Out of the Podcast - A Film Noir Conversation

Steal a car and join the lads as they ride the French New Wave through one crazy evening in director Louis Malle’s Elevator to the Gallows from 1958! Starring Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly and Yori Bertin with a legendary score from Miles Davis, this one is a MUST see so grab your tiny camera and finish the roll! Questions, comments or grappling hooks? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail...

Prepare to flashback as the lads put 1941’s I Wake Up Screaming in the hot spot, featuring Victor Mature in his show debut along with the legendary Betty Grable, tragic Carole Landis and spooky Laird Cregar as the relentless Ed Cornell. Pay tribute by plastering your walls with posters and join us over the rainbow! (Note: for those who want to get straight to the business, the movie talk starts at...

The lads head off on foot together to explore the angles and relationships of post-prohibition 1947 in I Walk Alone , directed by Byron Haskin and starring so many old friends: Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey and Kirk Douglas - we’re doing the numbers and picking sides! (Note: for those who want to get straight to the business, the movie talk starts at 10:25) Questions, comments or i...

Mask up and join the lads as they watch the very timely sickness noir Panic in the Streets from director Elia Kazan and starring Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes and a truly terrifying Jack Palance in his film debut - it’s a shocking thrill ride through and through! (Note: for those who want to get straight to the business, the movie talk starts at 10:16) Questions, comments or va...

The lads and returning special guest Film Noir Confidential are bringing their cheek scars and doppelgangers to the show for a review of the WILD ride that is 1948’s Hollow Triumph (also released as The Scar), from director Steve Sekely and writer Daniel Fuchs with star Paul Henreid (who also produced) and show favorite Joan Bennett - see you at the edge of your seat! (Note: for those who want to...

The lads take a peek into the file cabinet to get down to the bottom of Robert Siodmak’s 1950 noir The File on Thelma Jordon , starring Barbara Stanwyck and Wendell Corey. Will they find what they’re hoping for or will they be busted by Aunt Vera? Tune in and find out! (Note: for those who want to get straight to the business, the movie talk starts at 11:53) Questions, comments or the identity of...

Get yourself out of the rain and join the one D lads for a Hollywood sip at The Blue Dahlia aka the nightclub, flower and 1946 film from director George Marshall and famed novelist Raymond Chandler! Featuring a trilogy of heavy hitters - Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and William Bendix… what could possibly go wrong? (Note: for those who want to get straight to the business, the movie talk starts at 4:5...

The lads bring the lilacs and infiltrate a murder room party in Fritz Lang’s return to the show: 1947’s Secret Beyond the Door , starring Joan Bennett and Michael Redgrave. Do you dare to open all of the doors into shadowy drenched mystery, noir-o? (Note: for those who want to get straight to the business, the movie talk starts at 12:11) Questions, comments or face scarves? therealoutofthepodcast@...

The lads get born when they’re kissed by director Nicholas Ray’s 1950 masterpiece In a Lonely Place, based on the novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. They died when Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame left the screen. They lived a few weeks to tell you how much they love this film. Come join us in Hollywood for a sure thing! (Note: for those who want to get straight to the business, the movie talk starts a...

The lads take a summer vacation at Neptune Beach to discuss 1947’s The Gangster from director Gordon Wiles and screenwriter Daniel Fuchs (based on his novel). Reuniting Suspense’s Barry Sullivan and Belita, this one is dense, existential, brisk and nasty aka just how we like ‘em! (Note: for those who want to get straight to the business, the movie talk starts at 17:57) Questions, comments or a lov...

The lads take an emergency call and hop into an ambulance toward complicated love as they discuss 1953’s Angel Face , directed by Otto Preminger and starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons. Will they put the whole thing in reverse or will their reviews survive the trial? Tune in and find out, noir-o! (Note: for those who want to get straight to the business, the movie talk starts at 10:31) Questi...

Impact im·pact | \ im-ˈpakt \ 1: To have a direct effect or impact on : impinge on; to strike forcefully 2: The 77th episode of the popular film noir series Out of the Podcast. The lads hide out in Idaho for a few months and review Arthur Lubin’s 1949 film Impact , starring Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Helen Walker and Charles Coburn. (Note: for those who want to get straight to the business, the m...

The lads get VERY local for the heist of a lifetime as they take a thrill ride from Philadelphia to South Jersey while watching director Paul Wendkos’ stylish debut The Burglar from 1957! It stars all of your old friends: that’s right, we’ve got Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield and Martha Vickers! This is a film AND episode not to be missed! (Note: for those who want to get straight to the business, th...

