Category: Laura
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Murder, Suspense and Mystery Take Hold in Two Films by Master Storyteller Henri-Georges Clouzot
Simone Renant, “Quai des Orfèvres” A.K.A. “Jenny Lamour” (1947). By Paul Parcellin “Quai des Orfèvres” is a Gaulish police procedural that holds its own with any American made crime drama of that era. The title refers to the location of the central police headquarters in Paris, where some of the film’s action takes place. The story…
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When Works of Art Bewitch, Haunt … and Judge
Detective Mark MacPherson is mesmerized by the portrait of Laura Hunt. Noir anti-heroes often come from the wrong side of the tracks, and then struggle to brush off the dust from the old neighborhood. Lured by the trappings of the filthy rich — jewels, swell apartments, gorgeous babes — they cross the line into a…