Post #726866 by Atomic Tiki Punk on Thu, Sep 4, 2014 5:27 AM

Hey Noir fans!
A couple of must sees on TCM today, set the DVR!

Starting at 3:15pm (PST) 6:15 (EST)

"The Sniper" 1952
(A sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to
grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant.)

Directed by Edward Dmytryk, written by Harry Brown, and based on a story by Edna and Edward Anhalt.
The film features Adolphe Menjou, Arthur Franz, Gerald Mohr, Marie Windsor

This rare & little seen gem, using a semi-documentary style & filmed in San Francisco
This film marks Dmytryk's return to directing after he had first been named to the Hollywood blacklist
and had a jail term for contempt of Congress.

Producer Stanley Kramer was the first to hire him again as a director.
He was "required to direct Adolphe Menjou, one of the most virulent Red-baiters of the HUAC hearings."

At 7:30pm (PST) 10:30 (EST)

"The Asphalt Jungle" 1950

Directed by John Huston. The caper film is based on the 1949 novel of the same name by W. R. Burnett
and stars an ensemble cast including Sterling Hayden, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore,
and, in a minor but key role, Marilyn Monroe.

A major heist goes off as planned, until bad luck and double crosses cause everything to unravel.