoned racketeer kingpin who tries to manipulate his young cell mate into staging a riot and prison break, but the cell mate tries to back out when he realizes other inmates may be killed in the process.
- DirectorHarry KellerStarsColleen MillerCharles DrakeRod TaylorA killer on the lam takes refuge in his childhood home where his mother and widowed sister-in-law are ignorant of his criminal past.
- DirectorGordon ParryStarsDiana DorsGeorge BakerTerence MorganAn irresistible temptress causes trouble between two brothers when the more handsome charismatic ones turns up, leading to robbery and death.
- DirectorLewis SeilerStarsBetsy PalmerJack LordBarry AtwaterWhen the nephew and his friend of Phyllis Carter are killed in an automobile crash while under the influence of narcotics, she persuades Police Lieutenant Jim Hahan to use her as an undercover agent, despite the fact she is married and has a young son. She is trained to impersonate "Lynn Stuart", who did time for a bank hold-up, and is given a job at a drive-in restaurant where members of a narcotics gang are known to frequent. She attracts the attention of Willie Down, a mid-level boss in the gang and begins getting information from him which she passes on to the FBI. Her husband, alarmed over the health of their son gets her to promise to quit. Willie takes her to Mexico before she can inform anyone where she is going, where he and a gang henchman murder the driver and guard of a truck transporting dope and hijack the load. Phyllis/Lynn goes to the ladies room of a service station where she scribbles their destination on a mirror using lipstick hoping to be rescued.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsGene EvansScott MarloweCarolyn KearneyCrime drama about juvenile delinquency, society's view of it and law enforcement's response to it in 1950s America.