FILM NOIR AND NEO-NOIR ON TV

Turner Classic Movie Channel

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Oct 03, 01:45 PM

Force of Evil (1948): A crooked lawyer, John Garfield, tries to protect his numbers running brother from a ruthless crime boss, only to be destroyed by a citywide system of graft and corruption. Dir: Abraham Polonsky

Oct 03, 3:15 PM

The File on Thelma Jordon (1950): A woman, Barbara Stanwyck, as Stanwyck is wont to do, seduces a District Attorney and pulls him into a web of theft and murder. Dir: Robert Siodmak

Oct 03, 9:30 PM

Champion (1949): An unscrupulous boxer, Kirk Douglas, claws his way to the top destroying everyone, including himself, along the way. Dir: Mark Robson

Oct 04, 05:00 AM

Touch of Evil (1958): Orson Welles’ masterpiece about a narcotics agent, Charlton Heston, who risks his wife’s, Janet Leigh, life to investigate a crooked cop, played by Welles. Utterly fantastic cameo by Marlene Dietrich as a Mexican Gypsy whore- no, really, I mean it. Dir: Orson Welles

Oct 07, 7:00AM; Oct 28, 7:00PM

Ace In the Hole(1951): A small-town reporter, Kirk Douglas at his hammy best, milks a local disaster to get back into the big time, destroying everyone, including himself, along the way. Dir: Billy Wilder.

Oct 07, 03:00PM; Oct 25, 07:00AM

Kiss Me Deadly (1955) Detective Mike Hammer, Ralph Meeker, fights to solve the murder of a beautiful hitchhiker, Cloris Leachman, with a mysterious connection to the Mob in this terrific apocalyptic film noir. Dir: Robert Aldrich.

Oct 11, 04:30AM

Journey into Fear(1943): This playful film stars Joseph Cotten, who adapted the novel for the screen, as a munitions expert who gets tangled up in an espionage plot in Turkey. Watch for Orson Welles as an amorous army officer. Dir: Norman Foster

Oct 14, 03:00PM

The Big Steal(1950): Seduction and murder follow the theft of an Army payroll. An army lieutenant, Robert Mitchum, accused of robbery pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend. Dir: Don Siegel

Oct 18, 8:45AM

Across The Pacific (1946): Years after a murder drove them apart, an heiress, Barbara Stanwyck, tries to win back her lost love, Van Heflin. Her husband, Kirk Douglas, objects. Dir: Lewis Milestone.

Oct 23, 06:45AM

Dear Murderer(1947): A British film noir concerning a successful business man who suspects his wife is having an affair. So, he sets out find her lover, kill him, and make it look like suicide. Complications ensue when he finds out she has a second lover. Banned in Finland and Sweden! Dir: Arthur Crabtree

Oct 23, 08:30AM

The Big Sleep(1946): Howard Hawks’ clever and sophisticated adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s novel unwinds the tale of private eye Philip Marlowe’s, Humphrey Bogart, investigation of opium addled and nymphomaniacal society girl's involvement in the murder of a pornographer. He also has to figure out if her sister, Lauren Bacall, is helping or hindering him. Dir: Howard Hawks

Oct 23, 07:45PM

Touch of Evil (1958): Orson Welles’ masterpiece about a narcotics agent, Charlton Heston, who risks his wife’s, Janet Leigh, life to investigate a crooked cop, played by Welles. Utterly fantastic cameo by Marlene Dietrich as a Mexican Gypsy whore — no, really, I mean it. Dir: Orson Welles

Oct 25, 07:00AM

Kiss Me Deadly(1955) A vain and corrupt Mike Hammer, Ralph Meeker, fights to solve the murder of a beautiful hitchhiker, Cloris Leachman, with a mysterious connection to the Mob in this terrific apocalyptic film noir. Dir: Robert Aldrich

Oct 26, 09:00AM

Sweet Smell of Success(1957): A desperate press agent stoops to new depths to help an egotistical columnist, Burt Lancaster in an emotionally repugnant, but brilliant, performance, break up his sister's romance. Dir: Alexander Mackendrick

Oct 28, 05:00AM

The Desperate Hours (1955): Escaped convicts, led by Humphrey Bogart, terrorize a suburban family, led by Fredric March. A first rate thriller that is both suspenseful and smart. Dir: William Wyler.

Oct 28, 03:45PM

Billy Wilder Speaks(2006): A TCM original documentary profiling prolific director, writer and producer Billy Wilder.

Oct 28, 5:00PM

Witness for the Prosecution(1958): A British lawyer, Charles Laughton, gets caught up in a couple’s tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder. This first rate film features both one of Tyrone Power’s and one of Marlene Dietrich’s best performances. Dir: Billy Wilder

Oct 29, 5:00PM

Murder, My Sweet (1944): The film that graduated Dick Powell from romantic musical lead to noir tough guy. Raymond Chandler’s detective and knight errant, Philip Marlowe's (Powell) search for a two-timing woman, Claire Trevor, leads him to blackmail and murder. Mike Mazurki, in a standout performance, plays the dope that hires Marlowe to find her. “Cute as pants.” Dir: Edward Dmytryk.

Oct 29, 08:45PM

Out of the Past(1947): A private eye, Robert Mitchum, becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll, Jane Greer. Kirk Douglas co-stars as the moll’s lover and the private eye’s friend. Dir: Jacques Tourneur.

Oct 29, 10:30PM

They Live by NighT (1949): Nicholas Ray’s fiercely romantic noir about a young innocent, Farley Granger who gets mixed-up with hardened criminals and a violent escape after serving an unjust prison sentence. Cathy O'Donnell plays the girl who becomes his lover in an ill fated romance.

Oct 29, 12:15AM

On Dangerous Ground(1952): Robert Ryan gives an emotionally charged performance as a city cop on the verge of a breakdown. After nearly killing a suspect, he’s sent out to the country to find the murderer of a young woman. There he encounters Ida Lupino, the blind sister of the main suspect. Can he overcome his personal demons and connect with her? Added bonus: John Ford Players Ward Bond and Olive Cary portray the murdered girl’s parents. Dir: Nicholas Ray