Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema VI

Singapore (1947)

Returned to the "Red Dot" after World War II's end, smuggler Matt Gordon (Fred MacMurray) was set on grabbing the pearls he'd stashed in a hotel wall as the Japanese attacked. The mission wouldn't merely be complicated by cops and criminals following his tracks, but his stunning discovery of Linda Grahame (Ava Gardner), the fiancee he'd thought a bombing casualty...and who was now amnesiac. John Brahm's effective noir romance co-stars Thomas Gomez, Richard Haydn, Roland Culver. 79 min. BW/Rtg: NR

Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)

Looking to break a murderous heroin smuggling ring, T-man George Morton (Howard Duff) turned to Johnny Evans (Dan Duryea), a dealer he'd put in Alcatraz, to trade early release for his help. The unlikely pair follow a trail to Canada and back, but they might not be checking out after they corner the kingpins at a Tuscon dude ranch. Sturdy crime opus from William Castle co-stars Shelley Winters, Tony Curtis, John McIntire. 76 min. BW/Rtg: NR

The Raging Tide (1951)

On the lam after killing a rival, San Francisco mobster Bruno Felkin (Richard Conte) couldn't find girlfriend Connie Thatcher (Shelley Winters) to square his alibi--and settled for ducking into a dockside fishing boat. Setting sail with the kindly captain (Charles Bickford) and his rebellious son (Alex Nicol), he might find the voyage changing his perspectives. Stephen McNally co-stars; Ernest Gann adapted his novel "Fiddler's Green" for the screen. 93 min. BW/Rtg: NR

Standard; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.