Nightmare Alley is a 2021 American neo-noir psychological thriller film [4] [5] directed by Guillermo del Toro from a screenplay by del Toro and Kim Morgan, based on the 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham , being the second feature film adaptation of Gresham's novel, following the 1947 version . A co-production between Searchlight Pictures , TSG Entertainment , and Double Dare You Productions, the film stars Bradley Cooper as a charming and ambitious carnival worker with a my...
Feb 20, 2022•54 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Welcome to the Speakeasy! Nightmare Alley is a 1947 American film noir directed by Edmund Goulding from a screenplay by Jules Furthman . [2] Based on William Lindsay Gresham 's 1946 novel of the same name , it stars Tyrone Power , with Joan Blondell , Coleen Gray , and Helen Walker in supporting roles. Power, wishing to expand beyond the romantic and swashbuckler roles that brought him to fame, requested 20th Century Fox 's studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck to buy the rights to the novel so he could...
Feb 13, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Welcome to the Speakeasy Noir Cast! On todays episode we discuss the neo noir cult classic film Dark City from Director Alex Proyas (The Crow). Don't forget to keep in touch: Support us by subscribing and leaving a review! https://anchor.fm/speakeasy-noircast Call us at: (818) 643-1441 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/speakeasynoircast Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpeakEasyNoir Website: http://resurrectionfilms.co.uk/home/index.php/speakeasy/...
Feb 06, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Welcome to the Speakeasy Noir Cast! Black Angel is a 1946 American film noir directed by Roy William Neill and starring Dan Duryea , June Vincent and Peter Lorre . A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine ( June Vincent ), and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin ( Dan Duryea ), team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, Mavis Marlowe ( Constance Dowling ), who had been Martin's wife. Their investigation leads them to face-to-face confrontations with a det...
Jan 30, 2022•56 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Perry Mason is an American period drama television series based on the character of the same name created by Erle Stanley Gardner that premiered on June 21, 2020, on HBO .The series was developed and written by Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald and stars Matthew Rhys in the title role. In July 2020, HBO renewed the series for a second season. In April 2021, it was announced that Jones and Fitzgerald left the series and were replaced as showrunners by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler . The series focus...
Jan 23, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 1
This week brings a bonus episode we recorded somewhere in a haze of our 23rd lockdown restriction change? Who's keeping track, right?! In this episode, we talk Gin slush, banana leaves, and Key Largo! Key Largo is a 1948 American film noir crime drama directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, and Lauren Bacall. The supporting cast features Lionel Barrymore and Claire Trevor. The film was adapted by Richard Brooks and Huston from Maxwell Anderson's 1939 play of the...
Dec 31, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Merry Christmas Noir Fans! We hope you enjoy our Christmas set noir pick for this episode, in which Carly yet again confuses Jason with her pigs in blanket crisps and Jason is unveiled as a closet Downton Abby fan. Lady in the Lake is a 1947 American film noir that marked the directorial debut of Robert Montgomery, who also stars in the film. The picture also features Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon Ames and Jayne Meadows. The murder mystery was an adaptation of the 1943 Raymond Chan...
Dec 25, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Identity is a 2003 American ensemble neo-noir slasher film directed by James Mangold from a screenplay by Michael Cooney and Mangold, who both derived from Cooney's original story. The film stars John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Alfred Molina, Clea DuVall and Rebecca De Mornay. Loosely based on Agatha Christie's 1939 whodunit And Then There Were None, the film follows ten strangers in an isolated hotel, who are temporarily cut off from the rest of the world, and are mysteriously killed off ...
Dec 24, 2021•1 hr 49 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Welcome to the erratically posted season two of The Speakeasy Noir Cast! This week: The Asphalt Jungle is a 1950 American film noir heist film directed by John Huston . [4] Based on the 1949 novel of the same name by W. R. Burnett , it tells the story of a jewel robbery in a Midwestern city. The film stars Sterling Hayden , Louis Calhern and Jean Hagen , [1] and features James Whitmore , Sam Jaffe , and John McIntire . Marilyn Monroe also appears, in one of her earliest roles. The film was nomin...
Sep 03, 2021•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 13
On this weeks Speakeasy Noir Cast: Touch of Evil is a 1958 American film noir written and directed by Orson Welles , who also stars in the film. The screenplay was loosely based on the contemporary Whit Masterson novel Badge of Evil (1956). The cast included Charlton Heston , Janet Leigh , Joseph Calleia , Akim Tamiroff , and Marlene Dietrich . Don't forget to keep in touch: Support us by subscribing and leaving a review! https://anchor.fm/speakeasy-noircast Call us at: (818) 643-1441 Facebook:...
