Recommended reading - Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959 (2010).

 

Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959

by Michael F. Keaney.

 
Published by McFarland & Company.
Paperback.

Published in 2010.
 
ISBN-10: 078646366X
ISBN-13: 978-0786463664
 
Description:
 

More than 700 films from the classic period of film noir (1940 to 1959) are presented in this exhaustive reference book – such films as The Accused, Among the Living, The Asphalt Jungle, Baby Face Nelson, Bait, The Beat Generation, Crossfire, Dark Passage, I Walk Alone, The Las Vegas Story, The Naked City, Strangers on a Train, White Heat, and The Window. For each film, the following information is provided: the title, release date, main performers, screenwriter(s), director(s), type of noir, thematic content, a rating based on the five-star system, and a plot synopsis that does not reveal the ending.