Paul Parcellin
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I write about crime films and television, particularly film noir, neo noir and gangster films. My blog is called Life and Death in L.A. Click on this link to read my posts —-> https://linktr.ee/paul_parcellin
A man turns up dead and Det. Ray Patrick (Paul Langton) arrests the victim's lady pal, nightclub-singer Eden Lane (Barbara Payton). But the crime may not have happened the way authorities think it did, and Patrick takes a big risk to find out. "Murder Is My Beat" (1955) #filmnoir
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
A man turns up dead and Det. Ray Patrick (Paul Langton) arrests the victim's lady pal, nightclub-singer Eden Lane (Barbara Payton). But the crime may not have happened the way authorities think it did, and Patrick takes a big risk to find out. "Murder Is My Beat" (1955) #filmnoir
Psychiatrist Dr. Harry Blair (Brian Aherne) warns his ex-wife's husband-to-be that his betrothed is a kleptomaniac, liar and murderer. On their wedding day, Blair recounts various misdeeds that the blushing bride has committed — awkward timing. "The Locket" (1946) #filmnoir
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Psychiatrist Dr. Harry Blair (Brian Aherne) warns his ex-wife's husband-to-be that his betrothed is a kleptomaniac, liar and murderer. On their wedding day, Blair recounts various misdeeds that the blushing bride has committed — awkward timing. "The Locket" (1946) #filmnoir
Actress Shelley Carnes (Ruth Roman) crosses paths with ex-death row inmate Richard Trevelyan (Richard Todd), whose murder conviction was overturned. Shelley is drawn to him, but questions about his innocence remain. "Lightning Strikes Twice" (1951) #filmnoir
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Actress Shelley Carnes (Ruth Roman) crosses paths with ex-death row inmate Richard Trevelyan (Richard Todd), whose murder conviction was overturned. Shelley is drawn to him, but questions about his innocence remain. "Lightning Strikes Twice" (1951) #filmnoir
Sing Sing inmate Tommy Gordan (John Garfield) is offered temporary unsupervised parole to visit his ailing girlfriend. But that highly unusual privilege soon turns to ash. "Castle on the Hudson" (1940) #filmnoir
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Sing Sing inmate Tommy Gordan (John Garfield) is offered temporary unsupervised parole to visit his ailing girlfriend. But that highly unusual privilege soon turns to ash. "Castle on the Hudson" (1940) #filmnoir
Attorney Craig Carlson (Raymond Burr) has a pistol, a file folder and a tape recorder. He's so sure that he'll be murdered within the hour that he tape records a message to the D.A. saying so. In flashback, we learn what led to this. "Please Murder Me!" (1956). #filmnoir
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Attorney Craig Carlson (Raymond Burr) has a pistol, a file folder and a tape recorder. He's so sure that he'll be murdered within the hour that he tape records a message to the D.A. saying so. In flashback, we learn what led to this. "Please Murder Me!" (1956). #filmnoir
Special Prosecutor John Conroy (Edmond O'Brien) is after mobster Neil Eichelberger (Ed Begley). John's policeman father, Matt (Tom Tully), is the top cop working with his son. Trouble is, there's a conflict within the investigative team. "The Turning Point" (1952) #filmnoir
November 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Special Prosecutor John Conroy (Edmond O'Brien) is after mobster Neil Eichelberger (Ed Begley). John's policeman father, Matt (Tom Tully), is the top cop working with his son. Trouble is, there's a conflict within the investigative team. "The Turning Point" (1952) #filmnoir
Struggling actress Eve Gill (Jane Wyman) tries to prove that actor Jonathan Cooper (Richard Todd) didn't kill his paramour's husband. But the gal pal, Charlotte Inwood (Marlene Dietrich), just might be trying to frame him for the crime. "Stage Fright" (1950) #filmnoir
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Struggling actress Eve Gill (Jane Wyman) tries to prove that actor Jonathan Cooper (Richard Todd) didn't kill his paramour's husband. But the gal pal, Charlotte Inwood (Marlene Dietrich), just might be trying to frame him for the crime. "Stage Fright" (1950) #filmnoir
Bill Saunders (Burt Lancaster) is unstable and violent due to his wartime experiences. He gets an honest job, but a crime he committed hangs over his head. And hoodlum Harry Carter (Robert Newton) has big plans for him. "Kiss the Blood Off My Hands" (1948) #filmnoir
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Bill Saunders (Burt Lancaster) is unstable and violent due to his wartime experiences. He gets an honest job, but a crime he committed hangs over his head. And hoodlum Harry Carter (Robert Newton) has big plans for him. "Kiss the Blood Off My Hands" (1948) #filmnoir
Steve Garry (Dane Clark) hides out at the home of his ex-wife Virginia Merrill (Cathy O'Donnell). Says he's about to testify in a murder trial. Lothario cop Sgt. Ed Donovan (Tom Drake) won't leave Virginia alone. Then Steve steps in. "Never Trust a Gambler" (1951) #filmnoir
