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Favorite male film noir actors
July 02, 2019, 08:16 PM
ZSMICHAELFavorite male film noir actors
I have always liked Robert Mitchum. Aloof, cool and detached. Robert Ryan is a second with his brooding nature.
July 02, 2019, 08:22 PM
oddballOrson Welles.
Sterling Hayden
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July 02, 2019, 08:41 PM
YooperSigsHmmm...
Robert Mitchum. No Way Out.
Fred Macmurray. Double Indemnity
Burt Lancaster. The Killers.
Humphrey Bogart. The Big Sleep / High Sierra
Hard to pick one favorite.
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July 02, 2019, 08:43 PM
Jim ShugartAlso Glen Ford and Richard Widmark.
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July 02, 2019, 09:00 PM
jhe888Mitchum and Bogart. It is a cliche, but they stand the test of time.
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zoom6zoomalways been a Bogart fan. I've collected a copy of almost every film he ever made.
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GWbikerquote:
Originally posted by zoom6zoom:
always been a Bogart fan. I've collected a copy of almost every film he ever made.
Got "In a Lonely Place". 1950? IMO, Bogart's best. Super direction - Nicholas Ray.
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July 03, 2019, 06:02 AM
recoatliftWithout cheating, I’ll add Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre & Edward G.
Cheating adds these folks.
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls050214076/July 03, 2019, 09:13 AM
parabellumWell, if you have to 'cheat' to answer a question about a favorite of yours, they're not really a favorite, are they?
July 03, 2019, 10:05 AM
CoolRich59Bogart, hands down.
Although I'd give Fred MacMurray an honorable mention for Double Indemnity since he played against type so well.
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July 03, 2019, 11:05 AM
SigfestI like character actors.
Dan Duryea
Elisha Cook
Percy Helton
July 03, 2019, 12:38 PM
Bigboreshooterquote:
Robert Mitchum
First name I thought of, even before opening the thread.
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July 03, 2019, 05:06 PM
germandogsLawrence Tierney. One of the great bad guys. He was that way in real life as well.
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July 03, 2019, 05:07 PM
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July 04, 2019, 10:00 PM
drew3630quote:
Originally posted by Bigboreshooter:
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Robert Mitchum
First name I thought of, even before opening the thread.
I totally agree - when someone thinks of film noir actors, Robert Mitchum has to be at the top of the list.
July 05, 2019, 06:13 AM
Blume9mmMy now departed Mother in law once quietly told me in confidence that she always had the hots for Robert Mitchum......
Not a film noir but the final scene of the longest day is one of his best moments on film.
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July 06, 2019, 10:19 PM
ZSMICHAELJohn Garfield. Always adept at playing a blue collar guy caught up in bigger world he did not fully understand. Underappreciated.
July 13, 2019, 02:22 AM
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