Aug 05, 2021•49 min•Season 2Ep. 12
In this weeks episode Carly's sick and we discover how utterly useless Jason would be if he witnessed a murder.... oh and we discuss the classic 1946 film noir Shock! Directed by Alfred L. Werker , Produced by Aubrey Schenck , Screenplay by Eugene Ling and Martin Berkeley , Story by Albert DeMond and stars Vincent Price , Lynn Bari and Frank Latimore . A young woman named Janet Stewart is anticipating the arrival of her husband and attempts to check into a hotel. They are meeting after years apa...
Jun 19, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 11
What can we say...Carly and Jason cover another...another 39 Steps! Get prepared for a charming but painfully casual Kenneth Moore! In the film, diplomat Richard Hannay returns home to London, only to become inadvertently embroiled in the death of a British spy investigating the head of an organization planning to sell the secret of a British ballistic missile. Hannay thus travels to Scotland to escape the police and attempts to complete the spy's work. Support us by subscribing and leaving a re...
May 23, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 10
In this episode we talk Spiders, name badges, rescue Jason from a vortex of bourbon research and discuss Detour! In New York, piano player Al Roberts (Tom Neal) laments when his singer girlfriend, Sue Harvey (Claudia Drake), leaves for Hollywood, Calif. When Al gets some money, he decides to hitchhike to California to join Sue. In Arizona, Al accepts a ride with Charles Haskell (Edmund MacDonald), but during a storm in a freak accident, Haskell is killed. Frightened, Al assumes Haskell's identit...
Apr 28, 2021•49 min•Season 2Ep. 9
We are so happy to welcome Joseph Maddrey to the Speakeasy! Joe is the author of ten books, including Nightmares in Red, White and Blue; Not Bad for a Human; and the graphic novel To Hell You Ride. He has also researched, written and produced over 100 hours of documentary television, focusing on true crime and the paranormal. Joe is a member of the International Horror Writers Association. Lost Highway is a 1997 neo-noir film directed by David Lynch and co-written by Lynch and Barry Gifford. It ...
Apr 14, 2021•1 hr 13 min
This week we bring you the audio dramatized version of our short film The Curious Case of the Murder that Wasn't! We know switching things up isn't always a good thing but we are excited to present to you one of our own creations in audio form as a bonus episode. If you would like to check out the live action version you can view it here: https://youtu.be/130DChCNS5s Support us by subscribing and leaving a review! https://anchor.fm/speakeasy-noircast Call us at: (818) 643-1441 Facebook: https:/...
Mar 14, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 12
On this week's Speakeasy, we find out why Carly can't swim and catch up on the Neo-Noir film with a sketchy release date, Purgatory Flats starring Vincent Ventresca After five years behind bars for causing a fatal car crash, guilt-ridden doctor Thomas Reed moves to a small town in California. He falls for Sunny, a married woman with connections to a dangerous crime family. Director: Harris Done, Screenplay: Harris Done, Diane Fine Support us by subscribing and leaving a review! https://anchor.fm...
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 7
We are excited to have radio personality, producer and writer Jason Hewlett as a guest for the show to discuss the 2005 Neo_noir film Brick! Brick is a 2005 American neo-noir mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson in his directorial debut , starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt . Brick was distributed by Focus Features , and opened in New York and Los Angeles on April 7, 2006. The film's narrative centers on a hardboiled detective story set in a California suburb . Most of the main characters...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 6
**We have fixed the issue of a section with dead air, thank you listeners for letting us know!** What does film noir and Superman have in common? Not a damn thing but we bring the superhero to noir in tonight's episode of the Speakeasy NoirCast! In this episode, we explore the hypnotic acting styles of Deforrest Kelly in his first film Fear In The Night... Fear in the Night is an American 1947 film noir crime film directed by Maxwell Shane, starring Paul Kelly and DeForest Kelley (in his film de...
Jan 15, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Happy New Year! This week's episode is Blonde Ice, a crime film noir released on July 24, 1948, directed by Jack Bernhard with music by Irving Gertz . The film was originally released as a B movie . This means the film is a low budget commercial film along with a feature movie. The film stars Leslie Brooks as Claire Cummings Hanneman, Robert Paige as Les Burns, and Michael Whalen as Stanley Mason. It is based on the 1938 novel Once Too Often by Elwyn Whitman Chambers. Claire is a society reporte...
Dec 31, 2020•50 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Welcome back to season 2 of The Speakeasy Noircast!!! This week we find Laura! Laura is a 1944 American film noir produced and directed by Otto Preminger . It stars Gene Tierney , Dana Andrews , and Clifton Webb along with Vincent Price and Judith Anderson . The screenplay by Jay Dratler , Samuel Hoffenstein , and Betty Reinhardt is based on the 1943 novel Laura by Vera Caspary . In 1999, Laura was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress a...
