Season 4 Episode 12: Usual Suspects

Welcome to the Scarlet Hour!This week at The Speakeasy we explore Carly being lazy and Jason explains pre production crunch time - which is as dicey as it sounds! Oh, and we watch The Scarlet Hour, a tale of infidelity, greed, and murder.The Scarlet Hour is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed and produced by Michael Curtiz, and starring Carol Ohmart, Tom Tryon, and Jody Lawrance. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures. Curtiz had previously directed such noted films as Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and White Christmas. The screenplay was based on the story "The Kiss Off" by Frank Tashlin. 

Big Speakeasy welcome to our wonderful guest co host Carlos!! He has been a supporter of the show since day one so it was great pleasure for him to spend some time with us.We had such a wonderful time talking to him about film, weather, indie film and general shenanigans! Oh - and the classic Night Moves!Night Moves is a 1975 American neo-noir thriller film directed by Arthur Penn from a screenplay by Alan Sharp. It stars Gene Hackman as an ex-professional football player turned Los Angeles private investigator who uncovers a series of sinister events while searching for the missing teenage daughter of a former movie actress. The cast also features Susan Clark, Edward Binns, Jennifer Warren, James Woods and Melanie Griffith in her film debut.

This week our shady hosts explore the freaky world of #freshfilm Carly discovers a secret world of apple tasting grapes and supermarket shenanigans whilst Jason grapple with WiFi both on and off screen!

You might want to murder us after this delve into the classic noir starring our mystery sleuthing favs...In this episode Jason is haunted by Carly's nans spirit after he reprimands Raymond Burr and we dive into Please Murder Me!

🎙️ Dark Stories, Sharp Banter | Welcome to the Speakeasy Noircast This week we explore Caravanning as Jason continues to grapple with the wonders of technology, so pull up a chair, pour yourself something strong, and slip into the shadows with us as we watch the 1952 Crime Noir Film Deadline! Come inside, sit down for a drink and join us while we discuss Film Noir of yesterday and Neo Noir's of today with your shady hosts Carly Street and Jason D. Morris!🖤 New episodes Monthly.💬 Subscribe, sip slow, and stay shady.Deadline – U.S.A. is a 1952 American film noir crime film and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore and Kim Hunter, written and directed by Richard Brooks. It is the story of a crusading newspaper editor who exposes a gangster's crimes while trying to keep the paper from going out of business; he is also attempting to reconcile with his ex-wife.

We are back again with an end in sight to the Sugar saga! We dive into the final of Sugar! With medium visits and Canadian invasions in between. Jason is mad at football and Carly is mad at the NFL but what do they think about the twist ending of Sugar? Spoilers gallor! Tucked into a smokey back alley, into a secluded room of an illicit speakeasy filled with gambling, liqueur and podcasts! Come inside, sit down for a drink and join us while we discuss Film Noir of yesterday and Neo Noir's of today with your shady hosts Carly Street and Jason D. Morris!

*Warning Spoiler Alert!*Welcome back for another hour or so of mayhem and noir! We loved Sugar so much we made a part two! We talk late nights and early mornings! F1, glitzy, popcorn-less premiers....But Jason has a confession to make... So does Carly.... She edited the music in the wrong place but what's Jason's??Sugar is a 2024, genre-bending contemporary take on the private detective story set in Los Angeles, it follows John Sugar, a private investigator recruited by a wealthy movie producer to investigate the disappearance of his granddaughter starring Colin Farrell, who also serves as executive producer, Amy Ryan, Dennis Boutsikaris, Nate Corddry, Alex Hernandez and James Cromwell.

Welcome back for another hour or so of mayhem and noir! This time we explore the tv series Sugar. Jason grapples with the NHS and Carly is faceless....Sugar is a 2024, genre-bending contemporary take on the private detective story set in Los Angeles,"[4] it follows John Sugar, a private investigator recruited by a wealthy movie producer to investigate the disappearance of his granddaughter starring Colin Farrell, who also serves as executive producer, Amy Ryan, Dennis Boutsikaris, Nate Corddry, Alex Hernandez and James Cromwell.

Welcome back to the speakeasy folks!Sit down, grab a drink and enjoy as we wrestle with new technology, facial expressions and the complexities of the theme of bigness running through this episodes film...Fingerman!Fingerman is a 1955 crime noir. An ex-con goes undercover for the government to "finger" the crime boss who made his sister a drug addict.Directed by Harold D. SchusterWritten by Warren DouglasStory by Norris Lipsius, John LardnerProduced by Lindsley Parsons, John H. BurrowsStarring Frank LovejoyForrest TuckerPeggie Castle

On this episode we discuss Parental Guidance, an Xmas gift and the wonderful noir Scarlet Street! Scarlet Street is a 1945 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang. The screenplay concerns two criminals who take advantage of a middle-aged painter in order to steal his artwork. The film is based on the French novel La Chienne (literally The Bitch) by Georges de La Fouchardière, which had been previously dramatized on stage by André Mouëzy-Éon, and cinematically as La Chienne (1931) by director Jean Renoir. The principal actors Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea had earlier appeared together in The Woman in the Window (1944), also directed by Lang. Local authorities in New York, Milwaukee, and Atlanta banned Scarlet Street early in 1946 because of its dark plot and themes.