NOIR CITY 22 - Opening Night - January 24 - 7:30 p.m.

Opening Night double feature

Actress Highlighted: Marie Windsor

The Narrow Margin 7:30

1952, RKO [WB] 71 min. Dir. Richard Fleischer

Set mostly on a train rife with killers, a tough cop (Charles McGraw) is assigned to haul a mobster’s wife to L.A. to testify against a gang of mobsters. Marie Windsor gives one of her signature performances in this heralded thriller, one of the most inventive B films of the classic noir era.

Presented in 35mm.

Hell’s Half Acre 9:00

1954, Republic [UCLA] 90 min. Dir. John H. Auer

Ready for a hundred-proof dose of “Tiki Noir?” Evelyn Keyes goes undercover as a taxi-dancer in Honolulu’s notorious red-light district searching for her missing GI husband. Toss sultry and statuesque Marie Windsor into the mix and it’s noir Nirvana with a slack-key guitar soundtrack.

Presented in 35mm.

Host or Publisher Film Noir Foundation