Looked the book over again and believe you are correct. In his list of 490 films, there seem to be several that --reading the description--don't quite fit the Noir genre. But I imagine he did include all the ones that SHOULD be in there???
Saw this movie the other day. Not bad, not that good. It actually reminded me more of a Timmy and Lassie type movie than a genuine Noir.
Yet it's listed as a Noir in Spencer Selby's DARK CITY.
Anyone else think it's not really a Noir???