A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir: The Essential Reference Guide

Featuring rumpled PIs shyster lawyers corrupt politicians double-crossers femmes fatales and of course losers who find themselves down on their luck yet again film noir is a perennially popular cinematic genre This extensive encyclopedia describes movies from noirs earliest days and even before looking at some of noirs ancestors in US and European cinema as well as noirs more recent offshoots from neonoirs to erotic thrillers Entries are arranged alphabetically covering movies from all over the world from every continent save Antarctica with briefer details provided for several hundred additional movies within those entries A copious appendix contains filmographies of prominent directors actors and writers With coverage of blockbusters and program fillers from Going Straight US to Broken City US via Nora Inu Japan O Anthropos tou Trainou Greece El Less Wal Kilab Egypt Reportaje a la Muerte Peru Zift Bulgaria and thousands more A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir is an engrossing and essential reference work that should be on the shelves of every cinephile.