Category: Richard Conte
-
New Year’s Noir: 8 Crime Films Bring You Dark Tidings
Allen Baron, “Blast of Silence” (1961). Noir for the year’s last day. Was that a popping cork or the report of a firearm? By Paul Parcellin Why is it that a lot of noirs take place around Christmas, but not so many focus on New Year’s Eve? Granted, New Year’s doesn’t carry the same weight…
-
He Directed Gripping Noirs … But You May Not Recognize His Name
John Payne, Lee Van Cleef, Neville Brand, Preston Foster, “Kansas City Confidential” (1952). By Paul Parcellin Everything seemed to come together for Phil Karlson in the 1950s. It was an era in which his talent, energy and unique sensibilities were made to order for a public with an insatiable appetite for raw, gritty crime films.…
-
Meet the Press: Bullies, Brutes and News Hounds of Noir
Kirk Douglas, Robert Arthur, ‘Ace in the Hole’ (1951). By Paul Parcellin Gossip, Lurid Facts, Scandal Keep the Tabloid Presses Rolling This article contains spoilers, so you may want to see these films before reading any further. When we see a disheveled, groggy Richard Conte breaking into his own office in the middle of the…