Film Noir Guide

<p> More than 700 films from the classic period of film noir (1940 to 1959) are presented in this exhaustive reference book--such films as <I>The Accused Among the Living The Asphalt Jungle Baby Face Nelson Bait The Beat Generation Crossfire Dark Passage I Walk Alone The Las Vegas Story The Naked City Strangers on a Train White Heat</I> and <I>The Window.</I> For each film the following information is provided: the title release date main performers screenwriter(s) director(s) type of noir thematic content a rating based on the five-star system and a plot synopsis that does not reveal the ending.</p>