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NOIR CITY: The Reckless Moment

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    NOIR CITY: Philadelphia returns to Phoenixville’s historical Colonial Theatre November 14-16, 2025, for a three-day extravaganza.  Join Film Noir Foundation founder and TCM host Eddie Muller for a festival featuring a film lineup that shines the spotlight on women whose cinematic legacy is entwined with the rise of film noir.

    Many of this year’s films star the six actresses profiled in Muller’s Dark City Dames: The Wicked Women of Film Noir, reissued this year in a newly revised and expanded edition. Jane Greer, Audrey Totter, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Savage, Coleen Gray, and Marie Windsor are the core cadre of women featured in this year’s program.

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    SYNOPSIS

    Joan Bennett gives a compelling performance as Lucia Harper, a suburban wife who covers up for her daughter when she kills her caddish lover, a blackmailing Lothario. When the dead man’s partner (James Mason) starts sniffing around, the noose tightens around Lucia’s neck. Ophüls’ elegant direction turns a perfectly realized screenplay into a masterpiece of suspense.

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    • Genre Film Noir
    • Director Max Ophül
    • Released 1949
    • Runtime DCP
    • Rated Approved
    • Studio Columbia
    • CountryUnited States

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