Speakeasy Noir Cast

In this episode we talk about the boundary pushing neo noir crime thriller Bound. Bound is a 1996 American neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by the Wachowskis[a] in their feature film directorial debut. Violet (Jennifer Tilly), who longs to escape her relationship with her mafioso boyfriend Caesar (Joe Pantoliano), enters into a clandestine affair with alluring ex-con Corky (Gina Gershon), and the two women hatch a scheme to steal $2 million of Mafia money. Bound was the first film directed by the Wachowskis, and they took inspiration from Billy Wilder to tell a noir story filled with sex and violence. Financed by Dino De Laurentiis, the film was made on a tight budget with the help of frugal crew members including cinematographer Bill Pope. The directors initially struggled to cast the lesbian characters of Violet and Corky before securing Tilly and Gershon. To choreograph the sex scenes, the directors employed sex educator Susie Bright, who also made a cameo appearance in the film. Directed by The Wachowskis Written by The Wachowskis Produced by Stuart BorosAndrew Lazar Starring Jennifer TillyGina GershonJoe PantolianoJohn Ryan Cinematography Bill Pope Edited by Zach Staenberg Music by Don Davis --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

In this weeks episode we welcome our fantastic guest Emmy Award Winning writer/director Matthew Gentile! He was kind enough to let us review his new noir crime thriller American Murderer!  Based on a true story, this riveting thriller follows Jason Derek Brown (Tom Pelphrey), a charismatic con man bankrolling his extravagant lifestyle through a series of scams. On Brown’s trail: LanceLeising (Ryan Phillippe), a dogged FBI special agent determined to put Brown behind bars. When Brown’s funds run low and his past catches up with him, he plots his most elaborate scheme yet,pitting himself against Leising in a deadly game of cat and mouse—and becoming the most unlikely and elusive fugitive on the FBI’s most-wanted list. Featuring an all star cast including - Tom Pelphrey, Ryan Phillippe, Idina Menzel, and Jacki Weaver. Directors Statement Why do we fall for con artists? Is it that they’re smart and the victims are gullible, or is itsomething deeper? This is the question at the heart of AMERICAN MURDERER.As a kid, I was obsessed with crime--so much so that I would browse the Top Ten MostWanted list, hoping to help the FBI catch a fugitive. One of them made a distinct impression onme: Jason Derek Brown, a surfer dude with spiky blonde hair and a smirk on his face. Comparedto Osama Bin Laden and Whitey Bulger, he just didn’t fit the profile.On the surface, AMERICAN MURDERER is a cat-and-mouse thriller about a fugitive and the FBIagent who has been tasked with bringing him to justice. But what fascinates me about Jason’sstory isn’t the crime itself; it’s how he impacted the people who loved him. That’s why I choseto tell his story through multiple perspectives. Whether the audience likes Jason or not–by theend of the film, they will get a 360-degree view of who he was.With AMERICAN MURDERER, my intention is to guide the audience to look directly into theeyes of a dark soul and shine a light on how he became this way. Thus the film poses anotherquestion: can we take a human being who is rotten to the core and move an audience to aplace of compassion? I believe that we can. -Matthew Gentile --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

In this weeks episode we talk weird measurements and the classic film noir Dark City! Dark City is a 1950 American film noir crime film starring Charlton Heston in his Hollywood debut, and featuring Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors, Dean Jagger, Don DeFore, Ed Begley, Jack Webb and Harry Morgan. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis and directed by William Dieterle. This was Heston's first appearance in a professional film production, following his participation in David Bradley's amateur Peer Gynt (1941) and semi-professional Julius Caesar (1950). In later interviews, he would refer to Dark City as "definitely not an 'A' picture, but a pretty good 'B'." Webb and Morgan would go on to famously co-star in the popular police drama television series Dragnet. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

We are back with another episode! In this weeks shenanigans we talk drunk soap, the youth of today and the majesty of The Big Sleep! The Big Sleep is a 1946 American film noir directed by Howard Hawks, the first film version of the 1939 novel of the same name by Raymond Chandler. The film stars Humphrey Bogart as private detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge in a story about the "process of a criminal investigation, not its results". William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman co-wrote the screenplay. In 1997, the U.S. Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," and added it to the National Film Registry. Parts of the unreleased 1945 cut were significantly re-scripted and shot to take advantage of the public's fascination with "Bogie and Bacall". The original version was restored and released in 1997. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

