NOIR CITY: CHICAGO returns to the Music Box Theatre August 25 - 31, 2017, with an epically suspenseful series of criminal capers!
“The Big Knockover” celebrates the history of the heist film from black-and-white Hollywood classics such as THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950) and KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952), to 1974’s THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE, to the stunning contemporary thriller from Argentina EL AURA (2005). This year’s focus on hold-ups, heists, and schemes gone awry provides the perfect opportunity to venture beyond the 1940s and ‘50s to show how noir has expanded and transformed over the decades.
sleestakk has logged 15 out of 18 movies in Noir City: Chicago 2017. Back to Lists Overview.
| Title | Director(s) | Year Released | Watched | Viewed On |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Michael Cimino | 1974 | Yes | 08/27/2017 |
| Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The | Joseph Sargent | 1974 | Yes | 04/01/2023 |
| Six Bridges to Cross | Joseph Pevney | 1955 | Yes | 08/29/2017 |
| Quiet Please, Murder | John Francis Larkin | 1943 | No | N/A |
| Plunder Road | Hubert Cornfield | 1957 | Yes | 08/27/2017 |
| Odd Man Out | Carol Reed | 1947 | Yes | 01/08/2014 |
| L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson | 1997 | Yes | 05/01/2009 |
| Kansas City Confidential | Phil Karlson | 1952 | Yes | 08/26/2017 |
| High Sierra | Raoul Walsh | 1941 | Yes | 03/14/2022 |
| Drive a Crooked Road | Richard Quine | 1954 | Yes | 08/26/2017 |