Speakeasy Noir Cast

Today we discuss the 1997 film Bullets or Ballots Bullets or Ballots is a 1936 gangster film starring Edward G. Robinson , Joan Blondell , Barton MacLane , and Humphrey Bogart . Robinson plays a police detective who infiltrates a crime gang. This is the first of several films featuring both Robinson and Bogart. Robinson's character, "Johnny Blake", was based on Johnny Broderick , a noted New York...

Today we discuss the 1997 film L.A. Confidential L.A. Confidential is a 1997 American neo-noir crime film directed, produced and co-written by Curtis Hanson . The screenplay by Hanson and Brian Helgeland is based on James Ellroy 's 1990 novel of the same name , the third book in his L.A. Quartet series. The film tells the story of a group of LAPD officers in 1953, and the intersection of police co...

Today we discuss the 1950 film Backfire. Backfire is a 1950 American film noir crime film directed by Vincent Sherman starring Edmond O'Brien , Virginia Mayo , Gordon MacRae , Viveca Lindfors , and Dane Clark . The film was written by Larry Marcus, Ben Roberts , and Ivan Goff . It is notable for launching the film noir careers of its writers and one of its actors. Support us by subscribing and lea...

Today we discuss the 2000 film Memento. Memento is a 2000 American neo-noir psychological thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan , and produced by Suzanne and Jennifer Todd . The film's script was based on a pitch by Jonathan Nolan , who later wrote the story " Memento Mori " from the concept. Guy Pearce stars as a man who, as a result of an injury, has anterograde amnesia (the in...

Today we discuss the 1945 film Mildred Pierce. Mildred Pierce is a 1945 American film noir crime-drama directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford , Jack Carson and Zachary Scott , also featuring Eve Arden , Ann Blyth and Bruce Bennett . Based on a novel by James M. Cain , this was Crawford's first starring film for Warner Bros. after leaving Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , and won her the Academy...

We are back with episode 3 of The Speakeasy Noir Cast! We introduce a few new "exciting bits" and mumble our way through another fantastic film, this time with the Hitchcock film... The 39 Steps, a 1935 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll . The film is very loosely based on the 1915 adventure novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan...

Welcome to the second episode of The Speakeasy Noir Cast! Carly and Jason offer up some backstory and dive into the 1949 film The Big Steal. Listeners can now give us a ring and make film suggestions, send us love and or hate voice mail! you can reach us at: 1-818-643-1441 The Big Steal is a 1949 American black-and-white film noir reteaming Out of the Past stars Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer . The...

On the very first episode of Speakeasy NoirCast Carly and Jason discuss the 1945 film Conflict. Conflict is a 1945 American black-and-white suspense film noir made by Warner Brothers. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt, produced by William Jacobs from a screenplay by Arthur T. Horman and Dwight Taylor, based on the story The Pentacle by Alfred Neumann and Robert Siodmak. It starred Humphrey Bogar...