Season 1

Revisit the birth of film noir in the early 1920s, paving the way for stars like Barbara Stanwyck to grip audiences with 1944's Double Indemnity.

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   1. Origins of Noir (1922-1940)

   2022-11-27 · 44m

   Revisit the birth of film noir in the early 1920s, paving the way for stars like Barbara Stanwyck to grip audiences with 1944's Double Indemnity.

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   2. Classic Noir (1944-1958)

   2022-12-04 · 46m

   With film noir in full flight, a slew of now-renowned noir 'bad girls' take centre stage, from Rita Hayworth in Gilda to Ava Gardner in The Killers.

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   3. Styles of Noir (1944-1958 Continued)

   2022-12-11

   Private eye arrives as a noir counterpart to the femme fatale in the form of 1944's "Murder, My Sweet", with Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe.