King of the Underworld (1939)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Underworld_(1939_film)

This is nicely understated. I found it very hard to alt-text the description on his face. It's almost "who, me?" or "did I do that?", faintly comical.

The File on Thelma Jordon (1950)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_File_on_Thelma_Jordon

Weird spelling of "Jordon".

This poster is terrific, it really goes for it with the colour and the intensity.

Note for Australians. Not THAT Paul Kelly. Or the other one. Or the other other one.

Portrait of Alison (1955)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Alison

Released in the US as “Postmark for Danger”.

This is one of those too-literal ones, isn't it? Let's make a stamp with the guy's face on it, the movie is about a postcard, right?

I honestly can't tell if that's her hand behind her head or a noose at the bottom.

Please Murder Me (1956)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Murder_Me

The title is so bonkers it almost seems like a parody along the lines of “Naked Gun”, but hey the genre of “people who arrange their own murder” has some notable entries. “Bullworth” anyone? Aki Kaurismäki's “I Hired A Contract Killer”?

There's another one on the tip of my tongue. One of you will know.

New Orleans looks little different today.

#NoirAlley #TheSteelTrap
#JosephCotten #DarknessAtNoon
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"You got the passports?"
Sure, no problem!

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Walking out with four strongboxes on Friday afternoon is not suspicious at all.

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It's getting complicated! Very complicated! Secrets! Delays! Forgotten responsibilities!

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Robbing his bank looks so simple, I would even be tempted.

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Here for #NoirAlley

Shield for Murder (1954)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_for_Murder

Nice tones, nice composition, nice brushstroke-y design elements. Has he hit that guy? Is he going to hit that guy? Very clunky title though.

The Desperate Hours (1955)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Desperate_Hours_(1955_film)
poster language: German
There are terrible portrayals of poor old Bogey in this collection but this MUST be the worst, right? I honestly couldn't be sure it was him. Maybe he's a zombie in this movie.

Maybe I should have a horror-movie version of this bot one day. On the list it goes, sigh.

Posters for “Night Moves” from Japan, Germany, Sweden and Poland.
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Detective Story (1951)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_Story_(1951_film)
poster language: French
Very literal translation. This is … awkward. His hands, his posture, the forced angle so we can see the gun, this is the kind of artwork we expect from AI, not a living human being in 1951,

The Garment Jungle (1957)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garment_Jungle

This has a couple of absolutely solid clichés here: the couple running (man pulling woman behind him), the hand (I assume it's a female hand) holding scissors as a weapon, a red-headed woman in underwear. On the other hand it's ugly.

The Letter (1940)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Letter_(1940_film)
poster language: Italian
Love this one, subtle but uneasy combination of colours. I'm going to assume it's "dark shadow" or something like that in Italian? Italian-speaking subscribers speak up.

images from 'Sudden Fear' (1952)

The Crooked Web (1955)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crooked_Web
poster language: Spanish
“Kisses that reveal a criminal”! Or better "betray" I suppose.

I like how the gun being next to her hand has more tension than the gun being in her hand.