Film Noir HoF IV

Good list, worthy winner and participants.

Maltese Falcon deserves credit for inventing the tropes, but while it's a great movie I feel its downfall is the substantial lack of darkness present in comparison to the other films. I honestly expected Touch of Evil or Asphalt Jungle to win.

I suspect it should make the Film Noir countdown and finish fairly high. Hopefully this HoF gave some more exposure to some great noirs.

I was convinced Touch of Evil would win. I'm never good at guessing the results of these HoFs.

Ahh yes - I had The Maltese Falcon at number one, there was no denying that it was the best film amongst this lot. There were no really bad films amongst all of these nominations though. Looking at my ballot, I even liked the film that had the misfortune of being last. Congrats to Diehl40 and many thanks to Citizen Rules for running a tight, smooth Hall of Fame! Out of the Past was pretty damn good too.

1 - The Maltese Falcon
2 - Gilda
3 - Out of the Past
4 - Touch of Evil
5 - Thieves Highway
6 - Gun Crazy
7 - The Asphalt Jungle
8 - Detour
9 - Mildred Pierce
10 - Act of Violence
11 - Criss Cross

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My ballot, and enjoyed all the noirs nominated, but they all can't be #1

1 Mildred Pierce
2 The Asphalt Jungle
3 Detour
4 Thieves Highway
5 The Maltese Falcon
6 Act of Violence
7 Out of the Past
8 Criss Cross
9 Gilda
10 Gun Crazy
11 Touch of Evil

01 the asphalt jungle
02 the maltese falcon
03 gun crazy
04 mildred pierce
05 criss cross
06 gilda
07 out of the past
08 detour
09 act of violence
10 touch of evil
11 murder, my sweet
12 thieves highway

my unreliable ballot.

This was a pretty flawless lineup. There really aren't any weak ones here.

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Here's my ballot, with ratings included...

Out of the Past -
The Maltese Falcon -
Criss Cross -
Gilda -
The Asphalt Jungle -
Mildred Pierce -
Murder, My Sweet -
Detour -
Gun Crazy -
Touch of Evil - ?
Act of Violence -
Thieves' Highway -

I could probably swap Gilda and Criss Cross, but this is as close as it can be.

I had Touch of Evil as my number one.

Thanks for running this thing, CR. It takes a lot of work, and you came through like a champ!

~Doc

Thanks Doc, I really appreciate it that.

1. Gilda
2. Gun Crazy
3. Out of the Past
4. Maltese Falcon
5. Detour
6. Touch of Evil
7. Mildred Pierce
8. Act of Violence
9. Thieves Highway
10. Criss Cross
11. Asphalt Jungle


Good hall of fame here!