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Richard Fleischer 

 

 Key Noir Filmmaker

 Strained Seriousness 

Director
1916 - 2006
Born December 8, Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA
Key Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller  TSPDT Rating: 7
Key Collaborators: Albert S. D'Agostino (Production Designer), Earl Felton (Screenwriter), Richard H. Kline (Cinematographer), Samuel E. Beetley (Editor), Herman Schlom (Producer), Ernest Borgnine (Leading Character Player), Elmo Williams (Editor), Lionel Newman (Composer), Mario Chiari (Production Designer), Jack Martin Smith (Production Designer)
Recommended: Armored Car Robbery (1950), The Narrow Margin (1952), Violent Saturday (1955), The Vikings (1958), Barabbas (1962)
Worth a Look: Child of Divorce (1946), The Clay Pigeon (1949), Trapped (1949), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Compulsion (1959), Fantastic Voyage (1966), 10 Rillington Place (1971)
Links: [ IMDB ] [ All-Movie Guide ] [ Film Journal Director Retrospective ] [ Classic Film and Television Home Page ] [ Telegraph Obituary ] [ New York Times Obituary ] [ Guardian Obituary ]
Books: [ Just Tell Me When to Cry: A Memoir
DVD's: [ Amazon ]
250 Quintessential Noir Films: Follow Me Quietly (1949), Armored Car Robbery (1950), The Narrow Margin (1952)
 
 

 

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