Film Noir Down In Mexico
Classic American Films Noir set in Mexico , wholly or in part .
Everyone's favourite getaway destination , a symbol for corruption and sleaze as well as a symbol for a more innocent community .
Everyone's favourite getaway destination , a symbol for corruption and sleaze as well as a symbol for a more innocent community .
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- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsRobert MitchumJane GreerKirk DouglasA private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses, and duplicitous dames.
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsJames MasonMärta TorénDan DuryeaAfter stealing a gangster"s money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico.
- DirectorDouglas HeyesStarsAnn-MargretJohn ForsythePeter BrownA rising political star faces scandal and blackmail when the young woman he tries to help turns out to be a juvenile delinquent.
- DirectorLászló KardosStarsRodolfo AcostaJames DarrenRobert McQueeneyIn Tijuana, a brave Mexican newspaper editor tries to expose the mob and the local official corruption at his own risk.
- DirectorRobert MontgomeryStarsRobert MontgomeryThomas GomezWanda HendrixWW2 veteran Lucky Gagin arrives in a New Mexico border-town intent on revenging against mobster Frank Hugo but FBI agent Bill Retz, who also wants Hugo, tries to keep Gagin out of trouble.
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsPaul MuniBette DavisMargaret LindsayIn Mexico, a former lawyer becomes the invaluable second-in-command to a casino owner, whose wife begins to fall for him.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsRicardo MontalbanGeorge MurphyHoward Da SilvaMexican and American federal agents tackle a vicious gang exploiting illegal farm workers in southern California.
- DirectorHarry HornerRafael PortilloStarsRicardo MontalbanAnne BancroftLee MarvinIn Mexico City, a poor single father is mistaken for a serial killer by the local cops, but the man"s son stumbles upon the real killer and tries to warn the police after being abducted.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsRobert MitchumJane GreerWilliam BendixAn Army lieutenant accused of robbery pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico, aided by the thief"s fiancee.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJohn GarfieldPatricia NealPhyllis ThaxterAn otherwise moral captain of a charter boat becomes financially strapped and is drawn into illegal activities in order to keep up payments on his boat.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsErich von StroheimMary Beth HughesDan DuryeaPart of an entertainment act, a beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsHoward DuffShelley WintersDan DuryeaUS Treasury agent George Morton persuades convicted criminal Johnny Evans to help him destroy a drug smuggling ring in exchange for early parole.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsWilliam LundiganJacqueline WhiteRicardo CortezInsurance detective Steve Hastings investigates a fellow agent"s disappearance. He follows the agent"s sister, Victoria, to Mexico City, gains her trust, and together they unravel the mystery"s cause.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsJoan BennettMichael RedgraveAnne RevereAfter a lovely woman and her new husband settle in an ancient mansion on the East coast, she discovers that he may want to kill her.
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsCharlton HestonOrson WellesJanet LeighA Mexican official and his American wife are targeted in a Texas border town by the crime family he"s trying to put behind bars for drug trafficking, as his concern grows over the tactics of the local detective whose cooperation he needs.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsRobert MitchumClaude RainsFaith DomergueA young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman, becomes involved in her husband"s death, and must flee with her to the Mexican border.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartWalter HustonTim HoltTwo down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsHoward DuffMärta TorénGeorge BrentA former pilot goes undercover to help break up a smuggling ring.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsMario LanzaJoan FontaineSara MontielDamon Vincenti, a young vineyard worker, has a beautiful tenor voice and dreams of becoming a great opera singer. He debuts at Lardelli"s Italian restaurant in San Francisco, where he is spotted by Kendall Hale, a society girl who enjoys launching young artists while making them her lovers before dumping them after use. Damon is no exception to the rule: he becomes famous but Kendall leaves him abruptly. He feels so affected that he must give up singing. In Mexico, where he has got back in touch with his inner self, Damon meets Juana Montès.They are happy and get married. But Kendall is still around...
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsEdmond O'BrienFrank LovejoyWilliam TalmanTwo friends pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsRobert MitchumJack PalanceLinda DarnellMobster Vic Spalato"s girlfriend Claire is in hiding in Mexico and she"s willing to testify for a US Senate investigation committee, if she can make it back to the US alive.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsFred MacMurrayClaire TrevorRaymond BurrTwo undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, but neither is aware of the other"s identity.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsBarbara StanwyckBarry SullivanRalph MeekerA family vacationing on the coast of Mexico have to cope with multiple threats to their safety.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsRay MillandAnthony QuinnDebra PagetA murderous thief on the run with stolen loot forces a poor rancher to guide him across the desert into Mexico. Accompanying them is the rancher"s wife, who happens to be the killer"s former girlfriend.
- DirectorHank McCuneStarsLloyd BridgesNancy GatesBarton MacLaneHard on his luck, a fishing charter boat captain unwisely gets involved with a crime ring smuggling illegal Mexicans into California.