2. MALTESE FALCON
• 1941 warner bros film noir.
• Directed and written by John Huston.
• Produced by Hal B. Wallis
3. THE BIG SLEEP
• 1946
• Directed and produced by Howard Hawks
• Screenplay by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman
4. DOUBLE INDEMNITY
• 1944
• American
• Directed by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler
• Produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom
• Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler
5. THE KILLERS
• 1946
• American
• Directed by Robert Siodmak
• Produced by Mark Hellinger
• Screenplay by Richard Brooks, Anthony Veiller and John
Huston
6. SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
• 1957
• American
• Made by Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions
• Released by United Artists
• Directed by Alexander Mackendrick
• Produced by James Hill
7. KISS ME DEADLY
• 1955
• Produced and directed by Robert Aldrich
• Screenplay was written by A.I Bezzerides
• Based on the mystery novel “Kiss Me, Deadly”
8. OUT OF THE PAST
• 1947
• Directed by Jacques Tourneur
• Produced by Warren Duff
• Screenplay by Daniel Mainwaring
• Released in UK as “Build My Gallows High”
9. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
• 1946
• Directed by Tay Garnett
• Produced by Cary Wilson
• Screenplay by Harry Ruskin and Niven Busch
• Based on 1934 novel of ‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’ by James M. Cain.
10. THE BIG HEAT
• 1953
• Directed by Fritz Lang
• Produced by Robert Arthur
• Screenplay by Sydney Boehm
11. SPELLBOUND
• 1945
• American
• Psychological Mystery Thiller
• Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• Produced by David O. Selznick
• Screenplay by Angus MacPhail and Ben Hecht
12. DETOUR
• 1945
• Adapted by Martin Goldsmith and Martin Mooney from Goldsmith’s novel “Detour”
• Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
• Produced by Leon Fromkess
• Screenplay by Martin Goldsmith
• Released by the Producers Releasing Corporation.
13. TOUCH OF EVIL
• 1958
• American
• Crime Thriller
• Written and Directed by Orson Welles
• Produced by Albert Zugsmith and Rick Schmidlin
• One of the last film noir in the genre’s classic era
14. IN A LONELY PLACE
• 1950
• Directed by Nicholas Ray
• Produced by Robert Lord
• Screenplay by Edmund H. North and Andrew Solt
15. MURDER MY SWEET
• 1944
• American
• Directed by Edward Dmytryk
• Produced by Adrian Scott
• Screenplay by John Paxton
• Released as “Farewell My Lovely” in UK