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You touch me and you won't live till morning!

Ava Gardner as Kitty Collins in THE KILLERS (1946) dir. Robert Siodmak

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Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson in DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) dir. Billy Wilder

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We went into this together and we're coming out at the end together. It's straight down the line for both of us. Remember?

DOUBLE INDEMNITY 1944, dir. Billy Wilder

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And I'm the one that fixed it so he was dead. Is that what you're telling me? - And nobody's pulling out. We went into this together, and we're coming out at the end together. It's straight down the line for both of us. Remember?

Barbara Stanwyck in DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) dir. Billy Wilder

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Lizabeth Scott as Paula Haller in DESERT FURY (1947) dir. Lewis Allen

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Veronica Lake in THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946) dir. George Marshall Costume design by Edith Head

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Lizabeth Scott in DESERT FURY (1947) dir. Lewis Allen Costume design by Edith Head

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Well, don't you even say goodnight? - It's goodbye. And it's tough to say goodbye. Why is it? You've never seen me before tonight.

Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake in THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946) dir. George Marshall

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Burt Lancaster as Ole "The Swede" Anderson in THE KILLERS (1946) dir. Robert Siodmak

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Don't ask a dying man to lie his soul into Hell.

THE KILLERS 1946, dir. Robert Siodmak

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Bad luck either makes a man or destroys him. Are you gonna let it destroy you? Depending how you take it, bad luck can be a big break.

STRAY DOG | 野良犬 1949, dir. Akira Kurosawa

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FILM NOIR WOMEN WITH GUNS (pt. 1 & pt. 2)

Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity (1944) dir. Billy Wilder Teresa Wright, Pursued (1947) dir. Raoul Walsh Rita Hayworth, The Lady from Shanghai (1947) dir. Orson Welles Jane Greer, The Big Steal (1949) dir. Don Siegel Joan Leslie, Repeat Performance (1947) dir. Alfred L. Werker Joan Crawford, Flamingo Road (1949) dir. Michael Curtiz Lizabeth Scott, Too Late for Tears (1949) dir. Byron Haskin Gloria Grahame, The Big Heat (1953) dir. Fritz Lang

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Ava Gardner in THE KILLERS (1946) dir. Robert Siodmak

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I'm not afraid of death. I don't care if I go to hell. My life has been hell since the day I was born. But if I had to go to heaven, then I'd really start to tremble.

HIGH AND LOW | 天国と地獄 1963, dir. Akira Kurosawa

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I was 99% certain about you but I had to get rid of that one percent doubt. - Wasn't there an easier way to make sure? I'd reached a point where I needed official surroundings. - Then it was worth it, Mark.

Gene Tierney & Dana Andrews as Laura Hunt and Mark McPherson in LAURA (1944) dir. Otto Preminger

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Veronica Lake as Joyce Harwood in THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946) dir. George Marshall