“Terrifically well shot by Jacques Tourneur. It may stand as a definition of post-war modernism. Hard-boiled, but full of feeling.”
—David Thomson

“This is one of the most well-known noir melodramas, and deservedly so, because it’s one of the best.”
—Barry Gifford

John Doe joins us to introduce this noir classic. Jacques Tourneur, best known for his atmospheric horror films for producer Val Lewton, directs a superb cast (Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Jane Greer, Rhonda Fleming) in this story of a former low-rent detective established in a new, wholesome life, who is drawn back into the world of darkness he barely escaped. In 35mm.