Out Of The Past (35mm)PG

Directed by Jacques Tourneur | USA | 1947 | 1h 37m | Starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Webb

Small-town gas station owner Jeff Bailey’s past catches up with him when a mysterious figure from his shadowy former life reappears. As he’s drawn deeper into a web of betrayal and murder, Bailey’s dark secrets begin to unravel. Jacques Tourneur (Cat People, Night of the Demon) delivers a masterclass in atmospheric tension and moral ambiguity in this quintessential, hardboiled noir starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas.

Screenings presented on 35mm film.

Classic Season: 1940s Noir

Reviews

‘One of the greatest of all film noirs.’
★★★★★
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

‘Each change of angle and shift of light evokes an inner disturbance; the actors seem to push through the dense shadow as through water, revealing fast people in slow motion’
Richard Brody, New Yorker

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We showed Out Of The Past (35mm) between September 29, 2024 and October 2, 2024.

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