Von Scerscen.- Diario di un'indagine

Double Deal

December 1950 •English

An oil engineer surrounded by foul play helps an heiress bring in a well.

To Have and Have Not

January 1945 •English

A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.

Beat the Devil

November 1953 •English

A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.

Riff-Raff

June 1947 •English

A private detective foils the plans of villains attempting to take over Panamanian oil fields while he searches for a valuable map hidden in plain sight.

Strange Triangle

May 1946 •English

In this drama, a seductive woman uses her wiles upon both a traveling bank examiner and a manager to whom she is married. This woman has expensive taste and ends up spending all of her husband's money. She then begins trying to seduce the bank examiner, who doesn't know she is married to the manager.

Telebear

October 2019 •English

When a new murderer in town travels through the phone, Detective Rick finds that all signs point to the culprit being a bear. But bears can't use phones. Can they?

A Woman's Devotion

November 1956 •English

An artist suffering from mental problems from his experiences during the war goes to Acapulco on his honeymoon. Soon young women are turning up dead in the area, and the ex-GI comes to believe he might be responsible, as he has long stretches where he can't remember anything.

Baby Boy of House

April 2022 •French

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

July 2006 •English

Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing intimate peeks at its tough, scheming dames, mischievous misfits and flawed men - all caught in the wicked web of a twisted fate.

Tension: Who's Guilty Now?

July 2007 •English

Short documentary on the film noir, Tension.

Side Street: Where Temptation Lurks

July 2007 •English

Documentary on the film noir Side Street with director Oliver Stone and critic Richard Schickel.

Crime Wave: The City Is Dark

July 2007 •English

Richard Schickel and Oliver Stone are among the experts who talk about the film noir Crime Wave.

Singapore

August 1947 •English

After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.

Dark Frames

September 2021 •English

After emerging victorious from the horrors of World War II, the U.S. eagerly pushed into a new era of optimism, hope, and success. But the shadowy and cigarette-stained B-side to the bright, shiny America emerged: the film noir. Made for cheap, these dark tales scratched at a different society, filled with twisted psyches and sinister motives. Filmmaker Tom Thurman teams up with film critic and narrator David Thomson to weave together a hypnotic collage of a dark world that influences our national identity to this day.

Macao

April 1952 •English

Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?

Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard

November 1950 •English

A federal agent joins forces with a British lawman to foil a spy ring.

Treasure of Monte Cristo

August 1949 •English

A San Francisco lawyer uses a woman to lure a merchant seaman worth a legendary fortune.

Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores

April 2018 •Spanish

Spain. 1978. Year of the first democratic elections following the dictatorship, and of the birth cine quinqui (delinquent movies): films that rapidly became a big commercial success, showing things that were banned by the censorship not too long before.

Los Angeles Film Noir

February 2015 •English

A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.

The Scavengers

October 1959 •English

A former smuggler finds his missing wife in Hong Kong. Marion has fallen in with a bad crowd and is involved with narcotics and stolen government bonds, requiring Stuart to extricate her from her woes.