Into the dark: the hidden world of film noir, 1941-1950

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Foreword / by Eddie Muller -- Preface -- Shadowed (1941-1943). 1941. Citizen Kane ; The Maltese Falcon ; I wake up screaming ; The Shanghai gesture -- 1942-1943. This gun for hire ; The glass key ; The seventh victim -- Cynical (1944-1945). 1944. Phantom Lady ; Double indemnity ; Laura ; To have and have not ; The woman in the window ; Murder, my sweet -- 1945. Mildred Pierce ; Detour ; The lost weekend ; Fallen angel ; Leave her to heaven ; Scarlet Street -- Alienated (1946-1947). 1946. The spiral staircase ; Gilda ; Deadline at dawn ; The Blue Dahlia ; The postman always rings twice ; The dark corner ; The stranger ; The strange love of Martha Ivers ; Black angel ; The big sleep ; The killers ; The locket ; Humoresque -- 1947. Dead reckoning ; Lady in the lake ; Smash-up-the story of a woman ; Born to kill ; Desperate ; The Brasher doubloon ; The woman on the beach ; Brute force ; They won't believe me ; Crossfire ; Possessed ; Desert fury ; Dark passage ; The unsuspected ; Ride the pink horse ; Nightmare Alley ; Out of the past -- Obsessed (1948-1949). 1948. Secret beyond the door ; I walk alone ; The big clock ; Raw deal ; The lady from Shanghai ; Key Largo ; Pitfall ; Sorry, wrong number ; Moonrise ; Force of evil -- 1949. Criss cross ; Act of violence ; Caught ; Impact ; The set-up ; Champion ; Flamingo Road ; The window ; White heat ; Thieves' highway ; Beyond the forest ; Border incident ; They live by night ; Whirlpool ; The reckless moment -- Doomed (1950). 1950. Gun crazy ; The file on Thelma Jordon ; D.O.A. ; The damned don't cry ; In a lonely place ; The alphabet jungle ; The underworld story ; Sunset Boulevard -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.;You know film noir when you see it: the shadowed setting; the cynical detective; the femme fatale; and the twist of fate. Into the Dark captures this alluring genre with a cavalcade of compelling photographs and a guide to 82 of its best films.