Polanski has a go at the film noir detective thriller, very bleak, very twisted and very menacing it is to. Nicholson plays a private-eye in pre-war LA who is hired to pursue an adultery case, but finds himself embroiled in a complicated murder investigation.
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SCARFACE (ORIGINAL 1932) (1932)
Certification15 Our Rating
The classic gangster movie from the thirties, not featuring Edward G Robinson or Cagney but Paul Muni, is a taught and violent (for the time) tale of Tony Carmonte - ruthless gangster, who will stop at nothing to be the boss. Unflawed classic.
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THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Film Noir from the Ealing funny man! Mackendrick's US debut is a rat-trap of a movie in which a vile NY gossip hustler (Tony Curtis) grovels for his 'Mr Big' (Burt Lancaster). Lancaster plays JJ Hunsecker, a monstrous, amoral and incestuous news columnist obsessed with wrecking his kid sister's romance. The dark streets stink of corruption and fear. Amoral and awesome with a great jazz soundtrack.
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