The lads celebrate 75 episodes with a casual viewing of one of the most BRUTAL film noirs ever made: Robert Wise’s 1947 classic Born to Kill , with the truly terrifying Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor, Walter Slezak, Audrey Long and Elisha Cook Jr.! It’s a San Francisco nightmare in all of the best ways - see you in your dreams! (Note: for those who want to get straight to the business, the movie...

Prepare to be enthralled by the smell of Film Noir rising from the salty waters as the lads wreck their ship and return to black & white, kicking off summer at the beach to discuss legendary director Jean Renoir’s captivating yet compromised The Woman on the Beach , starring Joan Bennett, Robert Ryan, Charles Pickford and Nan Leslie! (Note: for those who want to get straight to the business, t...

The lads wave goodbye to Technicolor May with a trip in the waters of 1956’s Hell on Frisco Bay , directed by Frank Tuttle. Starring Alan Ladd, Joanne Dru, Paul Stewart, Fay Wray and a very, very nasty Edward G. Robinson, this episode will have you crashing your boat with great dialogue and solid performances - hop on and buckle up, noir-o! (Note: for those who want to get straight to the business...

The lads take a honeymoon trip to Acapulco for some fun, sun and… murder? That’s right, we’re putting on our best striped shirts and painting quite the picture with our discussion on 1956’s A Woman’s Devotion, starring Ralph Meeker, Janice Rule and Paul Henreid (who also directs). Come dive off a cliff and join us for some Trucolor hijinks as Technoircolor May continues! BONUS: Stay tuned after th...

Grab your dice and join us at the Purple Sage, noir-o, because we’re taking a gamble on another Lewis Allen (Illegal, A Bullet for Joey) film and discussing 1947’s Desert Fury . That’s right, we’re bringing you Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey and Mary Astor is glorious color for another installment of our TECHNOIRCOLOR MAY ! Don’t miss out on this one, baby. (Note: for t...

All aboard, noir-o: this podcast train is headed straight into the desert as the lads uncover the mysterious evils that brew in a certain small nowhere town. That’s right, we’re kicking off our TECHNOIRCOLOR MAY in style with 1955’s Bad Day at Black Rock ! Directed by John Sturges, this one has it all - CinemaScope, a bit of Western flavoring and Spencer Tracy up against three of the nastiest jerk...

Jeepers, have we got a goodie for you today, noir-o! The lads are feeling artistic and take a turn onto 1945’s Scarlet Street and what a street it is! Directed by the LEGEND Fritz Lang and starring the holy trinity of Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea - come find out why this is rightfully held in such high regard by film noir scholars like us, lazy legs ;) (Note: for those who want...

The lads head to their beach house to try and solve a murder mystery while tackling greedy dynamics in Michael Curtiz’s 1945 familial noir classic Mildred Pierce , based on James M. Cain’s seminal novel. Starring Joan Crawford in her Academy Award winning performance alongside Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden and Bruce Bennett - come grab a slice of franchised pie and join in our d...

The lads continue their journey through the night - this time by foot! Hop in a squad car and slide down the storm drain because we’re talking 1948’s noir procedural He Walked by Night ! Directed by Alfred L. Werker (with contributions from Anthony Mann) and starring Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell, James Cardwell and Jack Webb, it’s a dragnet from the milk route down to t...

Grab your watch and hit the road, the lads on the lamb and talking about noir staple Nicholas Ray’s directorial debut They Live by Night ! Starring the eternally young duo of Cathy O'Donnell and Farley Granger with Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen and Helen Craig to round out this tale of crime and passion. Press play and join us on this twisted road! (Note: for those who want to get straight to bu...

Grab your pocket knife and join us at the dance hall, as the lads bring the hounds to discuss the beauty of director Frank Borage’s Moonrise from 1948, starring Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Harry Morgan, Allyn Joslyn, Lloyd Bridges and Ethel Barrymore. See you in the swamps! Questions, comments or punchy lines for Elmer the Soda Jerk? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com (Note: for those who want to get...

The lads hop on their fishing boat and into the fog - or rather into 1941’s Out of the Fog! Directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Eddie Albert, John Qualen and Thomas Mitchell - get ready to set your ears (and your boats) on fire! Questions, comments or tickets to Cuba? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com (Note: for those who want to get straight to the business, the movi...