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11. Favorite Bar Scene or Cocktail in a Film Noir
THE BREAKING POINT as Lucy Morgan (Phyllis Thaxter) refuses to concede to the femme fatale (Patrica Neal's Leona Charles) - and proves she can hold her liquor with the best of them.
12. Name the Sexiest Film Noir
I couldn’t choose just one, so I listed three: THE BIG SLEEP, GUN CRAZY and BODY HEAT (1981).
“"Come on, Bart, let's finish it the way we started it: on the level."
Somehow, I don't think the chessboard came out any time soon! :D
13. Name your favorite Low Budget “B” Film Noir
Since DETOUR and GUN CRAZY are the obvious choices, I went with 1951’s PICKUP – the first of Hugo Hass’s self-made films that I saw. Often called a "poor man's version of POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE" it's actually quite good.
14. Who’s on the Film Noir Mount Rushmore
Impossible to narrow it to just four so I devised a little strategy. First. THE MOUNT RUSHMORE:
Director: Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity, Sunset Blvd)
Female ♀️ Lead: Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity, Sorry Wrong Number)
Male ♂️ Lead: Robert Mitchum (Out of the Past, Night of The Hunter)
Supporting Player: Elisha Cook Jr. (Maltese Falcon, The Killing)
Then, for each grouping I selected four more (they have a lot of free space in South Dakota, so why not).
Directors - John Huston, Robert Siodmak, Fritz Lang and Jules Dassin
Female Leads - Gloria Grahame, Marie Windsor, Lizabeth Scott and Clarie Trevor.
Male Leads - Humphrey Bogart, John Garfield, Richard Widmark and Robert Ryan.
Supporting Player - Esther Howard, Thomas Gomez, Sam Levene and Ted de Corsia
15. Film Noir Character that You’d Trust the Least With your Secrets
Actually, I would trust almost no character in a noirs (excluding Colleen Gray), but for this I selected PR agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) in “Sweet Smell of Success” (1957). There is no low that he won’t stoop to inorder to ingratiate himself to J. J. Hunsecker. Just ask "Rita" (Barbara Nichols)
Very exciting announcement for noir fans / Coen Bros. fans with The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) getting a 4K release next February! It's not quite an all-time favorite for me, but it is very solid and I definitely look forward to getting it.