Noir on TV
TV versions of Films Noir , adaptations of stories by Noir authors , and some that just have the feel of Noir .
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- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAudie MurphyThelma RitterMichael J. PollardIn a small town, an old lady (Thelma Ritter) living in a large Victorian home has a visit from a man just out of the army (Audie Murphy).He's in town looking for a job and a place to stay, and he knew the woman's late son, so she gives him room and board and small tasks to do. Slowly though, he becomes more and more aggressive and paranoid until it's obvious he's a psychopath that wants to get rid of her and take over the house.from the same story as Beware My Lovely 1953 , written by Mel Dinelli
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsNancy KellyE.G. MarshallRichard LongPaul Steppe, a watch repairman, suspects his wife is cheating on him while he tends to his store every afternoon. Consumed with jealousy, he devises a time bomb set to go off at four o' clock - the same time her "lover" pays his daily visit. One day, when his wife is at the market, he sneaks into the house to plant the device. There, Paul is surprised by two burglars, who tie him up and gag him - leaving him at the mercy of his own device ticking away.directed by Hitchcock , from a Cornell Woolrich story
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsDick PowellShirley PattersonRegis ToomeyFresh out of prison, blackmailer Gus Anderson intends to use Willie's casino to launder his victims' money. To insure his cooperation, Gus' thugs are holding one of Willie's waiters hostage. Glamorous singer Betty Maxwell shows up at Dante's, as scheduled, to lose at blackjack and avoid having a risqué photo of her mailed to the tabloids. Knowing that Lt. Waldo will but his casino yet again, Willie invites to cop over to watch Gus violate his parole.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsFrank LovejoyAudrey TotterEllen CorbyMcGraw, a private eye, is hired by Lila Lamont to protect her from her threatening husband Louis.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsBrian KeithRobert BiceVirginia Lee
- DirectorDavid FriedkinStarsDick PowellEdmond O'BrienEarl HollimanA man on the run hides out at his brother's house - something the brother and his wife are most uneasy about.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsDick PowellFrances BergenHerb VigranAn employee catches attractive Mrs. Raymond making a pass at Willie, then Mr. Raymond comes to the club with a gun to get even. Willie shoots him in self defense, but Willie is framed when Mr. Raymond's gun disappears.
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsDick PowellVirginia GreyRegis ToomeyWillie Dante owns a bar and gambling house called Dante's Inferno. One night, the wife of an acquaintance tells Willie that her husband has threatened her. Willie comforts her and sends her home, but she turns up dead the next day.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsDick PowellRichard JaeckelRegis ToomeyWillie Dante begrudgingly lets the son of the district attorney play dice in his illegal gambling hall, under threat of exposure. Willie kicks him out anyway when he finds out that his checks are bad, but a gangster under indictment robs Dante of the boy's checks, in order to blackmail the DA.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsDick PowellRobert OsterlohRegis ToomeyVic breaks the bank at Willie's gambling hall, and Willie unknowingly pays him off with counterfeit money. When Vic threatens him, Willie convinces him that they've both been duped, and they cooperate to track down the real culprit.
- DirectorRoy KellinoStarsDick PowellJean WillesHerb VigranAlthough it seems to be just another night in his gambling casino, Willie Dante runs into an old flame who reveals that the party she's with want to rob the place.
- DirectorRichard KinonStarsDick PowellLola AlbrightRegis ToomeySuave restaurateur-gambler Willie Dante rebuffs the attempt of racketeers to cash in on his gambling activities. He appears to change his mind, however, due to the influence of a beautiful woman.
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsDick PowellRegis ToomeyAlan MowbrayTwo con men target a naive young oilman from Texas. They visit Willie's gambling hall, and the con men threaten Willie. He decides to get revenge, and teach a lesson to the oilman.
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsAlan LaddJohn HowardVirginia GibsonNewspaper reporter turned novelist Dan Holiday is kidnapped, framed for murder, and held in an asylum before he escapes and proves his innocence.
- 1953–196230mTV-G8.2 (41)TV EpisodeDirectorFelix E. FeistStarsRichard ConteMartha VickersJarma LewisAn artist seeks the perfect model for a painting of a Madonna. In the process of his search, he becomes involved in a murder case.
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsDick PowellMarguerite ChapmanJohn HubbardThe head of detectives runs into problems when he suspects his fiancee has committed murder.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsDick PowellJoan CamdenDick ForanA detective (Dick Powell) takes a trip to a cabin in the woods to get away from it all. A man, his wife, and his two kids entertain him. When one of the kids let's it slip that their step-mother just got her blond hair, the detective predicts she is running from the law and decides to check it out.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsDick PowellDorothy GreenDouglas FowleyDick Powell plays a cop who returns home after a tough night only to be confronted with noisy kids, his wife, neighbors, delivery men and a vacuum cleaner salesman. When he discovers his gun is missing, he must track everyone down to see who has it.
- DirectorJules BrickenStarsIda LupinoGeorge MacreadyThomas Browne HenryA woman visits an isolated house expecting to meet with the realtor. Instead, she encounters a murderer who's escaped from a mental hospital. When a couple drops in to tour the home, she tries to escape with them, but they refuse to believe her story of a killer with a body in the fireplace.
- DirectorRoy KellinoStarsIda LupinoRalph MoodyWalter CoySheila and her brother engineer a gas leak to kill her husband so they can split the insurance money. Overhearing the plot is the husband's invalid father, but it's no concern because he can't speak or write. Sheila doesn't realize he is able to communicate with his nurse through his eyes.
- DirectorChristian NybyStarsFrank LovejoyFrances RaffertyJames MillicanA newspaper reporter is intrigued as to why a woman hired a dive team to retrieve her purse from the Chicago River.
- DirectorRoy KellinoStarsDick PowellDorothy MaloneGeorge EldredgeWise-guy newspaperman Fred Jordan writes a column making fun of "normal" men who panic during a fire. Soon afterward he gets a letter from a deranged man who promises Jordan that he will soon know the "real" meaning of the word "panic"--because within 24 hours, the man is going to kill Jordan.
- DirectorDon WeisStarsDick PowellStacy HarrisAlexander CampbellA prison warden desperately tries to prove that a man scheduled for execution is innocent.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsDick PowellJames MillicanCharles BronsonA defense attorney idles in a swank restaurant while his client's on trial for murder. The attorney's PIs search for a female witness who can get the defendant off, so the attorney avoids court to keep delaying the trial. But as the judge's temper boils, the attorney wonders if the woman really exists.