This is the bitter end. Day 30 of the #NoirvemberChallenge: best noir ending. It's a tie between The Breaking Point or Black Gravel.

<stares into middle distance>

Day 26 of the #NoirvemberChallenge - Favorite #NeoNoir

I saw Devil in a Blue Dress in the theaters - a film noir about, and by, the people erased from the classic era. In a better world, every few years Denzel Washington would walk in Easy's shoes again.

Day 24 of the #NoirvemberChallenge - Favorite Film Noir poster.

This is tough. The Czar of Noir dedicated a whole book to the art of the Noir poster. For me, "The Big Heat" gets the not for salacious rage while "Out of the Past" captures the film's mood perfectly.

Day 23 of #Noirvemberchallenge - Favorite film noir actor who stole every scene he was in.

William Bendix is the first one that comes to mind. Loved him in "The Dark Corner."

https://youtu.be/qbo90kmh9nY?si=O12Qj--pPzuEvB66

William Bendix monologue

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Day 22 of the #NoirvemberChallenge: Favorite Musical Performance in Film Noir

Harry Belafonte doing "All Men are Evil" in ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW is a close second, but tops will always be Nat King Cole singing "Blue Gardenia."

https://youtu.be/oJSp3k4HLr8?si=jSnJsXOgEDFc3Ohb

Blue Gardenia- Nat King Cole

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Day 21 #NoirvemberChallenge: Favorite Noir Filmed Outside the US

Avoiding EL VAMPIRO NEGRO and ... BLACK GRAVEL (*stares into the distance*), I'll go with APENAS UN DELINCUENTE - HARDLY A CRIMINAL (1949). The whole film is up on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G30Vbf-5PQ

Apenas un Delincuente 1949 ENG SUBS

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Day 20 of the #NoirvemberChallenge - Favorite #FilmNoir Gambling Scene.

I'm not going to be terribly imaginative here. It's the opening of Gilda. It also leads to the best dockside meet-cute in #FilmNoir...

Day 19: of the #NoirvemberChallenge - Favorite Boxing Noir

There is only one king of the ring in this case. It's The Set-Up (1949) - Directed by Robert Wise, featuring Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter at their absolute best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tOEkBC8b9U

Classic scene from The Set-Up (1949)

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Day 18: of the #NoirvemberChallenge - Favorite Film Noir MacGuffin

Having watched this again for all that wicked jive, I'm going to pick the Hat from "The Phantom Lady" as this year's Noir MacGiffin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KczfjwJrGJc

PHANTOM LADY TRAILER / LES MAINS QUI TUENT BA - ELLA RAINES / FRANCHOT TONE

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Day 17 of the #NoirvemberChallenge: Favorite Noir Duo

Unless I'm struck by a revelation, this answer will never change - Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet. This isn't a clip from a Noir film but Hollywood Canteen and showcases why I adore these two:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwRNYZs_I88

Peter Lorre & Sydney Greenstreet in "Hollywood Canteen"

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