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Niagara (1953)

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Henry Hathaway Writers: Charles Brackett & Walter Reisch and Richard L. Breen

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1953, adultery, affair, barbara mclean, boat, canada, charles brackett, cop, crime, drama, henry hathaway, honeymoon, inspector, investigation, jean peters, joseph cotten, joseph macdonald, marilyn monroe, married, max showalter, murder, niagara, niagara falls, noir, police, revenge, richard l. breen, sol kaplan, thriller, walter reisch, waterfall | Leave a comment

The Kid Detective (2020)

Posted on April 30, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Evan Morgan Writer: Evan Morgan Good. A very pleasant surprise.

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery | Tagged 2020, adam brody, comedy, cop, crime, curt lobb, detective, drama, drug, drugged, drugs, evan morgan, high school, investigation, jay mccarrol, jonathan bronfman, kaitlyn chalmers-rizzato, kidnap, kidnapped, kidnapping, mike mclaughlin, murder, mystery, neo noir, noir, origami, police, principal, private detective, rape, school, sophie nelisse, the kid detective, william woods | Leave a comment

Nightmare Alley (2021)

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Guillermo del Toro Writers: Guillermo del Toro & Kim Morgan (Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1940s, 2021, adaptation, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, bradley cooper, cam mclauchlin, cameron mclauchlin, carnival, carny, cate blanchett, clifton collins jr., con man, crime, dan laustsen, david strathairn, drama, drunk, fire, geek, grifter, guillermo del toro, holt mccallany, j. miles dale, kim morgan, mark povinelli, mary steenburgen, medium, mentalist, money, nathan johnson, nightclub, nightmare alley, noir, peter macneill, psychic, richard jenkins, ron perlman, rooney mara, sheriff, sideshow, thriller, tim blanke nelson, toni collette, willem dafoe, william lindsay gresham | Leave a comment

Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Scott Derrickson Writers: Paul Harris Boardman & Scott Derrickson (Based on characters created by Clive Barker)

Posted in Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 2000, clive barker, cop, craig sheffer, crime, demon, detective, doug bradley, engineer, hell, hellraiser, hellraiser 5, hellraiser: inferno, horror, james remar, joel soisson, kirk m. morri, murder, mystery, nathan hope, nicholas turturro, noir, paul harris boardman, pinhead, police, puzzle, scott derrickson, sequel, serial killer, thriller, time loop, w.k. border, walter werzowa | Leave a comment

Nightmare Alley (1947)

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Edmund Goulding Writer: Jules Furthman (Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham) Carnival weirdos scamming people! Love it!

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1947, adaptation, alcoholic, alcoholism, barbara mclean, black and white, blackmail, carnival, carny, coleen gray, con artist, crime, cyril j. mockridge, drama, edmund goulding, femme fatale, geek, george jessel, helen walker, joan blondell, jules furthman, lee garmes, mentalist, mind reading, money, nightmare alley, noir, psychologist, scam, show, sideshow, taylor holmes, thriller, tyrone power, william lindsay gresham | Leave a comment

Point Blank (1967)

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Boorman Writers: Alexander Jacobs and David Newhouse & Rafe Newhouse (Based on the novel by Donald E. Westlake)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1967, adaptation, alcatraz, alexander jacobs, angie dickinson, california, carroll o'connor, crime, criminal, david newhouse, debt, donald e. westlake, drama, gangster, heist, henry berman, Hitman, irwin winkler, john boorman, john vernon, johnny mandel, judd bernard, keenan wynn, lee marvin, lloyd bochner, los angeles, mafia, michael strong, money, neo noir, noir, philip h. lathrop, point blank, rafe newhouse, revenge, richard stark, robert shartoff, san francisco, sharon acker, sid haig, thief, thriller | Leave a comment

Chinatown (1974)

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Roman Polanski Writer: Robert Towne Excellent. One of my all time favorites.

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 1930s, 1974, burt young, california, chinatown, cop, crime, detective, diane ladd, drama, faye dunaway, incest, jack nicholson, jerry goldsmith, john a. alonzo, john hillerman, john huston, land, los angeles, mystery, neo noir, noir, perry lopez, police, private investigator, rape, real estate, robert evans, robert towne, roman polanski, roy jenson, sam o'steen, stanley cortez, thriller, water | Leave a comment

Night Moves (1975)

Posted on July 3, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Arthur Penn Writer: Alan Sharp Excellent!

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery | Tagged 1975, alan sharp, arthur penn, bruce surtees, california, crime, dede allen, drama, edward binns, florida, gene hackman, james woods, los angeles, melanie griffith, michael small, missing, murder, mystery, neo noir, night moves, noir, pierre william glenn, private investigator, runaway, smuggler, smuggling, stephen a. rotter, susan clark | Leave a comment

Force of Evil (1948)

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Abraham Polonsky Writers: Abraham Polonsky and Ira Wolfert (Based on the novel “Tucker’s People” by Ira Wolfert)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1948, abraham polonsky, adaptation, art seid, beatrice pearson, bob roberts, brothers, crime, criminal, david raksin, drama, film noir, FORCE OF EVIL, gambling, gangster, George barnes, ira wolfert, john garfield, lawyer, lottery, manhattan, murder, new york, new york city, noir, numbers, nyc, thriller, tucker's people | Leave a comment

Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Carl Franklin Writer: Carl Franklin (Based on the book by Walter Mosley) Very good!

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 1940s, 1995, adaptation, albert hall, barry shabaka henley, california, carl franklin, carole kravetz, carole kravetz aykanian, crime, criminal, denzel washington, detective, Devil in a Blue Dress, don cheadle, drama, Elmer Bernstein, gary goetzman, investigation, jazz club, jennifer beals, jesse beaton, john david washington, jonathan demme, los angeles, maury chaykin, mayor, murder, mystery, neo noir, noir, politics, private detective, scandal, tak fujimoto, terry kinney, thriller, tim sizemore, veteran | Leave a comment

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