DARK CITY DAMES: THE WOMEN WHO DEFINED FILM NOIR

DARK CITY DAMES: THE WOMEN WHO DEFINED FILM NOIR

Eddie Muller takes readers into the world of six women who made a lasting impression in this cinematic terrain—from veteran “bad girls” Audrey Totter, Marie Windsor, and Jane Greer to unexpected genre fixtures Evelyn Keyes, Coleen Gray, and Ann Savage.
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The Killing(1956)

A team of specialists plots a daring racetrack robbery, but they don't reckon with human frailty.

The Ghost Ship(1943)

A young innocent signs on with a ship whose captain is going mad.

King Kong(1933)

A film crew discovers the "eighth wonder of the world," a giant prehistoric ape, and brings him back to New York, where he wreaks havoc.

I Walked with a Zombie(1943)

A nurse in the Caribbean resorts to voodoo to cure her patient, even though she's in love with the woman's husband.

The Body Snatcher(1945)

To continue his medical experiments, a doctor must buy corpses from a grave robber.

The Curse of the Cat People(1944)

A lonely child creates an imaginary playmate with surprisingly dangerous results.