Rated: NR    Runtime: 81/81 min
THE BEST OF COLUMBIA NOIR: Twenty-two Gems From The Vaults Of Columbia Pictures. All shows in beautiful 35mm archival prints!

Double Feature. 2 films. One low price!

Tuesday, Sept. 29 & Wednesday, Sept 30 2009:

MURDER BY CONTRACT
Vince Edwards is chillingly real as a pitiless hired assassin who has second thoughts when his latest assignment is revealed to be a woman. An idiosyncratic study of a man without a soul—rendered in a baffling, near-abstract beat style. The director only made two features (see below) before drifting into television and finally relative obscurity. Also featuring Herschel Bernardi, Caprice Toriel and Philip Pine. Directed by Irving Lerner. 81 mins. 35mm studio archive print. 1958. Shows at 6:20 and 9:40

CITY OF FEAR
Back again is this amazing nuclear noir also starring Vince Edwards—this time as a desperate escaped con with a parcel of stolen “radioactive material” thinking it's actually heroin! How many junkies will be infected by this bum stash before he’s taken down?! A wild and uninhibited noir curio from the tail end of the cycle. Also starring John Archer, Lyle Talbot and Steven Ritch. Directed by Irving Lerner. 81 mins. B&W. 35mm studio archive print. 1959. Shows at 8:00 ONLY!

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Double Feature Admission : $11.00

Buy a NOIR PASS NOW on Ticket Web. Passes will also be available for purchase soon at the Roxie box office. A pass provides one admission to each double feature program for just $85.00!

"Columbia figures large in the film noir annals" - Dennis Harvey, sf360