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Steve Garry (Dane Clark) hides out at the home of his ex-wife Virginia Merrill (Cathy O'Donnell). Says he's about to testify in a murder trial. Lothario cop Sgt. Ed Donovan (Tom Drake) won't leave Virginia alone. Then Steve steps in. "Never Trust a Gambler" (1951) #filmnoir
Phyllis Hochen (Diana Dors) has been having an affair and sees an opportunity to get rid of her husband, a wealthy vintner (Rod Steiger). She'll kill him and claim it was a case of mistaken identity. But the plan backfires in unexpected ways. "The Unholy Wife" (1957) #filmnoir
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Phyllis Hochen (Diana Dors) has been having an affair and sees an opportunity to get rid of her husband, a wealthy vintner (Rod Steiger). She'll kill him and claim it was a case of mistaken identity. But the plan backfires in unexpected ways. "The Unholy Wife" (1957) #filmnoir
Public Defender Paul Bennett (Gig Young) takes the case of piano player Richard Kincaid (James Anderson) who's accused of a killing that occurred 12 years before. He pleads innocent, and missing defense witnesses must be found — in a week. "Hunt the Man Down" (1951) #filmnoir
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Public Defender Paul Bennett (Gig Young) takes the case of piano player Richard Kincaid (James Anderson) who's accused of a killing that occurred 12 years before. He pleads innocent, and missing defense witnesses must be found — in a week. "Hunt the Man Down" (1951) #filmnoir
A dope ring plants heroin in unsuspecting tourists' luggage to smuggle it past customs. Then two psychopathic killers, Dancer (Eli Wallach) and Julian (Robert Keith), collect the drugs, sometimes leaving corpses in their wake. "The Lineup" (1958) #filmnoir
November 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A dope ring plants heroin in unsuspecting tourists' luggage to smuggle it past customs. Then two psychopathic killers, Dancer (Eli Wallach) and Julian (Robert Keith), collect the drugs, sometimes leaving corpses in their wake. "The Lineup" (1958) #filmnoir
Tom Yately (Stanley Baker) is hired in a pressure cooker of a job hauling tons of gravel. He faces crushing production quotas, management scams and harassment by his fellow drivers who have branded him a coward. Can he hold up under the strain? "Hell Drivers" (1957) #filmnoir
November 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Tom Yately (Stanley Baker) is hired in a pressure cooker of a job hauling tons of gravel. He faces crushing production quotas, management scams and harassment by his fellow drivers who have branded him a coward. Can he hold up under the strain? "Hell Drivers" (1957) #filmnoir
Walter Mitchell (Lee J. Cobb) runs a garment company and he pays protection money to gangsters who keep the unions out of his business. But Walter's partner, Fred Kenner (Robert Ellenstein), sympathizes with the union and trouble follows. "The Garment
Jungle" (1957) #filmnoir
Jungle" (1957) #filmnoir
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Walter Mitchell (Lee J. Cobb) runs a garment company and he pays protection money to gangsters who keep the unions out of his business. But Walter's partner, Fred Kenner (Robert Ellenstein), sympathizes with the union and trouble follows. "The Garment
Jungle" (1957) #filmnoir
Jungle" (1957) #filmnoir
Marie Allen (Eleanor Parker) gets thrown into the slammer for her part in a botched armed robbery. She must survive among hardened criminals and sadistic prison matron Evelyn Harper (Hope Emerson). With Agnes Moorehead as prison reformer Ruth Benton. "Caged" (1950) #filmnoir
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Marie Allen (Eleanor Parker) gets thrown into the slammer for her part in a botched armed robbery. She must survive among hardened criminals and sadistic prison matron Evelyn Harper (Hope Emerson). With Agnes Moorehead as prison reformer Ruth Benton. "Caged" (1950) #filmnoir
Song Kang-ho, 'Memories of Murder' (2003).
Before ‘Parasite,’ director Bong Joon-ha constructed this taut thriller about a serial killer, and the desperate search to find him. (Click photo/link to see post) #neonoir #Korea
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Before ‘Parasite,’ director Bong Joon-ha constructed this taut thriller about a serial killer, and the desperate search to find him. (Click photo/link to see post) #neonoir #Korea
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A cunning serial killer is on the loose, and police are baffled
Bodies are popping up with terrifying regularity in a small South Korean city and the local police force has few clues to go on.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Song Kang-ho, 'Memories of Murder' (2003).
Before ‘Parasite,’ director Bong Joon-ha constructed this taut thriller about a serial killer, and the desperate search to find him. (Click photo/link to see post) #neonoir #Korea
lalifeanddeath.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-cu...
