My Favorite Brunette (1947)

 

Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, tells reporters how he got there.

Light-weighted, silly, but basically entertaining spoof of a Noir plot keeps the jokes coming, but is hardly a convincing parody of the genre.  

Halliwell*: "Pretty fair star vehicle which half-heartedly spoofs Farewell My Lovely."

Maltin***: "Better-than-usual Hope nonsense...Two very funny surprise cameos at beginning and end of film." 

The Glass Key

 

The Glass Key (1942)

 

This Gun for Hire (1942)

When an assassin shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies.

The Black Knight (1954)

As a blacksmith a young man can't hope to win the hand of the daughter of the Earl of Yeonil, so off he goes to prove himself a noble knight.

The Iron Mistress (1952)

Barely historical presentation of the life of Jim Bowie