-
1. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
directed by John Huston
featuring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Barton MacLane, Gladys GeorgeAfter two previous film versions of Dashiell Hammett's detective classic The Maltese Falcon, Warner Bros. finally got it right in 1941--or, rather, ... More
Most Popular Editions roll over images for details
-
from $12.73
-
from $2.95
-
from $0.99
-
-
2. The Blue Dahlia (1946)
directed by George Marshall
featuring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Doris DowlingThis neat, fast-paced perfectly cast film noir reflects the hard-boiled, grim wit of the author of its screenplay, Raymond Chandler. Johnny Morrison ... More
Most Popular Editions roll over images for details
-
from $10.46
-
from $75.00
-
-
3. Touch of Evil (1958)
directed by Orson Welles
featuring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim TamiroffThis baroque nightmare of a south-of-the-border mystery is considered to be one of the great movies of Orson Welles, who both directed and starred in ... More
Most Popular Editions roll over images for details
-
from $17.38
![Touch of Evil [WS] [50th Anniversary Edition] [2 Discs]](http://www3.alibris-static.com/cover/u65759cgjv9_t.jpg)
-
from $4.91
-
from $8.78
![Touch of Evil [Univeral 100th Anniversary]](http://www3.alibris-static.com/cover/v31916xx9d1_t.jpg)
-
-
4. Murder, My Sweet (1944)
directed by Edward Dmytryk
featuring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger, Mike MazurkiOne-time movie crooner Dick Powell literally turned his career around in the 1944 film noir Murder My Sweet. Powell stars as Phillip Marlowe, the ... More
Most Popular Editions roll over images for details
-
from $3.99
-
from $7.77
-
-
5. The Third Man (1949)
directed by Carol Reed
featuring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Paul HoerbigerIn this Cold War spy classic, Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), a third-rate American pulp novelist, arrives in postwar Vienna, where he has been ... More
Most Popular Editions roll over images for details
-
from $23.84
![The Third Man [Criterion Collection]](http://www1.alibris-static.com/cover/t20905x7eve_t.jpg)
-
from $197.37
![The Third Man [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]](http://www3.alibris-static.com/cover/u33426zguw7_t.jpg)
-
from $4.21
-
-
6. Kiss of Death (1947)
directed by Henry Hathaway
featuring Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Taylor HolmesBased in part on a true story, Kiss of Death is given a veneer of reality by being filmed on location in New York, per the insistence of director ... More
Most Popular Editions roll over images for details
-
from $9.36
-
from $5.99
-
-
7. The Big Sleep (1946)
directed by Howard Hawks
featuring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Charles D. BrownThe definitive Humphrey Bogart/Lauren Bacall vehicle, The Big Sleep casts Bogart as Raymond Chandler's cynical private eye Philip Marlowe. Summoned ... More
Most Popular Editions roll over images for details
-
from $2.41
-
from $6.99
-
from $0.99
-
-
8. I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
featuring Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Laird Cregar, Elisha Cook, Jr., William GarganWell-known New York sports promoter Frankie Christopher (Victor Mature) is the prime suspect in the murder of Vicky Lynn (Carole Landis), a ... More
Most Popular Editions roll over images for details
-
from $3.99
-
from $7.51
-
-
9. The Killers (1946)
directed by Robert Siodmak
featuring Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Jeff Corey, Sam Levene, Jack LambertThe Killers uses Ernest Hemingway's short story as a springboard for a complex film noir. Two mysterious men (William Conrad and Charles McGraw) ... More
Most Popular Editions roll over images for details
-
from $11.01
-
from $40.00
-
-
10. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
directed by Robert Aldrich
featuring Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Wesley Addy, Maxine Cooper, Cloris LeachmanRegarded by many critics as the ultimate film noir , and by many more as the finest movie adaptation of a book by Mickey Spillane, Kiss Me Deadly ... More
Most Popular Editions roll over images for details
-
from $5.59
-
from $22.09
![Kiss Me Deadly [Criterion Collection]](http://www1.alibris-static.com/cover/v16824z9z2m_t.jpg)
-
from $22.92
![Kiss Me Deadly [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]](http://www3.alibris-static.com/cover/v16823vznj2_t.jpg)
-
-
11. Road House (1948)
directed by Jean Negulesco
featuring Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm, Richard Widmark, O.Z. WhiteheadList of all editionsRichard Widmark plays the borderline-psycho owner of a combination road house and bowling alley. Widmark's singer, Ida Lupino, begins exhibiting an ... More
-
12. The Killing (1956)
directed by Stanley Kubrick
