All Articles Tagged 'crime' (23)

CRIME DOESN'T PAY - The Petrified Forest (1936)

The Petrified Forest (1936)

Alan Squier, a failed, world-weary British writer, hikes into an isolated, weather-beaten desert diner in Arizona owned by Jason Marple. Jason's daughter, Gabrielle is immediately taken with the disillusioned intellectual, since they share idealistic dreams of escaping the stark reality of their lives, but her interest in Alan brings out jealousy in her gas-pumping boyfriend, Boze. Tensions rise when everyone present become… Continue

Added by Tome Wilson on July 19, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

CRIME DOESN'T PAY

This week on Dieselpunks, we'll be highlighting the low lifes that tore across America during the diesel era.

When Hollywood set their sites on capturing public enemy number one, they sometimes did a better job than the G Men hired to catch them in real life. It seemed like crime really did pay, as each and every gangster, mafiosa, and prohibition rum runner turned into a gold star on the walk of fame.

Starting today and running all well, Dieselpunks… Continue

Added by Tome Wilson on July 19, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

NOIR - Quicksand (1950)

After borrowing $20 from his employer's cash register, an auto mechanic is plunged into a series of increasingly disastrous circumstances which rapidly spiral out of his control.

The auto mechanic Dan Brady "borrows" twenty dollars from the cash register of the garage where he works to date the blonde waitress Vera Novak in the weekend. His intention is return the money Monday night, when a friend that owes him the same amount will pay him. However, on Monday morning the… Continue

Added by Tome Wilson on June 19, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments