No Daylight in That Face

Out of print for years and newly retitled and expanded, this deluxe new edition of Gifford's celebrated handbook unlocks the secrets of noir movies and their relevance today

For a tour ofnoircinema, No Daylight in this Faceis the perfect companion, and Barry Gifford is an ideal guide. His choice selection of films exposes the menacing, moody, and oftentimes violent underbelly of this dark movie genre that occupies a favorite niche in American popular culture. . Gifford's roll call of unforgettables includes these, and more:The Asphalt Jungle,Body and Soul,Body Heat,Charley Varrick,Chinatown,The Devil Thumbs a Ride,D.O.A.,Double Indemnity,High Sierra,Key Largo,Kiss of Death,Mean Streets,Mildred Pierce,Mr. Majestyk,Out of the Past,The Strange Love of Martha Ivers,Strangers on a Train,White Heatclassics from EuropeRepulsion,The Hidden Room,Shoot the Piano Player,The 400 Blows,Odd Man Out. stars, the greats and not-so-greats who were cast in the indelible roles of hoods, B-girls, psychopaths, grifters, gumshoes, waifs, tarts, femme fatales, mobsters, molls, and ex-cons. , Barry does here for the crime film." to find both the heart and the art of the plotline.