Before ‘Parasite,’ director Bong Joon-ha constructed this taut thriller about a serial killer, and the desperate search to find him. (Click photo/link to see post) #neonoir #Korea
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Jordan (John Russell) hatches a plot to steal medical grade narcotics worth $250 thousand from a trans Pacific freighter scheduled to dock at the Port of Los Angeles. A businessman will back the crime, but his girlfriend must take part in the heist. "Hell Bound" (1957) #crimefilm
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Jordan (John Russell) hatches a plot to steal medical grade narcotics worth $250 thousand from a trans Pacific freighter scheduled to dock at the Port of Los Angeles. A businessman will back the crime, but his girlfriend must take part in the heist. "Hell Bound" (1957) #crimefilm
Escaped con Vince Ryker (Vince Edwards) thinks he's toting a canister of heroin to Los Angeles, but it's filled with a radioactive substance that could wipe out the city's population. A police dragnet must stop him before it's too late. "City of Fear" (1959) #filmnoir
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Escaped con Vince Ryker (Vince Edwards) thinks he's toting a canister of heroin to Los Angeles, but it's filled with a radioactive substance that could wipe out the city's population. A police dragnet must stop him before it's too late. "City of Fear" (1959) #filmnoir
Prison brass Lt. Tunner (Barry Sullivan) wants bank robber Jory (Vittorio Gassman) to spill info. Jory escapes and hot foots it to the Louisiana bayou country — and Tunner soon finds that the swamps are a treacherous place for an outsider. "Cry of the Hunted" (1953) #crimefilm
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Prison brass Lt. Tunner (Barry Sullivan) wants bank robber Jory (Vittorio Gassman) to spill info. Jory escapes and hot foots it to the Louisiana bayou country — and Tunner soon finds that the swamps are a treacherous place for an outsider. "Cry of the Hunted" (1953) #crimefilm
Warden George Knowland (Broderick
Crawford) helps convict Joe Hufford (Glenn Ford) adjust to prison life. But when Hufford witnesses an inmate murder he sticks to the criminal code of silence, even though it means he'll be a suspect. "Convicted" (1950) #filmnoir
Crawford) helps convict Joe Hufford (Glenn Ford) adjust to prison life. But when Hufford witnesses an inmate murder he sticks to the criminal code of silence, even though it means he'll be a suspect. "Convicted" (1950) #filmnoir
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Warden George Knowland (Broderick
Crawford) helps convict Joe Hufford (Glenn Ford) adjust to prison life. But when Hufford witnesses an inmate murder he sticks to the criminal code of silence, even though it means he'll be a suspect. "Convicted" (1950) #filmnoir
Crawford) helps convict Joe Hufford (Glenn Ford) adjust to prison life. But when Hufford witnesses an inmate murder he sticks to the criminal code of silence, even though it means he'll be a suspect. "Convicted" (1950) #filmnoir
Railroad engineer Jeff Warren (Glenn Ford) falls into an affair with Vicki Buckley (Gloria Grahame), whose bully of a husband abuses her. She sets her sights on getting rid of the big lug, and Jeff might just be the one to do it. "Human Desire" (1954) #filmnoir
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Railroad engineer Jeff Warren (Glenn Ford) falls into an affair with Vicki Buckley (Gloria Grahame), whose bully of a husband abuses her. She sets her sights on getting rid of the big lug, and Jeff might just be the one to do it. "Human Desire" (1954) #filmnoir
B-girl Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward) lures customers to a gambling parlor operated by thugs. When she's implicated in the murder of an elderly woman, she's got an alibi but it won't stick. And her prospects are grim. "I Want to Live!" (1958) #filmnoir
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
B-girl Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward) lures customers to a gambling parlor operated by thugs. When she's implicated in the murder of an elderly woman, she's got an alibi but it won't stick. And her prospects are grim. "I Want to Live!" (1958) #filmnoir
Leonora Eames (Barbara Bel Geddes) gets hitched to insane multi-millionaire Smith Ohlrig (Robert Ryan). She leaves him when he becomes abusive and finds work with Dr. Larry Quinada (James Mason). But getting free from Ohlrig is no easy matter. "Caught" (1949) #filmnoir
November 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Leonora Eames (Barbara Bel Geddes) gets hitched to insane multi-millionaire Smith Ohlrig (Robert Ryan). She leaves him when he becomes abusive and finds work with Dr. Larry Quinada (James Mason). But getting free from Ohlrig is no easy matter. "Caught" (1949) #filmnoir
Martin Lynn (Farley Granger) becomes erratic after his mother dies. He seeks vengeance against those he blames for her death by going on a killing rampage. A young priest, Father Roth (Dana Andrews), suspects that Lynn is the killer. "Edge of Doom" (1950) #filmnoir
November 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Martin Lynn (Farley Granger) becomes erratic after his mother dies. He seeks vengeance against those he blames for her death by going on a killing rampage. A young priest, Father Roth (Dana Andrews), suspects that Lynn is the killer. "Edge of Doom" (1950) #filmnoir