Dec 17, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Welcome back for another dose of mayhem and noir! This week, we shake up a storm as we take a look at The Man Who Wasn't There! The Man Who Wasn't There is a 2001 crime film written, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Billy Bob Thornton stars in the title role. Also featured are Tony Shalhoub, Scarlett Johansson, James Gandolfini, and Coen regulars Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, Richard Jenkins and Jon Polito. Ed, who runs a salon owned by his brother-in-law Frank, comes across...
Dec 08, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Welcome to season two of the Speakeasy Pandemic Noircast! Ready to talk film and get drunk? Great! So are we...actually we already did..for this episode...so now it's your turn! In the premiere season two episode we discuss The Red House... The Red House is a 1947 American film noir horror film film directed by Delmer Daves , and starring Edward G. Robinson , Lon McCallister , Judith Anderson , Rory Calhoun , Allene Roberts , and Julie London . Its plot follows a young woman whose adoptive paren...
Nov 26, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 1
SEASON FINALE! Carly and Jason take a stroll into old L.A. and crack open the diabolical water diverting case with Jake Gittes in Chinatown and the 16 year later follow-up The Two Jakes where Gittes uncovers another cover-up concerning mineral rights and the Big O...not that big O...we're talking Big OIL. Chinatown is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery film directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne , starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway . The film was inspired by the Califor...
Jul 08, 2020•2 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Dark Passage is a 1947 American crime thriller film directed by Delmer Daves and starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall . The film is based on the 1946 novel of the same name by David Goodis . It was the third of four films real-life couple Bacall and Bogart made together. For its initial scenes, the film was shot subjectively from the male lead's point of view to avoid showing the face of Vincent Parry (Bogart), prior to the point in the story at which he undergoes plastic surgery to change...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Green For Danger Green for Danger is a 1946 British thriller film, based on the 1944 detective novel of the same name by Christianna Brand . It was directed by Sidney Gilliat and stars Alastair Sim , Trevor Howard , Sally Gray and Rosamund John . The film was shot at Pinewood Studios in England. The title is a reference to the colour-coding used on the gas canisters used by anaesthetists . Tonight’s Drink: Dark 'n' Stormy Dark 'n' Stormy was invented in Bermuda after World War II by Gosling Brot...
Jun 24, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Epic showdown between Lady Street and Lord Morris on this week's battle of AmeriBrit as we discuss the 1946 film The Blue Dahlia, be forewarned Lady Street is incorrect in her assessment. The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 American crime film and film noir , directed by George Marshall based on an original screenplay by Raymond Chandler . [3] [4] The film stars Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake . [5] It was Chandler's first original screenplay. Directed by George Marshall Produced by John Houseman Screenplay b...
Jun 17, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 18
We take a deep dive into the FBI this week with the 1945 film The House on 92nd Street. The House on 92nd Street is a 1945 black-and-white American spy film directed by Henry Hathaway . The movie, shot mostly in New York City , was released shortly after the end of World War II . The House on 92nd Street was made with the full cooperation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), whose director, J. Edgar Hoover , appears during the introductory montage. Also, the FBI agents shown in Washingt...
Jun 10, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 17
On this week's Speakeasy we discuss the psychedelic 1967 film Point Blank. Point Blank is a 1967 American crime film directed by John Boorman , starring Lee Marvin , co-starring Angie Dickinson , Keenan Wynn and Carroll O'Connor , and adapted from the 1963 crime noir pulp novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake , writing as Richard Stark. [3] Boorman directed the film at Marvin's request and Marvin played a central role in the film's development. The film was not a box-office success in 1967, but...
Jun 03, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 16
On today's episode we delve into the classic British film The Thirty Nine Steps The Thirty Nine Steps is a British 1978 thriller film directed by Don Sharp , with screenplay by British playwright Michael Robson, based on the novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan . It was the third film version of the 1915 novel. This version of Buchan's tale starred Robert Powell as Richard Hannay , Karen Dotrice as Alex, John Mills as Colonel Scudder, and a host of other well-known British actors in smalle...
May 20, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Today we discuss Night Editor (1946) and we speak to our guest Tom Walker (filmmaker) about his new and upcoming project. Night Editor is a 1946 B-movie film noir directed by Henry Levin and based on a popular radio program of the same name. The script for the film was based on a previous radio program episode "Inside Story." [1] The movie was to be the first in a series of films featuring stories about the graveyard-shift police beat reporters at a fictional newspaper, the New York Star , but n...
May 06, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 14