In this weeks episode we watch the 1988 live action/comedy mystery noir - Who Framed Roger Rabbit?  Directed byRobert ZemeckisScreenplay byJeffrey Price Peter S. SeamanBased onWho Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf Produced by Frank MarshallRobert Watts Starring Bob HoskinsChristopher LloydCharles FleischerStubby KayeJoanna Cassidy Cinematography Dean Cundey Edited by Arthur Schmidt Music by Alan Silvestri --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

In this weeks enthralling installment Jason talks about the trappings of getting old and Carly recounts her London tour - oh and we talk about the classic noir Rebecca! Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was Hitchcock's first American project, and his first film under contract with producer David O. Selznick. The screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison, and adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan, were based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. The film stars Laurence Olivier as the brooding, aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter and Joan Fontaine as the young woman who becomes his second wife, with Judith Anderson, George Sanders and Gladys Cooper in supporting roles. The film is a gothic tale shot in black-and-white. Maxim de Winter's first wife Rebecca, who died before the events of the film, is never seen. Her reputation and recollections of her, however, are a constant presence in the lives of Maxim, his new wife and the housekeeper Mrs. Danvers. Rebecca was theatrically released on April 12, 1940 to critical and commercial success. It received eleven nominations at the 13th Academy Awards, more than any other film that year. It won two awards; Best Picture, and Best Cinematography, becoming the only film directed by Hitchcock to win the former award. In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

In this weeks episode we talk murderous intent, being a fugitive and the moral value lacking in the film noir genre!! Dial M for Murder is a 1954 American crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock,[4] starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson, and John Williams. Both the screenplay and the successful stage play on which it was based were written by English playwright Frederick Knott. The play premiered in 1952 on BBC Television,[5] before being performed on stage in the same year in London's West End in June, and then New York's Broadway in October. Originally intended to be shown in dual-strip polarized 3-D, the film played in most theatres in ordinary 2-D due to the loss of interest in the 3-D process (the projection of which was difficult and error-prone) by the time of its release.[6] The film earned an estimated $2.7 million in North American box office sales in 1954. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay by Frederick Knott Based onDial M for Murder by Frederick Knott Produced by Alfred Hitchcock Starring Ray Milland Grace Kelly Robert Cummings John Williams Cinematography Robert Burks Edited by Rudi Fehr Music by Dimitri Tiomkin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

We are getting all emotional at The Speakeasy this week... We talk boats, alcohol, repressed feelings and more on this weeks episode! Even Jason's noir trailer voice makes a comeback! This weeks episode is the classic In A Lonely Place.  Directed by Nicholas Ray  Screenplay by Andrew P. SoltEdmund H. North (adaptation) Based onIn a Lonely Place 1947 novel by Dorothy B. Hughes Produced by Robert Lord  Starring Humphrey BogartGloria GrahameFrank LovejoyCarl Benton ReidArt SmithJeff DonnellMartha Stewart Cinematography Burnett Guffey Edited by Viola Lawrence Music by George Antheil --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

In this weeks episode we talk about sirens, eye patches and overly animated villains! Polar is a 2019 neo-noir action thriller film directed by Jonas Åkerlund and written by Jayson Rothwell, based on Víctor Santos's 2013 graphic novel Polar: Came From the Cold. The film stars Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick, and Matt Lucas. It revolves around an aging assassin on the verge of retirement who becomes targeted by his employer, who wants to cash in on his pension.  Directed by Jonas Åkerlund Written by Jayson Rothwell Based on Polar: Came From the Cold by Víctor Santos  Produced by Jeremy BoltRobert KulzerHartley Gorenstein Starring Mads MikkelsenVanessa HudgensKatheryn WinnickMatt Lucas Cinematography Pär M. Ekberg Edited by Doobie White Music by Deadmau5 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

Our brand new episode is out! In this weeks shenanigans we realise that Cary Grant is a pimp... the wine cellar is king and both shady hosts are nothing more than angry red blobs from an animated movie.... Notorious is a 1946 American spy film noir directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, and Claude Rains as three people whose lives become intimately entangled during an espionage operation. The film follows U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin (Grant), who enlists the help of Alicia Huberman (Bergman), the daughter of a German war criminal, to infiltrate a Nazi organization. The situation becomes complicated when the two fall in love as Huberman is instructed to seduce Alex Sebastian (Rains), a leader of the organization who had previously been infatuated with her. It was shot in late 1945 and early 1946, and was released by RKO Radio Pictures in August 1946. Notorious is considered by critics and scholars to mark a watershed for Hitchcock artistically, and to represent a heightened thematic maturity. His biographer, Donald Spoto, writes that "Notorious is in fact Alfred Hitchcock's first attempt—at the age of forty-six—to bring his talents to the creation of a serious love story, and its story of two men in love with Ingrid Bergman could only have been made at this stage of his life."[4] In 2006, Notorious was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Written by Ben Hecht Produced by Alfred Hitchcock Starring Cary Grant Ingrid Bergman Claude Rains Louis Calhern Leopoldine Konstantin Cinematography Ted Tetzlaff Edited by Theron Warth Music by Roy Webb --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

