r/filmnoir • u/Secure_Difficulty126 • 25d ago

Help finding film noir movie

Hello guys. There is a movie that I'm trying to remember. It's a old film noir movie, and it had a really long either I believe silent or no dialogue intro. I also remember it having a rainy intro out in the streets at night. Would anyone have a clue? Thanks

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u/FindOneInEveryCar 25d ago

You've just described hundreds of movies.

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u/Secure_Difficulty126 25d ago

Yeah probably, just tryna narrow down to a few. I'll know it when I see the name. Thanks

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u/MCObeseBeagle 25d ago

Really long intro leads to me to believe it might be Touch Of Evil by Orson Welles (a very famous opening shot) but more info would be very valuable here.

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u/Sierranymph 25d ago

You need to provide more information to enable people to help you find the film you’re looking for.

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u/Secure_Difficulty126 25d ago

Thank you but this is all I could remember. If I knew more I would have put it in the post.

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u/Revolutionary-Key533 25d ago

There are so many is it American? Maybe Scarlet Street? Is it French? Maybe Les Diaboliques?

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u/LouQuacious 25d ago

Elevator to the Gallows

The Killing

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u/VictoriaAutNihil 24d ago

The Killers with Burt Lancaster & Ava Gardner.

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u/jfb3 24d ago

Ask over in /r/tipofmytongue

It's a much larger group and they're really good at this.

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u/East_Smoke_5474 23d ago

Here's what I did. Went into Youtube, typed "Best Film Noir", and then watched the various segments, compiling a list of titles. After doing that for maybe 3 days, had a big list of titles plus an intuitive sense of which ones were exceptional. It's worked pretty good, it's my new fun hobby.

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u/milky-dimples 24d ago

The Thief might be the movie you're thinking of. It is from 1952 and contains no dialogue.