Out of the Podcast - A Film Noir Conversation

Our month long look into Halloween Noir continues with the San Francisco classic Experiment in Terror, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Lee Remick, Glenn Ford, Stefanie Powers and Ross Martin. Prepare yourself to be gripped by fear!!! Questions, comments or a message for Popcorn? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

The lads are continuing their look at Halloween Noir with 1945's My Name Is Julia Ross, directed by show favorite Joseph H. Lewis and starring Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, and George Macready. Grab the classifieds and join us by the water! Questions, comments or escape plans? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

Get your subway tokens ready, because we're headed to a city of missing sisters, poets and Satanic cults: the lads (along with SPECIAL guest Lisa Petitte) get in the shadows to discuss producer Val Lewton's The 7th Victim, the first of our Halloween film noir series that we are rolling out all month long! Directed by Mark Robson and starring Kim Hunter, Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell and H...

Hop in the cab - the lads are driving! This fare is headed to 99 River Street from 1953, directed by Phil Karlson and starring John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter, Frank Faylen and Peggie Castle. Questions, comments or a drug store coffee? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

The lads head to the fiesta and chat about 1947's Ride the Pink Horse, directed by AND starring Robert Montgomery based on the novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. Hop on the carousel and join us! Questions, comments or gum keys? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

The lads are BACK in the shadows as they watch one of the all time classic film noirs: D.O.A. from 1950, directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Edmond O'Brien and Pamela Britton. Join us as we sip luminous toxin and race our way against Death's clock throughout the streets of San Francisco - you won't regret it! Questions, comments or #justiceforchester? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

On today's episode: the lads learn the dangers of trusting Google and are fooled into covering a 100% non-noir western - oops! We watched 1953's The Naked Spur, directed by Anthony Mann and starring some old friends of the show: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Ralph Meeker and Millard Mitchell. PS: We felt bad, so we recorded a little something special/extra just for our loyal noir-os: pl...

Wow noir-o, have we got a film for you!! It doesn't get anymore perfect than director Robert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly, starring Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, Wesley Addy, Maxine Cooper and Cloris Leachman. Meet private investigator Mike Hammer as he navigates his way through atomic age insanity, beautifully painted with a noir brush. Screenplay by Aldrich and A. I. Be...

The BIG AUGUST comes to an explosive finish with 1955's The Big Combo, directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Cornel Wilde as Police Lt. Leonard Diamond with Jean Wallace (married to Wilde at the time - the couple produced as well), Richard Conte as the very memorable villain Mr. Brown, Brian Donlevy, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman and Helene Stanton. The lads are closing this month out in style,...

Keep the coffee hot! Our BIG AUGUST continues as we turn up the brutality with 1953's The Big Heat, directed by Fritz Lang and starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby and Lee Marvin. Questions, comments or need us to start your car? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

Get in the car! Our BIG AUGUST continues with director Don Siegel's 1949 road noir The Big Steal, starring one of the lads' all time favorite duos: Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer! Questions, comments or untouched drinks? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

We're kicking off our BIG AUGUST with one of the biggest of the bigs: today we're talking Howard Hawks' The Big Sleep based on the 1939 novel of the same name by Raymond Chandler. Starring Humphrey Bogart as the classic private detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge. Strap in, it's going to be a wild ride! Questions, comments or a copy of Ben-Hur 1863, third edition with a d...

Hold onto your jewels, today the lads are headed to The Asphalt Jungle! Join us for this ensemble noir heist directed by John Huston and starring Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern and Jean Hagen with James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire and Marilyn Monroe. Questions, comments or nickels for the jukebox? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

Hop in! The lads are taking the boat out on the lake while we discuss 1945's technicolor noir Leave Her to Heaven, directed by John M. Stahl and starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain and Vincent Price! Questions, comments or book dedications? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

The lads hop a bus to Hudson and stakeout the perfect movie: today we're talking 1959's Odds Against Tomorrow, directed by our old pal Robert Wise and starring Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley and Gloria Grahame! Questions, comments or sandwich delivery? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

Get dizzy with the lads we enter the spinning world of San Francisco to cover Alfred Hitchcock's technicolor yarn Vertigo, starring James Stewart  and the mysterious Kim Novak. Questions, comments or fellow Harvey Danger fan? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

The lads head to Los Angeles to chase the old haunts and check in on some old flames - we're discussing Robert Siodmak's Criss Cross, starring Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo and Dan Duryea. Questions, comments or money for The Lush's bar tab? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

The lads are on the line and making hard choices as they watch director Akira Kurosawa's High and Low (天国と地獄), starring the always stellar Toshiro Mifune with a very, very large cast. Pick up the phone, we're on the hunt! Questions, comments or ransom money? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

Get ready to put a serial lover on trial because today the lads are talking about Warner Archive's recent release of 1947's They Won't Believe Me on Blu-Ray - with 15 minutes restored for the first time! You've got Robert Young, Susan Hayward and Jane Greer, so of course it's going to be a great ride - BELIEVE US! Questions, comments or gold digging? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

Hop in, noir-o! The lads are covering the landmark 1953 film The Hitch-Hiker, directed by Ida Lupino. Hear us gush over this terrifying film, starring Frank Lovejoy, Edmond O'Brien and the very, very evil William Talman in the role of a lifetime. Questions, comments or do you need a ride? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

The lads are here today to take you from your humdrum routine and onto our boat while we discuss 1948's Pitfall, directed by André de Toth and starring Lizabeth Scott, Dick Powell, Jane Wyatt, & Raymond Burr. Questions, comments or large suits? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

The lads are on the case today as we cover director John Huston's noir blueprint "The Maltese Falcon"! This one is a total game changer for all who touched it, including star Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade with Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Elisha Cook Jr., Lee Patrick & Gladys George. Come join us on our hunt for glory! Questions, comments or red herrings? therealoutofthepodcast@...

We're off to the races to plot the perfect crime on today's episode - the lads discuss director Stanley Kubrick's noir classic "The Killing", featuring an all-star cast: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Elisha Cook Jr., Marie Windsor and many more! Questions, comments or horse tips? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

Today the lads take a vacation to the North, as they watch 1953's Niagara - IN TECHNICOLOR! Bring your best jacket and boots as stars Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten and Jean Peters are here to thrill you from the water. Questions, comments or shredded wheat prizes? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com

You're in for one WILD ride, noir-o! The lads discuss their love of 1958's Touch of Evil - written, directed AND starring Orson Welles, with Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh. We'll discuss everything from the famous tracking shot to wiretap echoes, all while one of us slowly devolves from their second vaccination shot! Questions, comments or bowls of chili? therealoutofthepodcast@gmail.com