| NOIR ON NOIR |
| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8th - 7:30pm |
| Tickets: $10 general / $9 students or seniors |
Indulge in an evening of thrilling Film Noir classics, with back to back features, Noir on Noir, serving as main course Joseph Lewis' The Big Combo, starring Cornel Wilde as Lieutenant of Police, Leonard Diamond, who's on the tracks of ruthless gangster, Mr. Brown (Richardo Conte), only to get dangerously close to Brown's captive girl, played by Jean Wallace. Second course is Andre de Toth's Pitfall, where Dick Powell plays a bored insurance salesman, who gets his chance at forbidden romance together with a deadly baggage he did not bargain for, courtesy of the haunting Mona (Lizabeth Scott), and brutal ex-cop played by Raymond Burr. Author and Film Historian Alan K. Rode, will provide the evening's appetizer, with film commentary prior to the screenings. You better not miss it, or else... |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
S
.0t
| The Big Combo (1955) |
| Directed by Joseph Lewis |
| Film Opening (music by David Raskin) |
Alan K. Rode on The Big Combo
The Big Combo, with its hydra-headed theme of sexual obsession, greed and power, takes the noir crime film to dark-tinged extremes. Screenwriter Philip Yordan, who excelled in penning (and fronting) over-the-top dialogue, hit his stride with this screenplay, particularly when the palaver is delivered by Richard ‘Nick’ Conte as the prototype post WWII racketeer, “Mr. Brown”.
He is opposed by an equally obsessed copper Cornel Wilde for the trophy female, Jean Wallace... With the deft Joseph Lewis at the helm and the great John Alton behind the camera, there is also no finer-crafted film from a visually dark sense. Add to it David Raksin’s jazzy score and a Hall of Fame supporting cast and it simply doesn’t get any better.. Read full review here (#4 on list...)
z cv
