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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
A polished, clue-laden noir in which an apparently settled crime opens into mounting doubt, social deception, and shifting loyalties—close to The Web’s brisk, architecture-like trap construction.
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Why this pick
Its falsely accused investigator, tightening frame-up, and shadowy urban tension echo The Web’s pleasure in watching a capable man struggle through a carefully arranged criminal setup.
03
Why this pick
This compact noir shares The Web’s fascination with ordinary respectability masking calculated violence, while its investigation steadily turns certainty into suspicion.
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Why this pick
A noir investigator enters a closed professional world after a suspicious death; its institutional setting, hidden motives, and direct investigative drive fit The Web’s controlled suspense.
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Why this pick
For the same atmosphere of respectable lives abruptly entangled in crime, guilt, and manipulation, this offers a more psychologically claustrophobic but similarly elegant noir nightmare.
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01 / THE STORY
Leopold Kroner (Fritz Leiber, Sr.), formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Andrew Colby (Price), claiming that Kroner has threatened him, hires lawyer Bob Regan (Edmond O'Brien) as a personal bodyguard. That evening, Regan hears a gunshot from Colby's study and finds Kroner there, apparently trying to kill Colby. Regan kills Kroner when he turns around, pointing the gun at him.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Bob Regan
Andrew Colby
Martha Kroner
Leopold Kroner
James Timothy Nolan (as Howard Chamberlin)
Emilio Canepa
Newspaper librarian
Lt. Damico
