Well, i wouldn’t consider it best noir but i liked Conflict [ 1945 ] with Bogart and Greenstreet a lot.
Plot: Richard Mason [ Boagrt ] is slightly injured in a car accident but pretends greater hurt so that he cannot accompany his wife Kathryn on a trip to the mountains. He does, however, kill her on a lonely mountain road. Or did he? He smells her perfume, finds her jewelry, sees an envelope addressed with her handwriting. He must go back to the scene of the crime to find … what?
The dialogues were perfect, the scenery.
The ending is therefore not great, although it is clever.
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And there’s Pickup on South Street [ 1953 ], directed by Samuel Fuller.
Plot: While on the subway to deliver a piece of film she believes contains corporate secrets, Candy’s wallet is stolen by Skip McCoy [ Widmark ]. The film actually contains government secrets on their way to “the Commies”, and Candy has been under surveillance by government agents. They see the theft, but Skip eludes them. Anxious to recover the film, Joey, Candy’s ex-lover and the man using her as courier, convinces her to find the thief. She tracks Skip down through street connections while the police find him shortly after. Skip finally realizes the film is worth a lot more than he thought worth some people’s life, in fact.
Widmark’s performance is the best argument recommending the tough movie, the story is a little to deep into Cold War.