So we took a cheeky break and forgot to tell anyone!! But this week we are back with a vengeance! Talking about why it's not a good idea to touch Keanu's stuff, just how big the body count is.... and in an odd twist of fate... Jason's fascination with his knees - yep! You read that correctly!  John Wick is an American neo-noir action-thriller media franchise created by screenwriter Derek Kolstad and starring Keanu Reeves as John Wick, a former hitman who is forced back into the criminal underworld he had abandoned. The first film was released in October 2014; two sequels have since been released and a fourth film will be released in 2023.  Directed byChad Stahelski[a]Written byDerek KolstadProduced by Basil IwanykDavid LeitchEva LongoriaMichael Witherill Starring Keanu ReevesMichael NyqvistAlfie AllenAdrianne PalickiBridget MoynahanDean WintersIan McShaneJohn LeguizamoWillem Dafoe CinematographyJonathan SelaEdited byElísabet RonaldsMusic by Tyler BatesJoel J. Richard --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

Nightmare Alley is a 2021 American neo-noir psychological thriller film[4][5] directed by Guillermo del Toro from a screenplay by del Toro and Kim Morgan, based on the 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham, being the second feature film adaptation of Gresham's novel, following the 1947 version. A co-production between Searchlight Pictures, TSG Entertainment, and Double Dare You Productions, the film stars Bradley Cooper as a charming and ambitious carnival worker with a mysterious past who takes big risks to boost his career. Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, and David Strathairn also star. Don't forget to keep in touch: Support us by subscribing and leaving a review! https://anchor.fm/speakeasy-noircast Call us at: ‪(818) 643-1441 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/speakeasynoircast Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpeakEasyNoir Website: http://resurrectionfilms.co.uk/home/index.php/speakeasy/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

Welcome to the Speakeasy! Nightmare Alley is a 1947 American film noir directed by Edmund Goulding from a screenplay by Jules Furthman.[2] Based on William Lindsay Gresham's 1946 novel of the same name, it stars Tyrone Power, with Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, and Helen Walker in supporting roles. Power, wishing to expand beyond the romantic and swashbuckler roles that brought him to fame, requested 20th Century Fox's studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck to buy the rights to the novel so he could star as the unsavory lead[3] "The Great Stanton", a scheming carnival barker. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

Welcome to the Speakeasy Noir Cast! On todays episode we discuss the neo noir cult classic film Dark City from Director Alex Proyas (The Crow). Don't forget to keep in touch: Support us by subscribing and leaving a review! https://anchor.fm/speakeasy-noircast Call us at: ‪(818) 643-1441 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/speakeasynoircast Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpeakEasyNoir Website: http://resurrectionfilms.co.uk/home/index.php/speakeasy/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

Welcome to the Speakeasy Noir Cast! Black Angel is a 1946 American film noir directed by Roy William Neill and starring Dan Duryea, June Vincent and Peter Lorre. A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine (June Vincent), and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin (Dan Duryea), team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, Mavis Marlowe (Constance Dowling), who had been Martin's wife. Their investigation leads them to face-to-face confrontations with a determined policeman, Captain Flood (Broderick Crawford), and a shifty nightclub owner, Mr. Marko (Peter Lorre), who Catherine and Martin suspect may be the real killer. Don't forget to keep in touch: Support us by subscribing and leaving a review! https://anchor.fm/speakeasy-noircast Call us at: ‪(818) 643-1441 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/speakeasynoircast Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpeakEasyNoir Website: http://resurrectionfilms.co.uk/home/index.php/speakeasy/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

Perry Mason is an American period drama television series based on the character of the same name created by Erle Stanley Gardner that premiered on June 21, 2020, on HBO.The series was developed and written by Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald and stars Matthew Rhys in the title role. In July 2020, HBO renewed the series for a second season. In April 2021, it was announced that Jones and Fitzgerald left the series and were replaced as showrunners by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler. The series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. In 1932, Los Angeles is prospering while the rest of the U.S. is recovering from the grip of the Great Depression. Down-and-out private investigator Perry Mason is struggling with his trauma from The Great War and being divorced. He is hired for a sensational child kidnapping trial; his investigation results in major consequences for Mason, those around him, and local leaders. Don't forget to keep in touch: Support us by subscribing and leaving a review! https://anchor.fm/speakeasy-noircast Call us at: ‪(818) 643-1441 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/speakeasynoircast Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpeakEasyNoir Website: http://resurrectionfilms.co.uk/home/index.php/speakeasy/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