featuring Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook, Jr., Vince Edwards, Jay C. FlippenThe Killing was director Stanley Kubrick's first major film effort -- though, like Kubrick's earlier films, it was economically produced with an ... More
List of all editions- See all from $2.95
- New only from $2.95 |
Eligible for
FREE Shipping
-
13. In a Lonely Place (1950)
directed by Nicholas Ray
featuring Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Robert Warwick, Jeff Donnell, Art Smith, Martha StewartList of all editionsA haunting work of stark confessionalism disguised as a taut noir thriller, In a Lonely Place -- Nicholas Ray's bleak, desperate tale of fear and ... More
-
14. Double Indemnity (1944)
directed by Billy Wilder
featuring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean HeatherList of all editionsDirected by Billy Wilder and adapted from a James M. Cain novel by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, Double Indemnity represents the high-water mark of ... More
-
15. Out of the Past (1947)
directed by Jacques Tourneur
featuring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Richard WebbList of all editionsOut of the Past is so perfect a film noir that it is considered practically a textbook example of the genre. In his first starring role (it had ... More
-
16. Pickup on South Street (1953)
directed by Samuel Fuller
featuring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard KileyList of all editionsSamuel Fuller scarcely used Dwight Taylor's source material, a languid courtroom romance, in crafting this pugnacious potboiler. Pickup on South ... More
-
17. Niagara (1952)
directed by Henry Hathaway
featuring Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Casey Adams, Denis O'DeaList of all editionsBelated honeymooners Polly (Jean Peters) and Ray Cutler (Casey Adams) arrive at their Niagara Falls cottage only to find that Rose (Marilyn Monroe) ... More
-
18. D.O.A. (1949)
directed by Rudolph Maté
featuring Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Beverly Campbell, Lynne BaggettList of all editions"I want to report a murder...mine." So begins D.O.A. Told in flashback, the story tells of how vacationing CPA Frank Bigelow (Edmond O'Brien) becomes ...
-
19. The Prowler (1951)
directed by Joseph Losey
featuring Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, John Maxwell, Katherine Warren, Emerson TreacyWebb Garwood (Van Heflin) is a cynical policeman who believes that success comes from lucky breaks. Responding to a prowler complaint at the home of ... More
List of all editions- See all from $7.20
- New only from $7.20 |
- Eligible for
FREE Shipping
-
20. Midnight Lace (1960)
directed by David Miller
featuring Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy, Roddy McDowallList of all editionsKit (Doris Day), an American married to wealthy London businessman Tony Preston (Rex Harrison) becomes the terrified victim of a mysterious stalker, ... More
-
21. Cry Danger (1951)
directed by Robert Parrish
featuring Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Erdman, William Conrad, Regis ToomeyDick Powell stars in this suspenseful melodrama, directed by Robert Parrish. Rocky Mulloy (Powell) has recently returned from prison, after being ... More
-
22. The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
directed by Orson Welles
featuring Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Ted de Corsia, Glenn Anders, Gus SchillingList of all editionsThe Lady From Shanghai, a complex, involving puzzle-within-a-puzzle mystery story, is a showcase for Orson Welles, showing his singular talents and ... More
-
23. Mini's First Time (2006)
directed by Nick Guthe
featuring Nikki Reed, Alec Baldwin, Carrie-Anne Moss, Luke Wilson, Jeff GoldblumList of all editionsNick Guthe's darkly comic Mini's First Time stars Nikki Reed as the title character, a manipulative, highly sexualized teenager with parents who fail ... More
-
24. The Big Heat (1953)
directed by Fritz Lang
featuring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee MarvinFritz Lang directed this gritty drama of gangland murder and police corruption, which was considered quite violent in its day. Dave Bannion (Glenn ... More
List of all editions- See all from $4.74
- New only from $4.74 |
- Eligible for
FREE Shipping
-
25. Laura (1944)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith AndersonList of all editionsThis adaptation of Vera Caspary's suspense novel was begun by director Rouben Mamoulien and cinematographer Lucien Ballard, but thanks to a complex ... More
- Visit our other sites:
- Alibris U.K.
- Alibris for Libraries
- Sell at Alibris
-
Textbooks
Why rent textbooks? Rental textbooks often cost less up front, and ship quickly. And get FREE returns when school's out!
|
|
Quick Help
About Us
- Alibris for Libraries
- International: Alibris U.K.
Portions of content provided by All Music Guide or All Movie Guide. © 2012 All Media Guide, LLC. All Music Guide and All Movie Guide are registered Trademarks of All Media Guide, LLC.
You're signed up (and we ♥ you). Watch for our Welcome e-mail and your first coupon. Thanks!