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Captain's Table
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Curse of the Demon
»rank: 20149
0ur opinion: :After establishing his signature style with such moody classics as Cat People and l Walked with a Zombie, Jacques Tourneur returned to peak form with the first-rate supernatural thriller Curse of the Demon. lt's a horror-noir set in England, adapted from the M.R. James story 'Casting the Runes' and built around the ominous notion that black arts--particularly the use of ancient runic symbols--can summon a deadly beast from hell. Dana Andrews is the stubborn American skeptic, determined to debunk a genteel occultist (Niall MacGinnis) whose ...
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Gun Crazy
»rank: 28052
0ur opinion: :0ne of the most vital of all film noir pictures, Gun Crazy has more cinematic gusto and sexual heat than almost any movie of its time. lt's a variation on the Bonnie and Clyde story, but with a bizarre set-up: firearms enthusiasts John Dall and Peggy Cummins (neither of whom were ever this wild again) meet as sharpshooters in a carnival, then turn to crime. The direction, by Joseph H. Lewis, is like a spray of hot lead from a gun barrel, capped by an ...
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Carry on Admiral
»rank: 58430
0ur opinion: :0ne of the most vital of all film noir pictures, Gun Crazy has more cinematic gusto and sexual heat than almost any movie of its time. lt's a variation on the Bonnie and Clyde story, but with a bizarre set-up: firearms enthusiasts John Dall and Peggy Cummins (neither of whom were ever this wild again) meet as sharpshooters in a carnival, then turn to crime. The direction, by Joseph H. Lewis, is like a spray of hot lead from a gun barrel, capped by an ...
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Dentist in the Chair
»rank: 95914
0ur opinion: :0ne of the most vital of all film noir pictures, Gun Crazy has more cinematic gusto and sexual heat than almost any movie of its time. lt's a variation on the Bonnie and Clyde story, but with a bizarre set-up: firearms enthusiasts John Dall and Peggy Cummins (neither of whom were ever this wild again) meet as sharpshooters in a carnival, then turn to crime. The direction, by Joseph H. Lewis, is like a spray of hot lead from a gun barrel, capped by an ...
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Night of the Demon
»rank: 95914
0ur opinion: :After establishing his signature style with such moody classics as Cat People and l Walked with a Zombie, Jacques Tourneur returned to peak form with the first-rate supernatural thriller Curse of the Demon. lt's a horror-noir set in England, adapted from the M.R. James story 'Casting the Runes' and built around the ominous notion that black arts--particularly the use of ancient runic symbols--can summon a deadly beast from hell. Dana Andrews is the stubborn American skeptic, determined to debunk a genteel occultist (Niall MacGinnis) whose ...
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The Ship Was Loaded
»rank: 95914
0ur opinion: :After establishing his signature style with such moody classics as Cat People and l Walked with a Zombie, Jacques Tourneur returned to peak form with the first-rate supernatural thriller Curse of the Demon. lt's a horror-noir set in England, adapted from the M.R. James story 'Casting the Runes' and built around the ominous notion that black arts--particularly the use of ancient runic symbols--can summon a deadly beast from hell. Dana Andrews is the stubborn American skeptic, determined to debunk a genteel occultist (Niall MacGinnis) whose ...
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Dentist in the Chair
»rank: 95914
0ur opinion: :After establishing his signature style with such moody classics as Cat People and l Walked with a Zombie, Jacques Tourneur returned to peak form with the first-rate supernatural thriller Curse of the Demon. lt's a horror-noir set in England, adapted from the M.R. James story 'Casting the Runes' and built around the ominous notion that black arts--particularly the use of ancient runic symbols--can summon a deadly beast from hell. Dana Andrews is the stubborn American skeptic, determined to debunk a genteel occultist (Niall MacGinnis) whose ...
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