Encyclopedia of Film Noir Encyclopedia of Film Noir Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut (cid:127) London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mayer, Geoff. Encyclopedia of fi lm noir / by Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978–0–313–33306–4 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0–313–33306–8 (alk. paper) 1. Film noir—Encyclopedias. I. McDonnell, Brian. II. Title. PN1995.9.F54M39 2007 791.43'655–dc22 2007003659 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2007 by Geoff Mayer, Brian McDonnell All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2007003659 ISBN-13: 978–0–313–33306–4 ISBN-10: 0–313–33306–8 First published in 2007 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents List of Films, Actors, and Directors vii Preface: The Problem of Film Noir xi PART I: ESSAYS Introduction: Readings on Film Noir 3 Geoff Mayer The Hard-Boiled Infl uence 19 Geoff Mayer Film Noir and the City 47 Brian McDonnell McCarthyism, the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and the Caper Film 62 Geoff Mayer Film Noir Style 70 Brian McDonnell PART II: ENTRIES ON FILMS, ACTORS, AND DIRECTORS The Encyclopedia 85 Selected Bibliography 451 Index 455 List of Films, Actors, and Directors Act of Violence Burr, Raymond Aldrich, Robert Carnival Among the Living Cash on Demand Andrews, Dana Chase, The Angel Face Chinatown Apology for Murder Collateral Asphalt Jungle, The Conte, Richard Beaumont, Hugh Cook, Elisha, Jr. Bennett, Joan Corridors of Mirrors Big Clock, The Cosh Boy Big Combo, The Crack-Up Big Heat, The Criminal, The Big Sleep, The Criss Cross Black Angel Crooked Way, The Blonde Ice Crossfi re Blood Simple Croupier Body Heat Cry of the City Bogart, Humphrey Dance with a Stranger Born to Kill Dark City Breaking Point, The Dark Corner, The Brighton Rock Dark Passage Brodie, Steve Daughter of Darkness Brothers, The Dead Reckoning Brothers Rico, The Dear Murderer List of Films, Actors, and Directors Decoy It Always Rains on Sunday Desperate Johnny O’Clock Detour Kansas City Confi dential Devil in a Blue Dress Karlson, Phil Dmytryk, Edward Killers, The D.O.A. Killing, The Double Indemnity Kiss Me Deadly Duryea, Dan Kiss of Death Fallen Angel Kiss the Blood Off My Hands Fallen Sparrow, The Klute Farrow, John L.A. Confi dential Fear in the Night Ladd, Alan File on Thelma Jordan, The Lake, Veronica Force of Evil Lancaster, Burt Ford, Glenn Lang, Fritz Framed Late Edwina Black, The Fuller, Samuel Laura Garfi eld, John Leave Her to Heaven Get Carter Lewis, Joseph H. Gilda Long Memory, The Good Die Young, The Lupino, Ida Goring, Marius MacMurray, Fred Grahame, Gloria Macomber Affair, The Great Day Macready, George Great Flamarion, The Madeleine Greer, Jane Man from Colorado, The Gun Crazy Mann, Anthony Gynt, Greta Mark of Cain, The Hatter’s Castle Mason, James Hayden, Sterling Memento Hefl in, Van Mildred Pierce Hell Drivers Mine Own Executioner High Sierra Mitchum, Robert History of Violence, A Money Trap, The Hitchcock, Alfred Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill Hollow Triumph Murder, My Sweet House Across the Lake, The My Brother’s Keeper Huston, John My Name Is Julia Ross I Wake Up Screaming Naked City, The I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes Neal, Tom Impulse Night and the City In a Lonely Place Night Has Eyes, The Interrupted Journey Night Moves viii List of Films, Actors, and Directors Nightmare Alley Sin City 99 River Street Siodmak, Robert No Orchids for Miss Blandish Slightly Scarlet O’Brien, Edmond So Dark the Night Obsession So Evil My Love October Man, The Somewhere in the Night Odds against Tomorrow Sorry, Wrong Number On Dangerous Ground Spider and the Fly, The Out of the Past Stanwyck, Barbara Paris by Night Stranger on the Third Floor Payne, John Street of Chance Phantom Lady Sunset Boulevard Pickup on South Street Take My Life Pink String and Sealing Wax Taxi Driver Pitfall They Made Me a Fugitive Point Blank They Won’t Believe Me Portman, Eric Third Man, The Possessed This Gun for Hire Postman Always Rings Twice, The Tierney, Gene Powell, Dick Tightrope Preminger, Otto T-Men Prowler, The Todd, Ann Pushover Totter, Audrey Raw Deal Touch of Evil Ray, Nicholas Tourneur, Jacques Reckless Moment, The Trevor, Claire Ride the Pink Horse True Confessions Roadblock Ulmer, Edgar G. Robinson, Edward G. Under the Gun Rocking Horse Winner, The Undercover Man, The Ryan, Robert Savage, Ann Victim Scandal Sheet Where Danger Lives Scarlet Street Where the Sidewalk Ends Scott, Lizabeth Widmark, Richard Se7en Wilde, Cornell Set-Up, The Wilder, Billy 711 Ocean Drive Windsor, Marie Seventh Veil, The Wings of the Dove, The Seventh Victim, The Winstone, Ray Shallow Grave Woman in the Window, The ix