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Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

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Overview

One of the first film noir documentaries, made for British Channel Four, and including interviews with Paul Schrader, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan Singer, Edward Dmytryk, Dennis Hopper, John Alton.

Directed by Paul Joyce
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Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

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Alain Silver

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John Dahl

John Dahl

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Carl Franklin

Carl Franklin

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Robert Wise

Robert Wise

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John Alton

John Alton

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Edward Dmytryk

Edward Dmytryk

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James Foley

James Foley

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Bryan Singer

Bryan Singer

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About Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir is a documentary film released in 1995. Directed by Paul Joyce, it stars Dennis Hopper, Alain Silver, John Dahl. One of the first film noir documentaries, made for British Channel Four, and including interviews with Paul Schrader, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan Singer, Edward Dmytryk, Dennis Hopper, John Alton.

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