This week brings a bonus episode we recorded somewhere in a haze of our 23rd lockdown restriction change? Who's keeping track, right?! In this episode, we talk Gin slush, banana leaves, and Key Largo! Key Largo is a 1948 American film noir crime drama directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, and Lauren Bacall. The supporting cast features Lionel Barrymore and Claire Trevor. The film was adapted by Richard Brooks and Huston from Maxwell Anderson's 1939 play of the same name. Key Largo was the fourth and final film pairing of actors Bogart and Bacall, after To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), and Dark Passage (1947). Directed by John Huston, Screenplay by Richard Brooks & John Huston Based on Key Largo 1939 play by Maxwell Anderson Produced by Jerry Wald Starring - Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor Cinematography Karl Freund Edited by Rudi Fehr Music by Max Steiner Distributed by Warner Bros. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

Merry Christmas Noir Fans! We hope you enjoy our Christmas set noir pick for this episode, in which Carly yet again confuses Jason with her pigs in blanket crisps and Jason is unveiled as a closet Downton Abby fan. Lady in the Lake is a 1947 American film noir that marked the directorial debut of Robert Montgomery, who also stars in the film. The picture also features Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon Ames and Jayne Meadows. The murder mystery was an adaptation of the 1943 Raymond Chandler novel The Lady in the Lake. The film was Montgomery's last for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), after eighteen years with the studio. Montgomery's ambition was to create a cinematic version of the first-person narrative style of Chandler's Philip Marlowe novels.[notes 1] With the exception of a couple of times when Montgomery (in character) addresses the audience directly, the entire film is shot from the viewpoint of the central character. The audience sees only what he does. MGM promoted the film with the claim that it was the first of its kind and the most revolutionary style of film since the introduction of the talkies. The movie was also unusual for having virtually no instrumental soundtrack, the music in the film being instead provided by a wordless vocal chorus. The film did not use Raymond Chandler's own 195-page screenplay adaptation dated July 5, 1945 which he wrote for MGM, but instead used a 125-page version written by Steve Fisher, which was filmed two years later.[2] The film's script changes the novel's midsummer setting to Christmastime, frequently using holiday themes as an ironic counterpoint to the grim aspects of the story. The opening credits are shown on a series of Christmas cards, which turn out to be concealing a gun. Directed by Robert Montgomery Screenplay by Steve Fisher Based on The Lady in the Lake 1943 novel by Raymond Chandler Produced by George Haight Starring Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon Ames, Jayne Meadows, Richard Simmons, Morris Ankrum Cinematography Paul Vogel Edited by Gene Ruggiero Music by David Snell --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

Identity is a 2003 American ensemble neo-noir slasher film directed by James Mangold from a screenplay by Michael Cooney and Mangold, who both derived from Cooney's original story. The film stars John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Alfred Molina, Clea DuVall and Rebecca De Mornay. Loosely based on Agatha Christie's 1939 whodunit And Then There Were None, the film follows ten strangers in an isolated hotel, who are temporarily cut off from the rest of the world, and are mysteriously killed off one by one. Several events which take place in the hours before the characters' arrival are introduced at key moments in the film using reverse chronology structure, and in a parallel story, a murderer awaits a verdict at a crucial trial that will determine whether he will be executed for his crimes. Directed by James Mangold Screenplay by Michael Cooney & James Mangold  Story by Michael Cooney  Based on And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Produced by Cathy Konrad Starring John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Alfred Molina, Clea DuVall, Rebecca De Mornay, John Hawkes, John C. McGinley, William Lee Scott, Jake Busey, Pruitt Taylor Vince Cinematography Phedon Papamichael Jr. Edited by David Brenner Music by Alan Silvestri --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support

Welcome to the erratically posted season two of The Speakeasy Noir Cast! This week: The Asphalt Jungle is a 1950 American film noir heist film directed by John Huston.[4] Based on the 1949 novel of the same name by W. R. Burnett, it tells the story of a jewel robbery in a Midwestern city. The film stars Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern and Jean Hagen,[1] and features James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, and John McIntire. Marilyn Monroe also appears, in one of her earliest roles. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards. In 2008, The Asphalt Jungle was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Don't forget to keep in touch: Support us by subscribing and leaving a review! https://anchor.fm/speakeasy-noircast Call us at: ‪(818) 643-1441 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/speakeasynoircast Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpeakEasyNoir Website: http://resurrectionfilms.co.uk/home/index.php/speakeasy/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speakeasy-noircast/support