Donald Marshman - Night and the City 1950 p1 - Body & Soul 1947 - The Lost Weekend 1945 p1 - Double Indemnity 1944 p1 - Sunset Boulevard: A Hollywood Story 1950 p2 - The Maltese Falcon 1941 p2 - The Big Sleep 1946 p2 - The Stranger 1946 p2 - Brighton Rock 1947 p2 - The Killers 1946 p2 - White Heat 1949 p2 - Scarlett Street 1945 p2 - Touch of Evil 1958 p2 - In a Lonely Place 1950 p2 - The Frightened City 1961 p2 - The Killing 1956 p3 - The Lady From Shanghai 1948 p3 - The Third Man 1949 p3 - DOA 1950 p3 - Pickup on South Street 1953 p3 - Key Largo 1948 p3 - The Asphalt Jungle 1950 p3 - The Sound of Fury 1950 p3 - Killer's Kiss 1955 p3 - The Big Heat 1953 p4 - Roadblock 1952 p4 - Farewell My Lovely 1944 p4 - The Good Die Young 1956 p4 - Outside the Wall 1950 p4 - Criss Cross 1949 p4 - The Captive City 1952 p4 - Cosh Boy 1953 p4 - Sin City 2005 p4 - This Gun For Hire 1942 p4 - Dancing with Crime 1947 p5 - Odd Man Out 1947 p5 - They Drive By Night 1938 p5 - Force of Evil 1948 p5 - Crossfire 1947 p5 - Armoured Car Robbery 1950 p5 - The Mob 1955 p5 - The Hoodlum 1951 p5 - Breakaway 1955 p5 - The Shop at Sly Corner 1946 p5 - Gelignite Gang 1955 p5 - The Big Steal 1949 p5 - Dark City 1998 p5 - Lady of Deceit 1947 p5 - Hustle 1975 p5 - The Secret Man 1958 p5 - Kansas City Confidential 1952 p5 - 99 River Street 1953 p6 - The Crooked Way 1949 p6 - Backfire 1950 p6 - On Dangerous Ground 1952 p6 - Kiss Me Deadly 1955 p6 - They Made Me a Fugitive 1939 p6 - Out of the Past 1947 p6 - A Kiss Before Dying 1956 p6 - Baby Face Nelson 1957 p6 - Call Northside 777 1948 p6 - They Live By Night 1949 p6 - Split Second 1953 p6 - The Hot Spot 1990 p6 - The Delavine Affair 1955 p6 - A Bullet For Joey 1955 p6 - The Desperate Hours 1955 p7 - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956 p7 - Sweet Smell of Success 1957 p7 - Reckless Moment 1949 p7 - Kiss of Death 1947 p7 - The Limping Man 1953 p7 - They Made Me a Killer 1946 p7 - The Hich-Hiker 1953 p7 - I Died a Thousand Times 1955 p7 - The Gangster 1947 p7 -
Whoever went to the movies with any regularity during 1946 was caught in the midst of Hollywood's profound postwar affection for morbid drama. From January through December deep shadows, clutching hands, exploding revolvers, sadistic villains and heroines tormented with deeply rooted diseases of the mind flashed across the screen in a panting display of psychoneurosis, unsublimated sex and murder most foul. Donald Marshman, Life 25 August 1947
Night and the City. The night is tonight. The City is London. Night and the City 1950 starring Richard Widmark & Gene Tierney & Googie Withers & Hugh Marlowe & Francis L Sullivan & Herbert Lom & Stanislaus Zbyszko & Mike Mazurki et al, director Jules Dassin
This is different, Mary. This can’t lose. ibid. him to her
You got to get hold of yourself. You can’t go on for ever, always running, always in a sweat. ibid. her to him
I just want to be somebody. ibid. him to her
I’ll be back with two hundred and you match it. I’ll show you. ibid. Harry to Phil
I know you: born a hustler, you will die a hustler. ibid. Kristo to Harry
Your father shall learn Mr Fabian is not an honourable man. ibid. Phil to Kristo
A thousand pounds for the man who gets Fabian. ibid. Kristo
Tonight the whole underworld’s after ya. ibid. Fiddler to Harry
How much are you selling me for? ibid. Harry to Fiddler
Harry Fabian: stop running. ibid. Harry
Harry, you could have been anything. Anything. You had brains, ambition. You worked harder than any ten men. The wrong things. Always the wrong things. ibid. her to him
[champ Charlie drives away and family stares after him] He must be crazy. He’s got a fight tomorrow night. Body & Soul 1947 starring John Garfield & Lilli Palmer & Hazel Brooks & Anne Revere & William Conrad & Joseph Pevney & Lloyd Goff & Canada Lee et al, director Robert Rossen
Ben died. Today. I had to come down anyway for the fight tomorrow. I couldn’t sleep, Ma. ibid. Charley
Go away, Charley. Go away. ibid. Ma
What’s wrong, Charlie? The books are all balanced. The bets are in. You bet your purse against yourself. You’ve got to be businesslike, Charlie. Just because the kid talks a little fresh … The numbers are in. Everything is addition or subtraction. The rest is conversation. Maybe you could, Charlie, but the smart money is against it. And you’re smart. ibid. Mob guy
We’ve been fighting for peanuts and eating them. ibid. Charley
I can’t marry you. It would just mean marrying him. ibid.
Did you sell the fight, Charley? ibid. Ben
Do you know what’s it’s like to love and be alone? ibid. her to him
Two bottles of rye. You know what brand, Mr Brobie, the cheapest. The Lost Weekend 1945 starring Ray Milland & Jane Wyman & Phillip Terry & Howard Da Silva & Doris Dowling & Frank Faylen & Mary Young & Anita Sharp-Bolster & Lilian Fontaine et al, director Billy Wilder, Don
That’s the nice young man who drinks. ibid. lady in street
Let me have my vicious circle. ibid. Don to Nat the barman
It shrinks my liver, doesn’t it? It pickles my kidneys yes. But what does it do to my mind? ibid.
He’s a sick person. ibid. Helen to brother
You better eat something sometime. This is the morning. ibid. Nat the barman
Love is the hardest thing in the world to write about. ibid. Don to Nat
I’m not a drinker; I’m a drunk. ibid. Don to Helen
Most men live lives of quiet desperation. ibid. Don to Helen
One’s too many, and a hundred’s not enough. ibid. Nat
This is Hangover Plaza. ibid. nurse
Little tiny turkeys in straw hats, midget monkeys coming through the keyholes. ibid.
You’ve forgotten what it feels like to be well. ibid. her to him
Pacific All Risk Insurance Company. Double Indemnity 1944 starring Edward G Robinson & Barbara Stanwyck & Fred MacMurray & Porter Hall & Jean Heather & Tom Powers & Byron Barr & Richard Gaines & Fortunio Bonanova et al, director Billy Wilder, opening scene
I killed Dietrichson … Yes, I killed him. For money. For a woman. ibid. confession
What kind of an outfit is this anyway? ibid. Keyes
You wanna knock him off, don’t ya? ibid. him to her
I’ve told you, it’s got to be the train. ibid. him to her
It’s straight down the line, isn’t it? ibid. her to him
Suddenly it came over me that everything would go wrong ... It was the walk of a dead man. ibid. his confession
I’m afraid of us; we’re not the same any more. ibid. her to him
Murder’s never perfect – always comes apart sooner or later. ibid. Edward G Robinson
No I never loved you, Walter. Not you or anybody else. I’m rotten to the heart. ibid. her to him