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In THE PROWLER%2c corrupt cop Van Heflin sexually dominates a married woman for material gain.%26nbsp%3bM is the American version of Fritz Lang’s 1931 classic%2c about a child murderer. And in THE BIG NIGHT%2c John Barrymore Jr. witnesses his father absorb a beating from a gangster and seeks revenge. %3cbr%3e %3cbr%3e %3ca href%3d%22http%3a//www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/the-prowler-m-the-big-night%22 target%3d%22_blank%22%3ewww.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/the-prowler-m-the-big-nigh%3c/a%3etDesignHTMLWords: 50   Characters: […]

%3cp%3eIn THE BLUE DAHLIA%2c hard luck WWII vet Alan Ladd returns to Los Angeles only to become the prime suspect in the murder of his two-timing wife. In I LOVE TROUBLE%2c Franchot Tone is a wisecracking private eye sleuthing his way through a bevy of treacherous dames in a playful homage to Raymond Chandler.%3c/p%3e %3cp%3e%3ca […]

In PITFALL%2c Dick Powell’s bored insurance man indulges an extra-marital dalliance with tough-luck model Lizabeth Scott. %26nbsp%3bIn JEALOUSY%2c a perky female cabbie gets embroiled in a dangerous triangle involving her suicidal writer husband and an aloof%2c high-toned doctor. %3cbr%3e %3ca href%3d%22http%3a//www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/pitfall-jealousy%22 target%3d%22_blank%22%3e%3cbr%3ewww.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/pitfall-jealousy%3c/a%3eDesignHTMLWords: 39   Characters: 317

%3cdiv%3e Director Curtis Hanson brings James Ellroy’s epic%2c muckraking crime novel to vivid life%2c zeroing in on a racially charged murder case%2c media scandal-mongering and police corruption in 1950s Los Angeles. %3cbr%3e %3cbr%3e Discussion before the film with author James Ellroy. %3c/div%3e %3cdiv%3e%3c/div%3e %3cdiv%3e %3ca href%3d%22http%3a//www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/la-confidential-1%22 target%3d%22_blank%22%3ewww.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/la-confidential-1%3c/a%3e %3c/div%3eDesignHTMLWords: 39   Characters: 309

%3cdiv%3e In KISS ME DEADLY%2c hard-headed private eye Mike Hammer va-va-vooms%26nbsp%3b through Los Angeles in search of “the Great Whatsit.” In CITY OF FEAR%2c an escaped con thinks he’s stealing a cache of heroin%2c but he’s actually toting around radioactive material. %3cbr%3e %3cbr%3e %3ca href%3d%22http%3a//www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/kiss-me-deadly-city-of-fear%22 target%3d%22_blank%22%3ewww.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/kiss-me-deadly-city-of-fear%3c/a%3e %3c/div%3eDesignHTMLWords: 41   Characters: 306

In HE WALKED BY NIGHT%2c psychotic loner Richard Basehart uses his genius for electronics to commit robberies while evading the police. In DOWN THREE DARK STREETS%2c G-man Broderick Crawford doggedly tears into a dead colleague’s last three cases%2c hoping to discover the man%27s killer. %3cbr%3e %3cbr%3e %3ca href%3d%22http%3a//www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/he-walked-by-night-down-three-dark-streets%22 target%3d%22_blank%22%3ewww.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/he-walked-by-night-down-three-dark-streets%3c/a%3eDesignHTMLWords: 45   Characters: 353

First%2c Jack Webb stars as taciturn Sgt. Joe Friday in the feature-length expansion of the hit TV series. Then%2c one of the rarest films of the original noir era%2c as unjustly framed bank clerk Barry Sullivan is pursued to the brink of insanity by a fanatically righteous insurance investigator. %3cbr%3e %3cbr%3e %3ca href%3d%22http%3a//www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/dragnet-loophole%22 target%3d%22_blank%22%3ewww.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/dragnet-loophole %3c/a%3eDesignHTMLWords: […]

In DARK CITY%2c a small-time gambler %28Charlton Heston%29 tracks down a psychopathic killer bent on revenge. In ARMORED CAR ROBBERY%2c L.A. Robbery-Homicide dick Charles McGraw is matched against goggle-eyed heavy William Talman in the film noir equivalent of King Kong vs. Godzilla%21 %3cbr%3e %3cbr%3e %3ca href%3d%22http%3a//www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/dark-city-armored-car-robbery%22%3ewww.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/dark-city-armored-car-robbery %3c/a%3eDesignHTMLWords: 43   Characters: 334

In ACT OF VIOLENCE%2c psychically scarred Robert Ryan stalks war hero Van Heflin to the nocturnal underbelly of postwar downtown L.A. In NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES%2c Edward G. Robinson is a bogus carnival mentalist who becomes cursed with the ability to actually see into the future. %3cbr%3e %3cbr%3e %3ca href%3d%22http%3a//www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/act-of-violence-night-has-a-thousand-eyes%22 target%3d%22_blank%22%3ewww.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/act-of-violence-night-has-a-thousand-eyes%3c/a%3eDesignHTMLWords: 48   Characters: 352

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